LocuMob
Fluid Technician with a hat
That's a good looking ride!
1966 Polara 500 Ragtop
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LocuMob
Fluid Technician with a hat
Mine are in primer, or sun faded, so I'm sure your car is nicer than any of mine. I love them all, in all conditions. I'd rescue them all if I had a trust fund given to me, and the space to keep them! I love the '66 Dodges!
Dsertdog
Old man with an old guitar, and a blue note.
We're always our cars biggest critic. Primered cars are like bare canvas, while the convertible has a repaint full of scabs, chips, and dents.
I've always liked the 65-68 C bodies. I'd like to have a couple more myself but I'd end up living in them when I retire.
LocuMob
Fluid Technician with a hat
It is nice in that I can do with them what I want. I'm probably only going to paint one, maybe two if I get to it. Funny how I keep looking for more cars when I already have too many!
Dsertdog
Old man with an old guitar, and a blue note.
Y'know, I've read the builds on your cars and I never even thought of the paint or interior. I saw mag wheels, rumpy exhausts, headers and other motor mods, tachs, etc. The black car is especially evil and quick looking.
I thought "This guy is building cool street machines and I want the convertible to be like that." Now it's an inner conflict to determine the outcome... either resto cruiser or street machine.
Right now I'm in resto mode. And I started looking at the drivers front carpet and realized the carpet was shredded and the floor underneath appeared rusty brown, not black. So I grabbed a handful and tugged... Ugh, got bathed in brown dust and disintegrating carpet backing.
Fearing the worst, I started cutting out the drivers floor front carpet. What a freeking disaster that turned out to be! Pictures to come later.
LocuMob
Fluid Technician with a hat
Carpet, I need a few sets...
Dsertdog
Old man with an old guitar, and a blue note.
Laurel and Hardy, The Three Stooges, Beavis and Butthead, who ever did this. You suck.
Never in my life, have I seen new carpet glued on top of the old carpet. Absolutely the worst mess...
Thankfully the rust is minimal and require minor prepping and some Rust Bullet. Can't wait to pull up the passenger side.
Never in my life, have I seen new carpet glued on top of the old carpet. Absolutely the worst mess...
Thankfully the rust is minimal and require minor prepping and some Rust Bullet. Can't wait to pull up the passenger side.
LocuMob
Fluid Technician with a hat
Dsertdog
Old man with an old guitar, and a blue note.
Another weekend spent thrashin' on the Polara.
I treated and coated the rust and acid damage around the battery area. I coated the treated rust and metal with Rust Bullet Safety Red. It's not a match but is considered a primer that I can sand and paint with the correct color.
I also did the battery tray and support bracket as well.
The horizontal threads on the repro hold down are not cut deep enough for the nut to tighten against the bolt So I need to make a spacer.
I started taping up the wiring with linerless tape. This is great stuff and I'll be using more of it!
Lastly I brazed the frayed wires on the rear bow cable and greased the eyelet so it would rotate.
I treated and coated the rust and acid damage around the battery area. I coated the treated rust and metal with Rust Bullet Safety Red. It's not a match but is considered a primer that I can sand and paint with the correct color.
I also did the battery tray and support bracket as well.
The horizontal threads on the repro hold down are not cut deep enough for the nut to tighten against the bolt So I need to make a spacer.
I started taping up the wiring with linerless tape. This is great stuff and I'll be using more of it!
Lastly I brazed the frayed wires on the rear bow cable and greased the eyelet so it would rotate.
Is that a group 24 battery?
For some reason I ended up with a group 34 battery and mine fits similarly in width. I wonder if the OEM battery’s didn’t have a wider top lip overhang to fill the gap. I believe they were used to lift the batteries with tongs before built in handles were a thing.
Dsertdog
Old man with an old guitar, and a blue note.
Hey there!
It is a group 24 battery. It doesn't fit well, because the bottom is designed for wedge mounts instead the the top bracket. I have to shove it down into the tray. Overall, it's made for a modern car. Back on the day these cars used wet batteries with removable caps. The tops were flat and the bracket would've set right down on them.
I've read somewhere that these cars take a group 27. Those sized batteries look a bit long to me.
Back in the day battery lifts were plastic or leather straps with steel rings that had holes corresponding to the terminals They wedged against the terminals when you lifted the battery. Never trusted those, you were only supposed to use them with bad batteries in case the terminal broke or a ring slid off. The old tongs that were around were not real trustworthy either.
Dsertdog
Old man with an old guitar, and a blue note.
Despite the near record heat and oppressive humidity this weekend, I got a few small projects done on the Polara.
The first thing I did was cleave off some of the dip material on radiator mount stud for the battery hold down, which revealed enough threads so it would tighten properly.
Then I installed the washer bottle I received from Vans, along with the hood insulators and other misc pieces. I popped all the wiring straps out of the fender and finished wrapping the battery cables and such. In the process I washed most if not all of the battery acid stains off the inner fender and waxed it. I still need to know what the sticker was.
The last little detail... The heater hose bracket, which I call the salad tongs.
The first thing I did was cleave off some of the dip material on radiator mount stud for the battery hold down, which revealed enough threads so it would tighten properly.
Then I installed the washer bottle I received from Vans, along with the hood insulators and other misc pieces. I popped all the wiring straps out of the fender and finished wrapping the battery cables and such. In the process I washed most if not all of the battery acid stains off the inner fender and waxed it. I still need to know what the sticker was.
The last little detail... The heater hose bracket, which I call the salad tongs.
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bigmoparjeff
Senior Member
I'm not aware of any factory stickers that would have been on the inner fender in '66. It's not uncommon for car dealers to put a sticker under the hood with their emergency towing phone number for people to use in case of a break down. Could also just have been some type of aftermarket product sticker, like K&N filters, or Mobile 1 oil, or hundreds of other possible products.
The only possibility I could think of for a factory sticker would be if it was a clean air package car from California. They might have noted that fact, along with the revised tune-up specs. Otherwise, I believe 1968 was the first year they started putting tune-up spec stickers on the inner fenders.
Jeff
The only possibility I could think of for a factory sticker would be if it was a clean air package car from California. They might have noted that fact, along with the revised tune-up specs. Otherwise, I believe 1968 was the first year they started putting tune-up spec stickers on the inner fenders.
Jeff
Dsertdog
Old man with an old guitar, and a blue note.
It's not the usual vinyl quality Mopar (and the fed) would have required, so I'm removing what's left. Thanks!
mr. fix it
Old Man with a Hat
The sticker as suggested could even had been an oil service label no?
Dsertdog
Old man with an old guitar, and a blue note.
There wasn't any printing left on it to suggest much of anything. I sprayed it with a goo remover type product and a couple minutes later all traces were gone.
I have an oil change sticker on the inner windshield from a place in Michigan, from about the time the car was driven from there to Arkansas. I hope that it wasn't the last time it was changed before I got it!
mr. fix it
Old Man with a Hat
One will never know...
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