Tips for a young guy? What’s next?

[SuperDave]

You mentioned body bushings: from my research, can't find any. However, lots of guys have taken hockey pucks, split em down the middle to half thickness, drilled holes in the middle and used them and reported great results. I'm not there yet but likely the route I'll be taking.

 

[71Polara383]

Best advice from one young guy to another.

Fix one thing at a time - leaving the car driveable/enjoyable in between projects.

Lastly

Don't buy anymore cars.

 

[Just Carbs]

Study the "vintage pics of woman and cars" thread from start to finish.

 

[O_Knut]

I see you are from Connecticut like me, I hope to see you at a show sometime this year. If you are looking for a radiator shop, I suggest lookin into these guys….

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They are about an hour away from you though, BUT that may cost about $225.00 to $500.00 depending on whats gotta be done. I may have a friend who may have one he wants to get rid of though, I will ask him and get back to you. Your car looks like an original air conditioned car that someone ripped the air out from too by the way, so I believe it would be a 26 inch radiator. As for an exhaust, I would look into maybe having one custom made from a shop because TTI like another member suggested unfortunately does not have small block exhaust. Only for big blocks. I would suggest Pops Muffler shop….
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or Roadrunner Exhaust in Massachusetts might be your best bet with price, I don’t know about Pops pricing….
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As for the body and paint work when you save up enough money, I have a friend who can probably do it in Cromwell if you would like him to do it. Just PM me and I can reach out to him to contact you or vise versa. As for a carburetor, they are pretty easy to rebuild if you wanted to do it yourself. The key to a good rebuild is to clean it real good. if you want to go Fuel Injection look into Sniper FITECH…. BUT a carburetor would be (in my opinion) significantly cheaper if you are on a budget, and you would have least of a headache of Fuel Injection again in my opinion. A new carburetor would be around $500ish compared to prices I’m seeing with Fuel Injection around $1,000 plus. There are cheap Chinese knockoffs on Ebay for about $150.00 as well and I hear they are pretty good, or like another member said to try Woodruff if you don’t wanna rebuild it. I see you mentioned a junkyard, if that is the route you wanna take may I suggest these guys…..
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The guys who own that place (or used to own it, because I don’t know if they still do) Bob and Frank are avid Mopar people and they used to have a bunch of old Mopars from the 1950s to the 1970s in their yard. Just ask for one of them and they can likely steer you in the right direction. If they are not an option, may I suggest these guys in Bernardston Massachusetts…..

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Good luck! If you have anymore questions, just ask we’re all here to help.

Hey I know bernardston from Steve Magnantes junkyard crawl! Small world huh, yeah please DM me because all this info is great

 

[O_Knut]

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So, after the transmission job had a moth fly out of my wallet, I’m hoping you guys can help me with some quality advice.
Here’s where I am with my car:
Needs new radiator

Needs new carb or carb rebuild

New muffler/ maybe exhaust

Rides like a truck (though handles amazingly just not comfy on bumps at all) (also body bushing shot I can feel the body and the subframe move seperately)

Body work… save that for last

Any advice for doing these things affordably or easily besides junkyarding parts is appreciated. I’m 20 now and though I did work for a time at a mechanics shop, I know fuel injection and sensors far more than I know carbuerators and chokes.
I guess any advice or tips you can give a young guy is appreciated. It may help me decide what else to fix. Carb getting done first then radiator

Also when I say ride is rough. The front is ok I primarily mean that in the rear it rides like a lifted truck. Front ain’t too bad but you hit even train tracks the rear end is just tough. I wonder if someone swapped truck leafs into the back lol. I’m only speculating because from my knowledge of suspension on most cars (coil springs) the older they get the softer they get. So are leafs the opposite?