Laughing Coyote

Gary, I have the original ones stored away until I get further along on the car. After the car is painted then I will get the seats and door panels completed so I can just put them in without having to store them. They're stored in my shed out of the elements, but not an idea place for newly upholstered seats. As I do the body work I keep the engine, dash, etc covered as not to get it covered with dust, so the less stuff to cover the less I have to worry about keeping clean.

Thanks wldavis. Today I took some time and built my front seat. I used the method that Roger did and made a wood seat. They may not be covered in fine leather, but I think the old patio cushions go well with the tan and gold. The only thing there is no adjustment in the seats, but it's a lot better to sit in and not chase cushions around when trying to drive.

Well after looking over the wagon I decided that I'm going to pass on it. It had areas under it that look suspect of rust from what I could see. The spare tire well has tape covering up the rust hole. That's what you see in the pictures is tape. My question is why would someone spend the money to repaint and not do a repair correctly and just paint over tape??? That kind of bothers me. The AC thing was not a big deal, but shelling out more money for a unit, seat repair and anything else that may be a bigger ticket item. To bad cause it was cool , but I didn't want something else to tear into more than I want too right now. My voice of reason (My wife) told me just to put that money into the Mercury and get a cover for the bed of the truck. So I will do that instead. I still would like to get something else down the road. Just so many cars out there, so little time, space, money, etc.

It's suppose to be in the mid 70's all week. Hopefully I can get some car stuff done while the warm weather is around.

I called the owner and talked with him for a bit on the wagon. It doesn't have AC. Not a big deal breaker, but would be nice since I live in the desert. He told me he bought from a guy who bought if from an estate sale. It came from the Washington/Idaho area. It has some body filler on the upper rear pillars by the back windows on on the passenger front fender. Don't know if that is covering up (rust, dent, ?) He also told me he bought it lowered and he took off the original muffle and put on a cherry bomb. I'm going to have to take a day to drive out there and see what else there is that he may not be telling me. I'm sure more to come. Thanks for all the info so far.

I did mine online. It was an old Sears brand. The exact number of it wasn't on their list, but I put it as a 1997 as the year. It was around mid November when I did it. I just received it today. Ready to send back.

If it pans out I would raise it backup to stock height. Maybe add dual exhaust if there is room under it and drive the wheels off.

Never owned a Chrysler product. Mostly Chevrolet's. I had a buddy in high school that had 67 Dodge dart 4 door with a slant 6. He beat the tar out of that car. Could never hurt the engine or destroy the car. It just kept going. No air cleaner, wood screws holding the battery terminals on the posts, no battery hold down, One headlight shining on the side of the road and one in the trees. What fun times. He ended up getting another car at the end of high school. That one was still running when he parked it at the salvage yard.

This. I need to be able to haul my finished products. You only have so much room in a 2500 Silverado ext cab. I need to lay things flat. https://tucson.craigslist.org/cto/d/1966-chrysler-town-and/6444586715.html

I'm looking at a mid 60's Chrysler product and wanted to know if the 383 is a good engine and the 727 torqueflite is a good transmission. Just looking for input from people that have owned them. Thanks

I use to use them all the time for touch up on the metal gates and doors I use to make. They work pretty good for the cost.

I've always liked the look of old cars. The body lines, the dash styles, and just the overall look that sets them out from the everyday car. How the interiors are laid out and flows inside the car. Yes, the newer cars are dependable and drive nice, but owning, driving, and sharing a piece of automobile history I think is a special thing. Old cars may not appeal to everyone, but for the ones it does a great joy and satisfaction of owning something that is unique and different is what its all about. Life is short so enjoy what makes you happy and others will see that and want to be apart of it. It takes time, but it always comes back around.

Yesterday I took time out from my annual shop cleaning and welded up the sender ring on the tank. I also added some B 1/2 sealant (if you worked around any modern military aircraft you know the stuff) around the ring to make sure there will be no leaks. I then added a fresh coat of paint and ready to go. I checked the sender to make sure it's all good before I put it in the tank and re hang it. We're all set now. I just need to get some gas and hopefully be back on track.

Found a black on tan. All original. https://phoenix.craigslist.org/evl/cto/d/1974-cadillac-elderado/6439928591.html

Haven't had a chance to weld up the fuel tank yet, but itching to get it fixed and back in the car. I did manage to finish up my vintage Mercury sign. I have made others for my shop too. I can make all kinds of vintage looking signs. They have a real rusted patina with a flat clear top coat. I used the same script as what's on the Mercury. I'm going to make several gas signs next. If anyone is interested in something let me know.

Nope. 80F today and tomorrow. The project is still sitting in the garage waiting for me to fix the fuel tank.

That must be one heavy little truck. That trailer is sitting pretty low. Nice find. Good luck on it.

Merry Christmas everyone from Arizona. Going to have some home made red chili tamales, re-fried beans, nachos, salsa and a beer. Forecast will be a mild 77F for the day.

Today Santa came early. I ordered a NOS grill center section off of the bay and I wasn't expecting it until after Christmas. The mail man delivered it today. It looks great.

Well I took sometime to work the cars gas tank issue. After getting all the gas out and dropping the tank I had a nice surprise why the tank was leaking. The sender seal was leaking. The reason why it was leaking is because the tank lock ring. When you cam the sender lock ring around into place to lock the sender it puts pressure on the tank lock ring that is spot welded to the tank and smashing the seal tighter and tighter to form a leak proof seal. Well it must of been to much pressure on the crappy spot welds that hold the ring onto the tank. They popped loose when I installed the sender originally. Of course it was the top ones so I couldn't see anything. You just can't buy anything worth a sh_t anymore. It's all junk. Now I have to purge the tank so I can put a real bead of weld on it so I doesn't leak. I also welded a wire terminal to the sender so I will have a ground when I finally get it back together AGAIN.

I just re-read my post and meant to say trunk not truck. I just looked at my trunk on the Merc and I thought it was painted, but Roger is correct. It has over spray around the edges of the insulation material. I'm sure Roger will do what is correct for his model. No matter which route he goes it will look great.

I'm just glad it wasn't anything else where I had to tear into more wiring or other electrical issues. I'm hoping to get back on the car here real quick. This month has been a killer and January is already filled up. Paul, when are we going to see that new engine you were working on run? I know you had an engine stand almost ready to go.

Just throwing my two cents out there. The insulation material on my truck is painted the car color.

Nice work on the wheels and the bomber.

I crawled under the car today real quick with a wire that had an alligator clip at each end. I clipped it to the metal fuel line and the fuel inlet at the sender and checked the to see if the gauge worked. It Does! I'm a happy camper. To bad I changed out the gauge with out checking this first. I now have a spare. I still have to pull the sender since it's leaking around it. I may need a wider gasket material since the other one is pretty thin and don't have much surface area. Thanks for the help guys.