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1964 Chrysler New Yorker 2-door project
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just to look this up, can't see any recent updates on there.
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Looking great! Thanks for the update.
I miss Stumpy’s Yoga Studio!
I miss Stumpy’s Yoga Studio!
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Ha! Nice for you to say but I guarantee no misses Stumpy's Yoga Studio. It was the bane of the internet.
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Every time I look at this car I think how awesome it is/will be, so unique.
Then I think 'duh, it's basically like a 64 300, I've seen those before'.
But then I immediately realize this isn't the same, this is unique and arguably a bit cooler.
Keep up the good work, Angus66!
Then I think 'duh, it's basically like a 64 300, I've seen those before'.
But then I immediately realize this isn't the same, this is unique and arguably a bit cooler.
Keep up the good work, Angus66!
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Picked up a beautiful set of 4 Goodyear H78-14 Bias-Plys for the 64 a couple weekends ago - even the tire shop guys liked them and they usually give me a pretty good side-eye when I bring used tires in there. She looks proper now - in the words of Bob Seager - "Way up firm and high".
Crappy photo but it's too cold right now to dare open the garage door and get her out on the driveway.
Crappy photo but it's too cold right now to dare open the garage door and get her out on the driveway.
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@angus66 How hard has been getting parts been? We have a 64 new yorker 2 door split vinyl top that would need a mass resto, however I'd have to choose between the chrysler or my grandfather's impala, overall the chrysler is more rare but the impala is 1/15 of its specific option package. Love to chat some time!
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I'm almost a decade into this resto so take any advice I give with that in mind. My last restoration was three years and it was on a Triumph TR6 - at that time you could get any part you wanted to for that car. This restoration is the opposite of that - you almost can't get anything new for these cars - more true with soft parts - as you know. But I like the hunt and the research that goes it - but that's me I might be weird.
The Impala (depending on the year) on paper would probably be the easier car to find parts for. That being said - remanufactured parts are not always the best quality. I've run into issues fitting/quality on re-man'd parts on both my brother-in-law's 72 Chevy C10 and my brother's 88 Monte Carlo SS. To some extent, on my Triumph too. I can't see that getting better with Holley buying up some of these resto parts companies over the last few years.
The nice thing about working on the New Yorker and buying NOS parts or something off a parts car is that I pretty much know it's going to fit. It might be as broken but it will fit.
But I have other cars - so I scratch a lot of itches driving my 77 Chrysler (it's just a '#fundriver' quality car) or the Triumph. So that gives me the patience needed for the '64. But the downside of that is that I've had points where it feels like all the cars are broken at the same time - they are older cars after all.
As for rare - I like Scott's from Cold War Motors (on YouTube) take on rare, "Rare and no one cares" - and that's becoming more true all the time. The generation that grew up with these cars is getting older and buyer market is getting smaller - so build what makes you happy in the manner that makes you happy. Rare is nice but I didn't seek this one because it was rare. I did it because it was dumped in my lap with two parts cars and I felt I had (some of) the skillset to do it - and it would keep me out of trouble. I've learned a lot and am glad I am still working on it and the big hateful tasks are mostly in the rearview.
I am rambling now but I hope this helps.
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