FinallyGot1
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Hello all! I recently became the proud owner of a 1968 Newport 2-door with near-perfect interior and near-perfect black vinyl top. The guy I bought her from says he found her in a barn in Kansas. He had her for a couple years and just kinda lost interest. He redid all the brake lines and put new shoes & pads on her and had the gas tank boiled out and resealed.....but it was leaking around the sending unit when I went to check her out. But I couldn't resist the old girl's sexy, swoopy lines. We agreed on a price and I drove her home. It was an eventful ride. My suspicion is that he was about to start redoing the front end when he discovered the lower ball joint issue. See, this particular Newport has factory power front disc brakes and that throws a huge wrinkle in the front end rebuild process. Anyway, I'm curious about how many disc brake equipped Newports were made in '68 and don't know where to find that info. Any help on that would be much appreciated. Beyond that, I'm just planning on building a better engine/trans for her (I'll pull the originals out and set them aside unmolested since they seem to be in decent working condition). Hope these pics show up right..... :sSig_noob: I added the bias ply whitewalls.
I almost didn't buy her because I thought the interior was TOO nice. Glad to be here and TIA for putting up with all the questions I haven't even thought to ask yet.
I almost didn't buy her because I thought the interior was TOO nice. Glad to be here and TIA for putting up with all the questions I haven't even thought to ask yet.
