The New Yorker.
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Not A Duster
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Fact is, those factories in Communist Red China will only be too happy to rip off designs from Canada (or Denmark, or Japan or wherever) if it means they can a few more licence free bucks to build up their enormous military with.
I'm all about companies who innovate & create. (Performance Products even does this with the universal LA dampers they sell.) Buying stuff from people who just steal designs from other manufacturers makes one just as bad as those who ripped off product in the first place...
Diplomat_Wagon
Hiding In The Bushes While
I said I was gonna buy the legit one
Super Ultra Rare "Dual Ignition".
Super Ultra Rare "Dual Ignition".
Dr.Jass
Pastor of Muppets
By the way, those are 1979 Chrysler 300 wheels. You should be able to recover much of the cost of the car by selling those. :dance:
Also, the headlamp motor is awfully close to the '71-'72 Charger hideaway unit; I think you just have to re-clock the gearbox or something similarly easy.
Also, the headlamp motor is awfully close to the '71-'72 Charger hideaway unit; I think you just have to re-clock the gearbox or something similarly easy.
Diplomat_Wagon
Hiding In The Bushes While
Not A Duster
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Um - I think he's suggesting you may be able to sell those wheels on say ebay to someone else and perhaps turn a profit.
Diplomat_Wagon
Hiding In The Bushes While
But I only have three wheels and two center caps, not exactly a profit earning set.
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Diplomat_Wagon
Hiding In The Bushes While
So I pulled the wheels and tires off my Newport and separated them and threw the wheels on my New Yorker, I also got the tire shop to put my old tires back on with the white letters out.
Looks pretty damn sharp. :giggedy:
Now all I've got to do is find someone to buy a set of four hardly used 255/70R15 Kelly Super Charger tires, they just fit on that ole Newport but are WAY to damn big for my New Yorker.
Looks pretty damn sharp. :giggedy:
Now all I've got to do is find someone to buy a set of four hardly used 255/70R15 Kelly Super Charger tires, they just fit on that ole Newport but are WAY to damn big for my New Yorker.
Dr.Jass
Pastor of Muppets
Funny, I count all four wheels present and accounted for, though the passenger-side rear is missing the plastic spokes.
I don't want the wheels, by any means. I don't have a '79 300 anymore, and that was one of the first things I ditched was the ghastly wheels when I did have one. However, people are restoring them now and actually want the factory wheels.
I don't want the wheels, by any means. I don't have a '79 300 anymore, and that was one of the first things I ditched was the ghastly wheels when I did have one. However, people are restoring them now and actually want the factory wheels.
thrashingcows
Drowning deep in my sea of loathing...so I'm
The headlight motor will work on all hidden headlight cars from 68 through to mid late 70's....since some open up and some down you only need to flip the motor forward or backwards to make it work.
I have about 4 or 5 motors I've picked up from the wreckers and parts cars.
Personally I like the look of raised white letters on tires....looking good..:2thumbs:
I have about 4 or 5 motors I've picked up from the wreckers and parts cars.
Personally I like the look of raised white letters on tires....looking good..:2thumbs:
Dr.Jass
Pastor of Muppets
I like white-lettered tires too, depending on the application... but I, too, wonder what's up with the truck tires?
On second thought, I've seen Dipsy's treatment of cars, and at this point will not comment further on the truck-tire thing unless provoked (Jamie, keep your fucking mouth shut).
On second thought, I've seen Dipsy's treatment of cars, and at this point will not comment further on the truck-tire thing unless provoked (Jamie, keep your fucking mouth shut).
Diplomat_Wagon
Hiding In The Bushes While
I take the best possible care of my New Yorker, no gravel roads, I park a mile from the store, I clean her every week inside and out, condition the leather seats, polish the chrome, her life is good.
Sorry about the truck tires.
When I was taking the New Yorker to get inspected I had to put better tires on it and those Dayton A/T's were the ONLY tires I had on hand.
They were on that car before when it had steel wheels and dog dishes I just flipped the tires around and put them on the chrome wheels off of the Newport
As for those "300" wheels there are only three wheels, two with center caps and one chrome "Road Wheel" from a larger chrysler car.
Diplomat_Wagon
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Dr.Jass
Pastor of Muppets
See, you say that, but the 300 wheels were nothing more than 15x6.5 road wheels from a larger Chrysler car (C-body Rallyes), with the plastic bolt-on spokes and a center-cap clip bolted to the center. If you pull a "300" wheel off, unbolt the spokes from the back and compare it, you'll find that it's exactly the same wheel. It just lost the plastic spokes somewhere along the line. In the pics, it looks like the 300-style hubcap clip is still there--I've never seen that setup used on the road wheels, whose center caps bolted in from the back rather than being clipped to the wheel. Also, and I may be wrong, I've never seen a C-body (or M-car, for that matter) Rallye chromed all the way to the outside edge. The only ones I've seen like that are the 1979 300 wheels.
It's a partial set, but it's the real deal.