Cbody Bob's 1966 Chrysler 300 coupe

[C Body Bob]

But I have only got one set, sniff.

Mike may have some. I can ask my bud Dan. He hoards MOPAR stuff. Maybe Matt has some or knows of a set out his way. You where going to call him anyway

 

[Wollfen]

Mike may have some. I can ask my bud Dan. He hoards MOPAR stuff. Maybe Matt has some or knows of a set out his way. You where going to call him anyway

Yeah Matt knows I am after that sort of thing. I'm calling him tomorrow too.

 

[C Body Bob]

Yeah Matt knows I am after that sort of thing. I'm calling him tomorrow too.

You send some pics of that shroud to Gary ?

 

[Wollfen]

You send some pics of that shroud to Gary ?

I did.

 

[C Body Bob]

I tinkered on the 300 today. Fixed a few minor things & checked it out a little better. I decide to ditch the hub caps & 215/75 tires in favor of black steelies with 215/75 up front & 255/70 on 8 inch steelies out back. It looks better. I need to lower the front a bit & raise the back about an inch. Then some chrome lug nuts. Don't worry nothing was done that can easily be reversed.

 

[Wollfen]

View attachment 150078 View attachment 150079 View attachment 150080 I tinkered on the 300 today. Fixed a few minor things & checked it out a little better. I decide to ditch the hub caps & 215/75 tires in favor of black steelies with 215/75 up front & 255/70 on 8 inch steelies out back. It looks better. I need to lower the front a bit & raise the back about an inch. Then some chrome lug nuts. Don't worry nothing was done that can easily be reversed.

Hey Bob, I have a set of new lug nuts you can use, they are LH & RH, I paid $25 for em thinking I needed them but since I am putting a set of later disks in the car I need a set of RH only lugs. You can have em for $20 if you are interested.

 

[C Body Bob]

Hey Bob, I have a set of new lug nuts you can use, they are LH & RH, I paid $25 for em thinking I needed them but since I am putting a set of later disks in the car I need a set of RH only lugs. You can have em for $20 if you are interested.

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Sold. Next time I come down I'll get em.

 

[C Body Bob]

A week or so ago after a nice rain I went out to the 300 sitting by the shop & both front floors had about a half inch of water in them. So after drying that up I put duct tape around the windshield to see if that was the source of the leak. Well last night we had another good rain & it drizzled all day. So I went out to the car & a lot of water in the front pass floor & a small amount in the driver's. So I got my flash light & looked up under the dash on the passenger side & I can see it running down but not sure when it's getting in. Thinking through the cowl. Here are some pics.

 

[C Body Bob]

And this leak right in the middle over the trans tunnel. So am I right. Is the cowl leaking. I just had Wollfen weld in new floors & I sure don't want them to rot right back out. Got to fix this

 

[MarPar]

are yer drains cleaned out?

 

[C Body Bob]

are yer drains cleaned out?

I don't know. Seems like Wollfen checked those while he had the fenders off.

 

[pomonamissel]

hey bob , a trap can fix that leak , lol .

 

[Wollfen]

I''m trying to build a mental picture of what we are seeing there, trying to imagine how the water is getting in. I think it would be easier if I looked at it again. I wonder if that seam sealer under that flange in the second pic is dried out and shrunk thus maybe letting water in like that?

 

[C Body Bob]

I''m trying to build a mental picture of what we are seeing there, trying to imagine how the water is getting in. I think it would be easier if I looked at it again. I wonder if that seam sealer under that flange in the second pic is dried out and shrunk thus maybe letting water in like that?

The second pic is the right side up under the dash. That's the vent & the two speed nuts appear to secure some of the HVAC housing. My guess is it's entering through the cowl & into the HVAC housing somehow. Hence the other leak comming from the center at the other end of the HVAC housing. Just a guess at this point. Pretty sure this is what caused the original floors to rot. So got to find & fix this.

 

[C Body Bob]

If you look close on the corner of that vent you will see what appears to be a rust hole in that metal housing.

 

[live4theking]

This was not the kind of update I was hoping for.

 

[pomonamissel]

problems create solutions

 

[detmatt]

I have a set of 15 x 6.5 rallyes on Craigslist but with shipping they’d probably be too pricey.

 

[C Body Bob]

This was not the kind of update I was hoping for.

This has been a two steps forward 1 step back project from the beginning.

 

[C Body Bob]

I have a set of 15 x 6.5 rallyes on Craigslist but with shipping they’d probably be too pricey.

I'm going to stay with the 15x8 black steelies. For now any way.