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I would like to say hello to you all and say that i have loved the Cryslers from 1946 to 1948 and i have found a beuty,1948 new yorker club coupe straight 8, the car has been totaly disasembled, and the body off the frame , the frame was totaly blasted and rebuilt all new suspension brakes lines springs ect,the engine is totaly apart also and the block and head sent out and cleaned and checked, i was going to make a hot rod out of it , I think i might just rstore it cause the body is so straight and clean , so what am i up against here as far a straight 8 engine should i put it back togeather or maybe swap out for a chrysler V8 small block.

Cheers

James

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At having only 10,735 New Yorker Club Coupes being built all through 1946-1948, it is less than 4,000 per year and as rustyshepherd said....very few left. Keep it original if you can.

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I have decided to keep it original and put it back togeather,i am thinking i will need alot of help thou lololo i have not atemted this for a lot of years around 40 of them, it is all there nothing missing and all parts are bagged and tittled and including all manuals which is a bonus, any advise form you guys or gals who have done this before and i might be asking a lot of questions smile.gif

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James

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I would say do everything before the engine unless you are prepared to do it all and keep going. A lot of guys do the engine, start the rest and run out of money and the engine sits. Just not good for an engine to sit long. Just my opinion from experience. You should probably join the "W.P.C.(Walter P. Chrysler) Club". For $45.00 you can also get a copy of the factory build sheet from The Chrysler Museum in Auburn Hills, Michigan. It will define what your car came with and colors, etc.

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The engines are pretty straight forward to rebuild and parts are available. They have plenty of power and run fine on low octane gas. They also came with hardened valves and valve seat inserts. No changes necessary to run on today's gas. They have a strong engine and no problem running at today's hiway speeds, up to 70 all day and maybe faster.

There is a pretty savvy group at the Chrysler Imperial owners club. Their web site has a wealth of information on those old motors. You might look up their web site.

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Yes you can do dual exhausts. It is called splitting the manifold. A muffler shop can weld an extra pipe and flange onto your original exhaust manifold.

Run 2 straight pipes all the way out past the back bumper. No mufflers. When you peel out it will sound like a WW2 fighter plane taking off.

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You can use straight pipes but they should be long. The long stroke straight eight likes long pipes.

The straight pipe setup would be NOISY.

When you open up the exhaust you should richen the carburetor main jet a little to prevent burning exhaust valves.

For the intake, there was a 2 barrel intake made for these engines by the factory. Your car may have one, I don't know exactly when they used them but they were definitely available in the last few years of production. The last straight eight Chrysler was 1950 so late 40s to 1950?

There are larger 2 barrel carbs available. You can even get an adapter to put on a small 4 barrel.

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Your local auto supply store can get most parts believe it or not. Your auto machine shop can get bearings valves gaskets etc. through their normal suppliers.

Here are a couple of other specialists.

Roberts Motor Parts

http://www.robertsmotorparts.com/index.html

Andy Bernbaum

http://www.oldmoparts.com/

I have got some good deals on new parts on Ebay. If you check up once or twice a week it is surprising how often you find what you want.

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Dave from what i have seen so far i am pretty lucky here i think this car has been stored in heated storage for much of its life and inside for sure the paint still looks decent on it even alot of the interior is in verry good condition it is that really nice blue almost purple colour, all the dash is verry good also, i think i found a wonderful start, smile.gif the only rust i have found is on the inside of the drivers rear fender.

Cheers

James

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