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Jim Lusk: That is a good option for non-original stock appearing fix. I am still using my top switch in my unrestored 72,000 mi 1982 Mark Cross LeBaron ordered Jan of '82. LOL That is why I made a few behind dash circuit reconfigurations keeping that stock look and function of the 67 Dart.

Just an idea: I installed relays to relive the 30 amp load from the top motor dash switch in 2008. Those switches are hard to find, appear to be under sized, and are getting old. Now the dash switch handles very low amperage as a trigger for two relays that do the heavy work. I utilized...

Thanks for the thanks guys... Nothing new, just adapting more expensive wiring method to a low buck model. As for the diagram, simply a simple illustration by a simple guy.

One top related upgrade is to reduce current load through dash top switch using relays. Below is how I rewired the top motor circuit to take a 30 amp load off of the dash switch:

I don’t know about the rest of you ragtop drivers out there, but seems to me north of the equator May to October I’m driving my soft tops working on my tan, not fixing them… The other cold weather plagued six months of the year is for fixing them, and posting questions and...

I forgot Scamp was built on 111” WB., anyway it had flat window glass and no rag top. All the early cars all had flat glass, and would require a lot of fabrication to get them to fit curved glass configuration. While tooting around with top down today I spotted a late 80’s LeBaron...

All Plymouth “A’s” and Duster bodies have shorter wheel base than Dart, so any Dart top frames would be too long. Duster has curved glass so top width would have to be shrunk, and convertible’s vertical post top attaches to and door glass seals to would have to be...

Here are a few places stocking new body parts. Take note that convertibles have a stronger inner rocker panel than other models with tin roofs. Also there are new door jamb panels available; the section the strike post is mounted in...

Of course I can't find what I'm looking for,but there are Factory plates that weld into 4 corners of the subframe to the floor pans that were used on the convertables for just what you were talking about,flex !! Those are torque boxes, rag tops & big block cars came from factory with them...

The structural inner rocker panel may be degraded from unseen corrosion allowing body to flex too much. A lot of moisture finds its way into the rocker area in a convertible via the top’s gutter system. The inner rocker is what connects front and rear sub frames, where convertibles...

Think nothing of it. If you haven’t had a top apart to repair it, or read about their installation, it can be a bit of a mystery. Most convertible top installs are the same process, and utilize the same general architecture. One can find several tutorials on line that walk you through an...

True, glass curtain (name of this section of convertible top) is what car was fitted with from factory. Not true, there is a bit more to it than that. Factory curtain is a separate section of top that has glass window welded in place, as well as aftermarket plastic window stile...

I realize that you want to save a buck, but I bet that if you were to compare actual part numbers for your car’s hydraulic pistons on the site below, you can find additional later model donor vehicles that use the same. http://www.hydroe.com/ Also these guys know convertibles, and can help...

Bias ply 6.50x13 I think will make for a flat trunk floor.

Nice. The writing reminds me of Motor Trend’s glib, snarky stile of the seventies, & eighties, a stile I enjoy by the way. I like the way they say; “hey 12 grand, and the car is done”… As if a ballpoint pen was a magic wand to be waved, and pooff--- the car was...

This may help: My ’67 Dart ragtop suffered from a badly corroded fuse holder, so I gutted it. Than bolted a modern cheap six spade type fuse holder on top of it, and transferred each wire from original block to new unit one at a time. It has been very reliable for four years now; also...

And, also stop more corrosion forming in fuse holders. Once dry, check condition of fuse holders, repair as nessary to lessen any voltage drop, and source of excess heat in wire harness.

It’s always enjoyable to view tropical fish.

j4: Moulding - Boldy Sill Narrow http://www.mymopar.com/index.php?pid=85

I got a set from Year One a few years ago. Their price was the same or less than a qoute I got from a south west junk yard at the time.

There is a two pot master cylinder mounted on fire wall operated by RHD brake pedal. Front brake circuit is plumbed into a second cylinder mounted on left hand side of fire wall, commonly called a slave cylinder, which articulates front brakes boosted by vacuum assist sending fluid to...

I have seen this same slave cylinder setup on late fifties Lincolns and T Birds. Both cars are just beautiful. I had an uncle that had a new ‘66 Dart 270 hardtop with 273 V8 painted the same deep red, one of my favorite colors. Oddly my first car back in ‘71 was a ‘67...

P.S. Wjajr, your car is beautiful! Thanks, it’s a former drag queen turned warm weather driver that the camera likes a lot better than one’s eye ball… LOL

Rusted, dry, stiff and bent top iron hinge and pivots will cause pump to labor. Low fluid level will cause poor top action as well by not equally moving both pistons causing binding or top irons. One thing you can do is disconnect top of hydraulic piston from top irons, and operate the top...

This a Frankenstein car made of parts from several different years. It is either a 70 with 67-67 rear quarter panels grafted on hence the 70’s stile tail lights in bumper, or 67-9 with 70 front clip. Dash is not a 1967-69 configuration; top switch is located on wrong side of steering wheel if it...

Second that.

Get on line; Google “convertible top install”, there is a lot of info out there on this topic. I rented a video showing how to install a top; it covered the lingo used, measurements needed before old top removal, padding, renewing tack strips, staple guns to use, and methods of...

You need to measure, take photos, notes, and more measurements before picking up a wrench and removing old top. That thing has to go back just the way it was, or you may have a binding lopsided mess on reassembly. What you can do is cover cockpit, hood, and trunk with plastic, then clean...

Since I got this Dart march of ’08 the windshield has been leaking at the fires hint of moisture. It quickly flows from outside around edge of the glass to inside causing flooding of dash. Sometime ago I had posted questions about differences between 67, and 68-9 ragtop windshield gaskets and...

Gasket and trim strip for 68-69 ragtop: http://www.soffseal.com/store/main.aspx?p=SearchBody&search=searchmmy&make=dodge&model=dart&byear=68&eyear=69&producttype=C