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

[njsteve]

And the magic steamer that I borrowed from a friend. I think I owe her a beer (or two) now. Actually, she already drafted the wife and I, along with the car trailer, to help her move in a couple weeks, so I think she's being nice to me in advance.

[njsteve]

And I installed the package tray and the rear bulkhead insulation panel. (After removing the interior panels for the third time, because they both go underneath the panels).

BTW, does the black cardboard or the jute insulation side face the interior or the trunk?

[njsteve]

I got an answer from the E-bodies.org site: E bodies didn't have jute backing on the cardboard bulkhead panel. So I'll just flip the panel so the black side is visible in the trunk.

[njsteve]

Look what arrived today! I found a machinist out in Wisconsin who reproduced the metal Motor Wheel Spyder centercaps several years and has only a few left. He also reproduced the original pointed lug nuts in left and right thread for Mopars.

An NOS set of center caps will run you over a grand. This was about 2/3 that price and better quality than 50 year-old NOS chromed potmetal originals. These are made out of thick brass and chrome plated. They are heavy! Like the weight of a metal coffee cup.

The main problem with the Spyder caps is that they stick out farther than the edge of the rims. So if you accidentally placed the rim face down on the ground once, you crushed the ends of the caps and ruined the cap's point. The other problem is that they were made of cheap pot metal and corroded after a few years.

So now I am 2/3 of the way to a set of 14" Motor Wheel Spyders for the car. Time will tell...