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If you have any questions, send me an email. 1978 NYB helped me with fixing my 78 and I posted the photos of the welding option.

Hi Gerry: We have to stick together......mine is a 1978

I would recommend you drive the car with the current carb and determine if you like how it runs over-all. I have a 17K 1978 NY with a 440. The Lean Burn was troublesome after a few years when these cars were new, even worse when they are older. I would guess that 97% of owners who regularly...

Welcome to the board. There are a number of us out here with "Formals". Once you get it and drive it a bit, you will see what she needs and we will be more than happy to help. Let us know if the Lean Burn electronic / carburetor has been replaced with a "regular" carburetor and if it was...

I would strongly agree with Davea. $10,000 is a very good price for the condition of the car and what you have done to it recently. These cars always look very good in Mopar mid-70's metallic paint vs "flat" colors. Anyone can get behind the wheel and drive it all day or until they run out of...

The weld shop I went to charged me $75 to weld the two parts for me. I protected both pieces with a shot of black Rustoleum paint. Like Bob said, replaced the three polymeric – plastic bushings with new ones I bought at a dodge dealer for $7 each. Don’t go cheap and get the Dorman knock offs...

There is a height difference between the 78 and the 74 cam pivots. If you measure, the offset -height for the 74 is 1.5 cm. The height offset for the 78 is higher, about 2.2 cm. Using a Dremel and a bench grinder, I cut and reduced the overall height of the 78 pivot point until overall...

Next you have to modify the pivot cam that mates to the WW motor shaft. The pivot cam from the 1974 is P/N 343752 58622 –top left in photo. The pivot cam from the 1978 is P/N 3799437 58622 – bottom left and right photo.

The transmission arm from the windshield wiper motor pivot flange/cam to the first pivot on the driver’s side needs to be sourced from an earlier C-Body. I obtained mine from a junk yard from a 1974 New Yorker. Any C-body will work. The transmission arm from my 1978 NY is the top one in the...

Check out the photos in this thread Best Way to Access Turn Signal Flasher Relay in 1978 NY

A trip to Italy to look at a C-body, no need to ask me twice. The clients I visit are located in Pogliano Milan , Rome and Avezzano. Are you anywhere close?

I would love to have either one of these wagons as a daily driver. I agree, the green really pops and highlights the body curves and the wood tone. I am in the suburbs of Chicago, so finding a large parking spot outside of Home Depot or Menard's is a challenge for my 78 New Yorker. Thanks for...

You have a beautiful wagon! What are you working on in the garage?

Here is my 1978 which is Golden Fawn - KY4 It has no metallic base or look, unlike the majority of the 1974 color offerings. I had a 73 Dodge that was the Dark Chestnut. It had a copper colored metallic type additive mixed in with what I would describe as a semi-clear root beer - dark brown...

I have some small stone chips and other areas I would like to touch up before the big C-body show in Volo this summer. The local Sherwin Williams auto paint store could not find a formulation in their system with several different paint mfg's codes I brought in. I see from the other comments...

Thanks. The Lean Burn works as long as the temps do not go much above 70F. Planning on an Edlebrock upgrade for dependable hot summer drive-ability. Plus the ThermoQuad is leaking gas from the bowl.

They are older photos. I will have to create a garage for the site when the weather is nice for photos, also the hose is stored for the winter...

Thanks for the feedback guys. When I was looking up into the heater box enclosure I noticed the blades of the squirrel cage fan were packed with insulation, leaves, and junk from a rodent that previous made a nest under the hood next to the air intake during it time with the last owner...

I would like any comments on diagnosing an issue with a manual A/C controller for a 1978 NYer. The doors for the ventilation are in the "Vent" mode regardless of the button you select. The temperature setting is working as are all the speeds for the blower, so that should cancel any electrical...

Maybe we are not hitting the correct market for the Formals. When I drive mine to work and our visiting Asian clients pulls in with their tour group, they all take the obligatory photos next the the company sign in the lawn, then swarm the 78 for photos. If it is lunch time, I go out and let...