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I have 3 1965 Valiants & yesterday we accquired a 1965 Dodge Polara. I'm pretty sure that year they were C-bodies. I have a couple of questions: 1) how do I find a fender tag decoder for the 65 Polara? Most of the places I've looked don't have much info on the 65 Dodges 2) The paint...

I learned to drive in a Road Toad ('60 Valiant) then got my license in 1964 in a '62 Fury. I STILL have the Fury & drive it on a regular basis. In the late 70s I bought a killer mid 60s Turquoise & white Dodge muscle truck with chrome stacks (yep - stacks!) & tons of running lights. My...

Here's a pic of one of the picnic baskets I keep on the back seat:

Up here Von's, Raley's, and Beverages & More (BevMo) has it. Most places that carry a lot of wine will have it. It can also be ordered online. I've seen it on ebay. We have lots of car related BBQs & get togethers and any wine with a car on the label is a big hit. As far as I know...

Yes, that is the car on the label. The 8' tall banner behind the car was used when the car was on display in the Twin Fin booth at the East Coast Surfing Championship. The poster leaning up against the front bumper is a poster of the label. On the back seat, next to the surfboard, I display...

I haven't posted in a long time. Here's a photo of the Twin Fin Wine Valiant 'vert that I got from Dan last year. We are having TONS of fun with this little car! It's been to a whole lot of shows & cruises in the past year & has gotten in the newspaper once. In the next month or so I will...

I recently got a front bumper for my '65 Valiant but it does not quite fit. The bracket holes don't line up & the measurements aren't exactly the same as the bumpers on my '65. There is "7777" stamped on the inside of this bumper. Is this a 1963 ? I looked up photos of the '63 Valiants & it...

This might be a really dumb question but here goes --- can a power convertible top be manually operated if the convertible motor assembly is disconnected? The question came up when we were talking about what might happen if you were out someplace & the top motor quit working. Could you still...

I'm looking for a '65 Signet steering wheel that's in good condition.

I will definitely try to find out why it burned the wires. I'm going to check with a mechanic Monday.

We just spotted this last night. It was hard to see because it was on the underneath sides of 2 wires. Apparently, on the 1965 Barracuda 273 engine the heat sheilds at the manifold on the drivers side are so short that they don't do any good at all. The passenger side is OK but that drivers...

My '65 Barracuda has been doing this for about 2 weeks & we just spotted a possible cause last night - 2 of the spark plug wires are melting! It was hard to see because it was on the underneath part. Working on that today......

From the SF Chronicle: (05-04) 19:37 PDT San Jose, Calif. (AP) -- A version of the General Lee — a 1969 Dodge Charger made famous in the television show "The Dukes of Hazzard" — fetched a winning bid of nearly $10 million Friday in an online auction. If the bidder comes through with...

OK, this auction can't be for real!!!! It's now up to $9,900,300.00 with 72 bids. Is it some sort of joke? http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&viewitem=&item=250108256198

Is the auction, & the bids, for real? There's another GL that was used in the movies on ebay & it's still in a "reasonable" price range. Famous cars always bring more money than normal cars but 2.3 mil is a little nuts. I am always suspicious of auctions I see online. I had a friend who...

Two days to go on the auction & it's at $2,300,000.00 ! http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&viewitem=&item=250108256198

Well, we had a 4 day Automotive Film Festival in Oakhurst (Calif) this weekend. Lots of vintage & documentary car related films. They had a display of race cars & some vintage cars inside the tent where the reception & wine tasting was held. There were also racing celebrities present to...

I googled the Crawlers & found out that they had a couple of other "hits" : "Mr. Penguin" & "The Philly Freeze". Looks like I didn't miss much when I was out of the country! BTW, there was a band in the 60's called the Valiants. I do vaguely remember them. Can't say the same about the...

I was just going thru ebay listing for Barracudas & found a 1965 45 RPM record called "The Barracuda" by Alvin Cash & the Crawlers. Does anyone remember this one? Is it about the car or the fish? I remember 1965 but I sure as heck don't recall the song. I googled it & according to the lyrics...

My '65 Barracuda has the Edelbrock 1406 4bbl 600cfm and I'm quite happy with it. The guy who worked on the car for the last owner said that it now gets about 253 HP. He had tried 2 other 4bbls on it, and a 2bbl, and this one worked the best. I recently put a Pertronix igniter on it , too ...

Hi Jim, My little Barracuda has been invited to be on display there so we know there will be at least one Mopar in the exhibit. I'm looking forward to seeing the race cars & some of the exotics. The cars will be on display from Wednesday thru Sunday noon. Dave Wolin is putting on the...

Oakhurst California is hosting an automotive film festival. It looks like fun! Here is an article from "Woman Motorist" magazine and a link to the festival website: http://www.southernyosemite.com/index1.htm Auto Enthusiasts, Racing Fans and Car Buffs Gear Up For Film Festival March...

Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Expressway, aka Ikeway

Well, I've been experimenting with cropping & resizing photos for the web so here's a pic of the Polara:

Jim, it was nice meeting you & your family too! Don't worry about me turning the red '65 into a 4X4 monster. I could go wild with it but will probably just go mild & keep it all original. My black '65 was the only A body Barracuda in a class of Dusters but it still took 3rd. I'm very...

Saw this at the Madera Mopar show. Maybe I could do this to my red '65. Then I could get out of here on snowy days........

FYI, the Mopar show is this Sunday, Oct 8, in Madera Calif. The weather should be good & it's a nice show. I'm taking the Barracuda this time. Can't wait!

The creature with the sweet tooth is a pack rat , AKA wood rat. They are HUGE! We are infested with them here in the Sierra's. They're amazing, smart animals when out in the woods but NOT when they are in your cars! The Fury has a large air filter compartment. I'm considering changing it to...

Here in the rodent infested Sierra's we're used to finding rodents nests & acorns in the filter. Well, this time I found a Tootsie Roll in the filter! That darn rat had to carry the thing about 200' from the van that had the bag of Tootsie Rolls in it. It wasn't one of those tiny bite size...