1965 Newport rag - not mine

[mdh157]

http://stlouis.craigslist.org/cto/4155854610.html

looks pretty darn nice for the price

 

[commando1]

Absolutely stunning but the miles is B.S. Still worth the money, regardless.

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[1978 NYB]

Love it!!!!!!!!!

 

[commando1]

It's bordering on Too Good To Be True.

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[mdh157]

sure is.........pics look good but they can hide a lot when taken @ the right angle. Eyes on is always the best method. I'd have never bought my car w/o looking or having another mopar guy look hard at it.

 

[commando1]

WTH is going on with the battery connections?

BTW, it's 43 hundred SINCE restoration. A lot of teeny details under the hood indicate a restoration.
99% "original" my ***...

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[detmatt]

That's a gorgeous car. It looks like the battery is not in the right position and he put an extension on the positive cable to reach the new location.

 

[commando1]

And there are no heater hoses.
This car is not holding up to the scutiny...

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[detmatt]

I see the heater hoses, Stan you're slipping...

 

[commando1]

Well if he had routed them along the inner wheel well housing where they are supposed to be, I wouldn't have this problem...

 

[detmatt]

They're exactly where they belong in fact there's a bracket welded to the valve cover that holds them in place.

 

[commando1]

I remember them on the fender.
Or was that the....

 

[detmatt]

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[Ironwolf]

YUPP !!!!!!!!!!!! ccasion14:

 

[commando1]

I knew you were correct. I just don't know why I assumed that...

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[mdh157]

sounds like the only thing that needs changing is someone's eyeglass presciption....

 

[commando1]

Nothing wrong with the glasses. I had something in my eye, that's all...

 

[Ironwolf]

Nothing wrong with the glasses. I had something in my eye, that's all...

 

[Snailhouse_projects]

i would be scared to run the engine bay paint with that cheese job they did on the battery cable! if it were to ground out that would not be fun in more than 1 way!

 

[MrMoparCHP]

That's a gorgeous car. It looks like the battery is not in the right position and he put an extension on the positive cable to reach the new location.

It is the wrong battery, it's a reverse post battery.
They should be on the side away from the core support.

Alan