I own a pile of these beautiful old Elwood Engel designed wrecks from 67-68, mostly Chryslers, and I have tons of parts, from powertrains and body parts to
interior appointments. It runs the gamut, Hardtops, Ragtops, Sedans, Wagons. Odd stuff too, like three Sportsgrain Newport coupes, a loaded '67 Chrysler
New Yorker coupe with a TNT 440, a fully equipped '68 T&C wagon with wood trim delete, and a yellow '68 Monaco 500 coupe equipped with electric
windows, AM-FM, cornering lights, along with a 440 Magnum, an A-833 four speed, and 9 1/4 sure-grip.
I'm looking to unload some stuff as I won't live forever, and will never have the time to deal with all of it.
I also know one hell of a lot about these beautiful old bombs, as I have been playing around with them for well over 30 years. If anyone needs any help with wiring, disc brake modifications, radios, ammeter repairs, Torqueflite rebuilds, total teardowns, stub frame replacement, or anything else, feel free to ask.
In fact, 1967-68 Chrysler products are the only vehicles I have used as daily drivers since February 1976, when I acquired my driver's license.
Barely a day has passed since then when I wasn't behind the wheel of a 67-68 Newport, New Yorker, or 300, or the occasional Polara, Monaco, or Fury, from 318 to 440, manual and automatic. As of today I happily pilot my favorite MoPar, a rusted out 1968 Plymouth Fury III coupe that I have owned forever, and has 559,000 miles on the body. My daughter Teresa calls her "Greenie"; she loves the beat up, faded green, old Fury.
'68 318's are bulletproof; I changed the Fury's engine only last year with a used one pulled from a '74 Dodge, when my Fury had 553,600 miles on the ORIGINAL untouched shortblock; it REFUSED to burn oil for whatever reason, though it did leak a bit, from the rear seal. (I had to change the heads much earlier due to severe valve recession from unleaded gas) She got a knock one January 2009 afternoon, coming from Dover, Delaware; I limped her home, and she made it to the driveway still running! 553 thousand miles that engine traveled; I drove her to California and Georgia countless times.
All that said, in my opinion, 67-68 C body MoPars of any variety were the best damn cars ever built, and I'll drive one until the day I drop dead.
I told that to my incredulous father when I was 16, when he gave me his old Newport Custom coupe, and I'm 49 years old as of this post.
I still have that one too, though she's an engineless wreck sitting somewhere in my woods with a tree growing through her stubframe, the original stripped block is sitting in my basement, gathering rust. Disc brakes, TNT440, AM-FM, power windows, rear defogger, bucket seats and console, she sure was cool, at least to me. No A/C on the Newport, as Dad liked power, and lots of it.
Moving on, a '68 Chrysler T&C wagon saved my life on the early evening of July 27, 1993, circa 7:35 PM, when I was hit from behind by a Mitsubishi Fuso stake body truck carrying vegetables; the truck literally ran over the top of my old blue wagon.
Incidentally, I tried to join C body drydock, but a confirmation email never came, and when I tried to contact registration, the mailer daemon said the link was no good.
That's what brought me here - any ideas?
I'm looking to unload some stuff as I won't live forever, and will never have the time to deal with all of it.
I also know one hell of a lot about these beautiful old bombs, as I have been playing around with them for well over 30 years. If anyone needs any help with wiring, disc brake modifications, radios, ammeter repairs, Torqueflite rebuilds, total teardowns, stub frame replacement, or anything else, feel free to ask.
In fact, 1967-68 Chrysler products are the only vehicles I have used as daily drivers since February 1976, when I acquired my driver's license.
Barely a day has passed since then when I wasn't behind the wheel of a 67-68 Newport, New Yorker, or 300, or the occasional Polara, Monaco, or Fury, from 318 to 440, manual and automatic. As of today I happily pilot my favorite MoPar, a rusted out 1968 Plymouth Fury III coupe that I have owned forever, and has 559,000 miles on the body. My daughter Teresa calls her "Greenie"; she loves the beat up, faded green, old Fury.
'68 318's are bulletproof; I changed the Fury's engine only last year with a used one pulled from a '74 Dodge, when my Fury had 553,600 miles on the ORIGINAL untouched shortblock; it REFUSED to burn oil for whatever reason, though it did leak a bit, from the rear seal. (I had to change the heads much earlier due to severe valve recession from unleaded gas) She got a knock one January 2009 afternoon, coming from Dover, Delaware; I limped her home, and she made it to the driveway still running! 553 thousand miles that engine traveled; I drove her to California and Georgia countless times.
All that said, in my opinion, 67-68 C body MoPars of any variety were the best damn cars ever built, and I'll drive one until the day I drop dead.
I told that to my incredulous father when I was 16, when he gave me his old Newport Custom coupe, and I'm 49 years old as of this post.
I still have that one too, though she's an engineless wreck sitting somewhere in my woods with a tree growing through her stubframe, the original stripped block is sitting in my basement, gathering rust. Disc brakes, TNT440, AM-FM, power windows, rear defogger, bucket seats and console, she sure was cool, at least to me. No A/C on the Newport, as Dad liked power, and lots of it.
Moving on, a '68 Chrysler T&C wagon saved my life on the early evening of July 27, 1993, circa 7:35 PM, when I was hit from behind by a Mitsubishi Fuso stake body truck carrying vegetables; the truck literally ran over the top of my old blue wagon.
Incidentally, I tried to join C body drydock, but a confirmation email never came, and when I tried to contact registration, the mailer daemon said the link was no good.
That's what brought me here - any ideas?
