Recent content by cudamark

I've got two '66 A-body convertible mirror bases and neither one has a spring clip like your '66 B-body one, so, I presume that means it doesn't take the solid metal visor post. So, that leaves the early plastic post, or, the later metal base post with the rubber tips. Who can confirm which it...

The door shells have a different part number between '69 and '70, so, something must be different unless it's just a superseded number. As a whole door they will interchange except for the door glass. The vent glass and frame are the same HT vs Vert. Some individual parts in the door changed...

Nope, same.

If you happen to come here to San Diego, I have 3 14 X 4 1/2, 5-4" stock steel wheels that I will sell you. I don't want to ship them.

That's the rub.....I see some sites that say '66 is plastic and like the '65 and earlier models (makes sense on most parts that year) and other sites that say it's the same as the '67-up cars using the metal shaft and rubber tips. Who has a virgin original that can check for me? I figured that...

Does anyone KNOW the correct visor tips for a '66 Valiant convertible? Mine are missing and I'd like to get the proper ones. Are they plastic? metal? rubber? Is there supposed to be a metal post in the end that the tip attaches to? Maybe a source to get a pair? I see Layson's has some in their...

I'd just get a different steering gear that is correct for your year and model. The same gear was used on almost all '72 and older A,B, and E bodies.....at least back though '63 models. '67-72 would be the best, so you don't have to swap return line fittings.

Later on in the mid 90's I had a customer do just that. At that point we couldn't come up with the correct hub and drum to fit his early '73. He didn't have the money to do a disc C/O, so, I sold him the earlier spindle, upper control arm, brakes and all so he could just get it back on the road.

Oh, and I sold the upper control arms with disc brake changeovers because they had the larger ball joint.

The part number for that hub and drum assembly is 3699574. The 70-2 hub and drum is 3580533.

Mine were both 198/904 column shift plain Jane animals. No options at all. They were rubber mat cars, so, the floors were rusted out. That's how I got them as parts cars. They both had original paint and interiors, so, pretty much untouched. I got them in 1982 so, unlikely anything had been...

I had two of September built '72 models. Both were 9" front drum with the large ball joint. The spindle is the same one as the 10" drum brake, so, they both use the A2 and A17 bearings. If you look in the factory and aftermarket parts books, only one control arm, spindle, and ball joint is...

How about just getting the correct small sector shaft steering gear so things stay stock for your year.

Not true. ALL '73-6 A-bodies use the large upper ball joint regardless of which brakes it has.

Yes, as long as you don't get carried away with the cam. Too much lift/duration and you may need to pull heads and/or pistons to get enough valve relief. Spring bind might be another issue with too much lift.