Welcome, 440C-Body68

[FCBO Administrator]

Join me in welcoming @440C-Body68 to FCBO.

 

[440C-Body68]

Hello everyone! Looking forward to sharing information with this group. I just turned 68 years old, retired in September 2021 from a company I worked for for 43 years and have been spending appreciable time working on projects I have long said I'd "eventually get to". My current project is a 1968 Chrysler New Yorker that I've owned since November 1978 (only the second owner). The car is pretty clean, interior is almost factory perfect and because it has spent its life inside of a garage, the body is in very good condition. Sadly, the car has not been licensed for the road since 1987 and has been only started a handful of times since then. I'm restoring it to as close to factory condition as possible. Amazingly the car still has the original coolant hoses and clamps and some other original parts you wouldn't expect on a 56 year old car. It still has these parts because I bought it with 52,000 miles and drove it 22,000 miles in 9 years before putting it in storage. Obviously I'm replacing virtually every rubber component plus things like the fuel tank, parking brake cables and anything it makes sense to replace. Parts like the Holley 4160 600 cfm carburetor is being rebuilt and I plan on keeping every original part that makes sense to keep.

I am excited to get to know people in this group and help each other with our unique needs.
Thanks for welcoming me.

 

[66sptfry]

Welcome

 

[carguy300]

Welcome from east texas! Sounds like a good retirement project! Good luck and post pics!!

 

[kowalski1970]

Welcome from Virginia!!

 

[Camshaft]

Welcome from British Columbia!

 

[GOLDMYN]

Hi from Chilton, Wi, lets see some pix.

 

[440C-Body68]

Here are a couple of recent pictures.

 

[GOLDMYN]

nice, what's the back story?