Recent content by LongTimeLurker

That is an awesome car. Great find.

Well the imperial cable came, took about 7 weeks, but looks great. The imperial cable/kit also came with a new valve body detent spring. Has anyone who has installed the imperial kit done so without also installing the new spring?

Thanks for this informative post. We just got a 318 going in a 65 dart GT with a new electronic ignition (mopar orange box). It runs great but the new alternator is not charging correctly. I am guessing we need to swap out the voltage regulator after reading your post with a newer style.

Thanks for posting. I am pretty sure this is the easier way to go. The shifter did have two cables going to the transmission. One cable would just move if it was in park or not. The 65 and under a904s had a unit on it that needed to know if it was in park or not. Something to do with push...

I think he wants to use the original shifter. Trailbeast - yeah it would seem you would need to modify the lever for it to work right. Looking at Imperial Services website, there is a conversion kit for using a 65 shifter with a late model transmission (IS-357). Maybe that is the...

Hello, I have been helping my father in law work on a 65 Dart GT. Long story short: We took out the Slant 6, rebuilt a 318 and dropped it in, along with an auto Trans (A904) from a '72. That being said, we've started the car (sounds great) but we are having issues with the shifter. The car...