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How I found it (1st post) and tech details (4th) here.

This car reminds me of Bob Stepp's wagon*, but it isn't; that car had an overdrive 4-speed and some other differences, but it was a similar colour inside and out. This car looks like it's had some thoughtful upgrades done. Interesting integration of '70 head restraints, assuming the structure...

This car appears, from the single photo, to have a lot of worthy parts on it. (Not mine, and I'm not near it)

…instead of a Nova or Maverick: Chrysler Motors Film: Dodge Dart & Plymouth Duster vs. Chev Nova, Ford Maverick

Yyyessssss, you, too, can learn awllllll about it in this promotional motion-picture brought to you by the nyeww 1960 Chevrolet! First there's a clever little quippy little dig at the advertising tagline Plymouth used in 1957 ("Suddenly, it's 1960!"), on account of the '60 Plymouth looks just...

Namely: where their name came from (read the fine print):

I ran this on the 318 in my '89 D-100. It worked well; I kept it and put the OE intake back on when I sold the truck. That was ten years ago, so pretty good odds someone else will do a better job than me of using it. The top edge of the plenum divider has been "sharpened" (see photo); the reason...

"Can't find it? Make it!" So I did. The "Valiant" decal (7" × 1½") was factory installed on early-production '60 Valiants, sometimes on the valve cover and sometimes on the air cleaner; see below. Goes great on a Valiant of any year. The "Mopar Parts" decal with the Flookerang (Forward Look...

Here are two new US-built Raybestos wheel cylinders for 9-inch drum brakes. One WC34876 (left + right rear, all years) and one WC37102 (right front, pre-1973). Current price for current (Chinese) ones is $7 to $14 apiece. The two of mine together are $23 shipped from Northern Michigan to...

Here's a pair of the metal trims that go round the inside of the rear quarter glass on the '61-'62 Lancer-Valiant 2-door hardtop cars. In nice condition; paint them to suit and pop 'em on. Mine are the blue ones; the red-car pic is to show where these go. $44 shipped from Northern Michigan to...

One set of new (in sealed bags, in boxes) US-made McQuay-Norris tie rod ends. All four, that's two inner and two outer; two ES401L and two ES401R. These fit all '70 and later rear-drive Mopar cars, except C-bodies. Current price for current (Chinese) parts is around $15 apiece; my American...

Got one new pair of American-made 7-inch round LED headlamps, Truck-Lite 37270C. Not my favourite 7" headlamp in the whole wide world, but completely credible, much better than sealed beams, DOT-certified, and very well built. They draw very little current (no relay harness needed; drop in, plug...

I've eyeballed a few new(ish)-on-the-market LED 7" headlamps, and one out of three of them gets a thumbs-up. That's the Philips H6024LED. It's made in Taiwan, rather nicely per my inspection, and it appears they picked one of the better beam specifications in the regulation to engineer/build to...

I snagged this pic from a Craigslist ad in 2010, and it's been bouncing around my hard disks ever since. From time to time I try to find more pics of this car, but I haven't had any luck. Anyone know anything about this car? I think that's a New Jersey licence plate on it.

I've been saying for years that Mopar RTV is significantly better than other brands. Now there's test data confirming it. Skip ahead to 18:04 for the TLDR.

…real quick in the opening sequence of the new sitcom "American Auto". Screengrabbed:

When (and how, and why) front turn signals changed from white to amber. A-body content in the first picture!

Today I learnt they built these in Mexico. Cool, eh! I didn’t know that. Sharp-lookin’ car; this would’ve made a Valiant Scamp more coherent with the rest of the Valiant line than the rebadged Dart they used instead. Not that I dislike the Dart-based Scamps or anything, but…well, lookit:

1964 Valiant Signet 200 • Don’t Say the P-Words on Curbside Classic (also this '71 Fargo van)

I have to assume. I mean, yeah, it says "Root Beer", but that's just letters. The picture illustrates what's in the bottle, no?

It's a bird! It's a plane! It's a truck! (with at least two Valiants and a Plymouth).

Here's an unusual air cleaner for ya: an oil bath item from a 318-2bbl Dodge truck. It will fit any '66-up 2-barrel carburetor used on Slant-6 or 273-313-318 V8 engines (Carter BBD, Bendix Stromberg WW, Holley 2280, and a few others); it uses the same bail-and-top-wingnut attachment as the...

Bit of a mystery, this. It's a reverberator unit out of a '60s Chrysler product of one kind or another, but I've lost my notes on just what it came out of. The idea with these is they hook to the radio (input) and a rear speaker (output). It delays the signal to the rear speaker by a small...

Here's an Auto-Lite (Prestolite) MDT-7002 starter motor as originally installed on '60-'61 Plymouth-Dodge cars with the 225 engine. Also fits '60-'61 Valiant-Lancer with 170 or 225, Canadian '60-'66 Slant-6 cars; a variety of Australian, Mexican, and Argentinian Valiants, and US + Canadian...

Here's a seldom-seen item: an original Auto-Lite (Prestolite) DC generator, as factory-installed on all '60 Plymouth-Dodge cars with the 225 engine, as well as '60-'62 Canadian Valiants and Slant-6 Dodges and Plymouths without the optional alternator. Mount bracket is included. Probably works...

Here's a good used factory FM-AM radio out of a '73 Dart. Part № 3501 623, made in Canada by Motorola. The FM/AM selector is intact and working (not always the case on these radios). Correct part number for '73-'76 A-bodies. Direct fit for '70-'72 cars, too. Easily installed in '63-'67 cars, and...

I think this Midland-Ross booster came off a '69 Dart, or it could've been a '70 Duster. No brackets. Most likely part № 2944 006, which the '69 and '70 factory parts cattledogs list for A-bodies with drum or disc brakes. This one appears to have come off a drum brake car, going by the master...

(TL;DR: The factory let Car & Driver have a car with a 273 Commando/4-speed, 13" wheels, and 9" drum brakes. Was that typical equipment?) In the October 1964 Car & Driver, there's a road test of a '65 Barracuda with 273 Commando engine and 4-speed transmission. Obviously with a magazine of that...

…on Curbside Classic

I've got an article up on Curbside Classic about the three(!) different developmental versions of the diesel 225.