angus66
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Hey, you ever sat there thinking, "If only there was a Chrysler C-Body Forum". A Google search later and here I am. My name is Angus I live in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. I spent the last 5 years of my life restoring my fathers '76 Triumph TR6. I profiled that project in a blog at http://www.thetr6project.com/
Not that I am going to blog about it but I am about to embark on restoring a 1964 New Yorker 2-door Hardtop - saloon topped car - push-button Automatic. Rare car as the 1964 New Yorker 2-door was a Canada exclusive model (as per the wiki page). I turn 35 in April so my goal is to finish the New Yorker before I turn 40. I am starting the car in May. More to that story later.
My most immediate focus is tracking down a foot-seek control that could have been installed in 1977 New Yorkers (Possibly Newports and T&C Wagons). Through no fault of my own I've come to own a unloved 1977 Chrysler Newport 2-door Hardtop. It's too nice to let sit as it's in real good original condition. My problem is that the PO installed a aftermark Autovox radio in it. To resolve that I've acquired a 1977 Chrysler AM/FM power seek radio. I am tickled with my purchase and started researching the radio more. I quickly found out that there was a "floor control" for these radios. It looks a lot like a floor dimmer switch and activates the power seek on the radio. As a bit of an obsessed completion-ist I'd like to track one down to install on the car. That and a power antenna switch (the power antenna itself is pretty easy to track down) as the car is going to be semi-retired to the family vacation property (so I can fly in and drive) and will spend the off-season under a 4 season cover.
Any help would be appreciated. And I'm glad to find this place. I am pretty active on 6-pack.org (TR6 forum) I can see that happening here as it seems this is to be the C-body era of my life - I honestly didn't put together the '64 New Yorker was also a C-body until I started writing this post.
Not that I am going to blog about it but I am about to embark on restoring a 1964 New Yorker 2-door Hardtop - saloon topped car - push-button Automatic. Rare car as the 1964 New Yorker 2-door was a Canada exclusive model (as per the wiki page). I turn 35 in April so my goal is to finish the New Yorker before I turn 40. I am starting the car in May. More to that story later.
My most immediate focus is tracking down a foot-seek control that could have been installed in 1977 New Yorkers (Possibly Newports and T&C Wagons). Through no fault of my own I've come to own a unloved 1977 Chrysler Newport 2-door Hardtop. It's too nice to let sit as it's in real good original condition. My problem is that the PO installed a aftermark Autovox radio in it. To resolve that I've acquired a 1977 Chrysler AM/FM power seek radio. I am tickled with my purchase and started researching the radio more. I quickly found out that there was a "floor control" for these radios. It looks a lot like a floor dimmer switch and activates the power seek on the radio. As a bit of an obsessed completion-ist I'd like to track one down to install on the car. That and a power antenna switch (the power antenna itself is pretty easy to track down) as the car is going to be semi-retired to the family vacation property (so I can fly in and drive) and will spend the off-season under a 4 season cover.
Any help would be appreciated. And I'm glad to find this place. I am pretty active on 6-pack.org (TR6 forum) I can see that happening here as it seems this is to be the C-body era of my life - I honestly didn't put together the '64 New Yorker was also a C-body until I started writing this post.
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