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Good Morning All (Nine days to Carlisle) I am toying with the idea of installing a tilt column in the 'Party Barge' ('65 Newport). As these are one year only columns parts are not easy to locate (which to me is half the fun on doing it), Anyway, I located a column w/steering wheel for...

Good Day All Just received the Road Wheels from 'C Body Boat'. The wheels look great with one small casualty; one of the center caps was damaged in shipment. Not a huge deal, I believe some JB weld would repair it nicely. I have a collection of center caps from vehicles long gone. I found some...

Good Morning All One of the winter projects for the 'Barge' (65 Newport) is to upgrade the brake to a dual master cylinder. the Newport was originally equipped with a Kelsey-Hayes booster. was not able to find a re-builder of these. There is nothing wrong with it, just wanted to renew the...

Good Day All Working on the '65 Newport. Got the upper control arms off, bushings and ball joint out. I have the replacement upper ball joint threaded in to approx 1/16" of having the 'nut' contact the 'sleeve' of the control arm. Cannot coax it any further. With all the crud on the old...

Good Day All Starting to gather parts for this winters project: Upgrading the single pot master on the '65 Newport to a dual pot. So far I have the distribution block ('68 Monaco wagon) cylinder to block lines from previous projects, and a new master cylinder that I will pick at Carlisle...

Good Afternoon All Just received the rebuilt torsion Bar isolators from 'Then and Now'. Mailed on Tuesday from Massachusetts arrived on Thursday. They look great. Here are a couple of pics along with there contact info:

Good Evening All Now that the snow has arrived (it was in the mid70's two days ago), The Party Barge is in dry dock getting some much need attention. Steering and brakes are the first things on the agenda. Brakes are receiving all new hardware and the steering/suspensions wear parts are being...

Good Day All With summer winding down, I am gathering parts for some front end re-work on the '65 Newport this winter. Many parts have been sourced from Mobile Parts but I MAY be in need of Parts number 2071514 (R) and 2071515 (L). These are "Isolator Rear Cross member". I say MAY need them as...

Good Morning All Forgive my ignorance, however, did Ma Mopar produce a 'C' body with disc brakes and 14" wheels? Toying with the idea of retro-fitting the 'Party Barge' ("65 Newport). Thanks to all who respond. Omni

Good Evening All Is there reputable power steering pump builder out there? The 'Part Barge' ('65 Newport) has a leak (drip) that appears to be coming from where the pump is seated to the reservoir. Really don't want to go the 'chain store' rebuilt route. Thanks to all who respond. Omni

Good Day All While the party barge ('65 Newport) is in dry dock, I thought that this would be an opportune time to finish replacing the wheel cylinders. The project was to refurbish the brake system with new lines (flex and hard-not stainless), and new cylinders to include the master. The...

Good Morning All My'65 Newport (4 door sedan) is in need of either the rear spring rebuilt or replaced. They are basically flat. I replaced the original (!) rear shocks with some coil overs. That helped but I would still like to renew the springs themselves. I plan on driving this car so the...

Good Afternoon All On the newly acquired '65 Newport, there was evidence of a master cylinder leak where the cylinder bolts up to the booster. I removed the booster today to clean it up and make it pretty again. Once the booster was unbolted and physically out, you could hear liquid sloshing...