The Crusty Cuda: Whole lotta Shakin' (N96) Goin' on!

[napa68]

Originally Posted by olredalert

----I feel your pain, Lynn and Steve, as I have been under the dash in my 67 ac Vette replacing the radio speaker. Spent about 5 hours today which is just about my limit, most of it on my back after removing both seats to have room for my ancient body. I'm about a third of the way done. Knew it would be a biotch! Anybody who has been and under in a midyear Corvette's dash knows the pain I am in.....Bill S

I hate to one up you Bill but.............C3 with A/C. I'll pay someone stupid money on one of those. Especially a roadster!

[njsteve]

I finished polishing up windshield stainless moldings today after sanding them over the past few weeks -using the sisal, then spiral wheel, then flappy wheel with the various compounds. Then I used blue painters tape to outline the entire painted border around the glass and marked the location of each clip with a sharpie. Then came the fingernail biting suspense of getting the moldings engaged without cracking the glass. I used a small rubber mallet and gently but firmly whapped the marked locations. It worked without issue.

I then tried to install the wiper blades but it seems I must have installed the wiper articulating arms backwards because it tried to go toward the cowl when starting. Luckily I didn't install the arms before I tested them. That's the next project.

[njsteve]

I was right. I had the rectangular arm that attaches to the motor, on upside down.

I guess I could have kept the arm in its present position and turned the car upside down but it was easier this way: I switched the arm so it was pointing north instead of south when in the parked position and the wipers work correctly now.

I love simple solutions to stupid mistakes. :-)

[big gear head]

Add roll bars to that situation and then you know how I feel when I have to get under my dash. Seat removal is required for anything more than a fuse change.

[big gear head]

Good thing you tested it before you put the arms on. How much damage would that have caused?

[njsteve]

It has stops built in to the cowl molding so it wouldnt move past the initial bump downwards.

[CTBob]

Hello, all!

I thought that everyone might be able to use some Christmas/Holiday cheer during this “challenging” year, so I’m sendin’ a little internal Chrysler wizardry yer way! (Hey! Hey!) ’Tis a December ’69-issued Dodge Division Christmasy card, featuring the “Star” of their lineup: the all-new ’70 Challenger R/T!!! Woohoo!

As you can see, ’tis a drop-top, with (the rare/controversial) shaker hood, and, sadly, Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donder, & Blitzen sitting, forlorn, in the used car lot, along with Santa’s classic sleigh & accompanying note! (No Rudolph in sight!)

(I must credit my good friend (and, mega-MoPar fan) Rodney Eckinger for contributing this rare card to my classic Chrysler literature collection. Sadly, I don’t have a current phone for Rodney (of Elizabethtown, PA.), as his home phone, I recently found, is no longer valid, so if anyone knows him, and/or, how to get in touch with him, that would be great!)

I’m sending everyone greetings for a good/safe/enjoyable holiday!

[CTBob]

…And, since this is my first foray into "uploading an image territory," perhaps someone can correct, or, tell me how to correct, the topsy-turvy image(s), so it won't continue to occur. Any & all assistance would be greatly appreciated! Thanks so much!

All the best,
Bob

[CTBob]

PS As a final note, although this was printed in mod-a-go-go 1969, as you can plainly see from the aesthetic of those wonderful Dodge Division guys, they clearly appear to be stuck in a 1959 time warp!

…And, I know, it ain’t a ‘Cuda, but it is an E-Body, a ’70, shaker-hooded, a drop-top, and, most importantly, the only known rendering (to my knowledge) of Santa in a Chally! Wheee!

[njsteve]

I rotated them for you Bob.

By the way, Bob, Rodney shows up as an active account on Facebook still in same town. (I know how you loathe that creation). I sent him a message for you. I'll see if he contacts me.