'65 New Yorker bringing it back to life thread-

[live4theking]

I'll check out those links. I am betting the carb needs rebuilt...

I wont give up on her, just more issues than planned. The way the car was described when bought was- new gas tank, new gas/brake lines and new tires and she will be good to go...

This is a sign of either a naive or inexperienced person when it comes to old cars, the seller that is.

What gas do you run with this? I added the lead additive in my last tank, but in Long Island it's a ***** trying to find ethanol free gas. Do you have to change the carb mixture as well?

Run the highest octane you can get with the marine oil RIP mentioned.

Scored a set of 205 65 15 Kelly tires, free. 1/2 life still in them.

Current tires are slow leakers, rotted/cracked- easily 20+ years old...

These will let you move it around, but the speedometer would read way too fast.

 

[detmatt]

X3 or maybe even 4 by now on the marine 2-cycle with the gas. I’m not even scientific about it anymore, usually 3 to 4 glugs per tank. I’ve been running it since it was mentioned the first time on this forum so I’m going to say 15k miles of trouble free(In that regard) driving.

 

[James Romano]

X3 or maybe even 4 by now on the marine 2-cycle with the gas. I’m not even scientific about it anymore, usually 3 to 4 glugs per tank. I’ve been running it since it was mentioned the first time on this forum so I’m going to say 15k miles of trouble free(In that regard) driving.

I'm definitely going to run it. It's real easy to find anything marine based on Long Island... Lol.

Thanks for the vote of confidence

 

[Sir Patrick]

These are starting to clean up better than I expected-

 

[Sir Patrick]

Starting on the fronts-

 

[Sir Patrick]

These 2 got some more attention, going to polish soon-

 

[Sir Patrick]

Worth the work- diggin em-

 

[Sir Patrick]

Special delivery for me- found these in Las Vegas, and shipped fast!!!

 

[Sir Patrick]

Found this tag under the back seat-

 

[Sir Patrick]

And I'm guessing inspector marks??

 

[Sir Patrick]

Not bad for a MI car-

 

[Sir Patrick]

Botton wrapped-

 

[mopar440]

You get it running again yet?

 

[Sir Patrick]

You get it running again yet?

Still waiting on the carb rebuild kit...but staying busy till then.

Hope it will be here the 1st. Fingers crossed.

 

[Sir Patrick]

Update on the seats, finished them-

 

[65sporty]

It's looking good, just keep at the little things

 

[cbarge]

Looked up the head casting numbers-

4006452 – 1976-1978, 400/440 B/RB-series big-block, 2.08/1.74 valves, 81.5cc

SCORE!!

 

[live4theking]

Your seats look really nice. How wide are your seats? These covers are not wide enough for my NYer.

 

[Sir Patrick]

Your seats look really nice. How wide are your seats? These covers are not wide enough for my NYer.

Front or back? Or both?

My front seats fit nice, with room to spare. The backseat was a stretch, and came a little short in a couple spots, but barely noticable.

I'll go measure.

 

[Sir Patrick]

The back seat is 58" wide, but with how they fit in snug, it's not noticable on either side.