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  1. carrman

    Alternator question...

    Guys, back when I got my '68 Newport I installed a 90 amp Powermaster alternator with an adjustable solid state voltage regulator. Krautmaster had already ran a charge lead to the starter relay, and bypassed the ammeter. All this works fine. What puzzles me now is if the 90 amp will keep up...
  2. carrman

    I need a favor.....

    Does anyone out there have a factory or reproduction positive battery cable for a '67 or '68 Newport? If so, can I impose upon you to measure it's length, and the length of the leads coming off of the cable? Also, a picture of it stretched out, please? I want to get one custom made out of 1/0...
  3. carrman

    '68 Newport map light

    Map light on the convertible won't shut off all of a sudden, and it's keeping the rear courtesy lights on too. The map light switch doesn't feel right, like something is broken inside. Anyone have an experience fixing these? I never noticed until now, but will turning the map light on also...
  4. carrman

    LED dash lights

    At the risk of being branded a heretic by the C body faithful, I present a couple of picture showing the LED bulbs I installed in my dash:
  5. carrman

    FBO ignition box problem

    So I installed a new FBO HRR688 box and pertronix coil in my Newport. Everything works fine except for my auto meter sport comp tach which quit working. Any ideas? It twitches when I start the car but after that it does nothing.
  6. carrman

    Using a '68 headlight switch in a '67.

    Anyone ever done it? Seems '67 has a pigtail, and '68 has male spade connectors on the back. Help?
  7. carrman

    Electrical wierdness

    This morning when taking the Newport in to work, my left turn signal started flashing really slow. Had the headlights on, but not much else. Well, I got into town and found the left rear light was really dim. Played with it a little and saw that when I reinserted the socket, it was brighter...
  8. carrman

    '68 Newport side marker lights.

    Hey gang, anyone know how to remove the side marker bulbs for replacement on a '68 Newport?
  9. carrman

    Of headlights and harnesses.

    Guys, I was wondering if anyone has installed aftermarket headlights in their C. Not that halo-HID bling bling crap, but real performance headlights. I know I need a relay harness to preserve that precious toggle style headlight switch, so does anyone have any good sources on one of those that...
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