Recent content by Phantom440

Thank you all, I really appreciate your expertise! :)

Hi all, I hope you're doing well. I wasn't sure to post this here or the steering forum; I'm specifically asking about a '72 B-body. I've seen steering wheels advertised as being for "A and B body" and "A, B and C body" do all '71-74 steering wheels interchange? Would '70 A, B, or C-body wheels...

Thank you! Was there an engineering reason for this, or was it just a selling point over the Plymouth? Did it give the Coronet a notably better ride?

Hi all, I hope you're doing well despite everything going on. In the brochures and what I can find online, typically it gives the wheelbase for a '71-'74 4 door Satellite as 117" and the Coronet as 118". Is this just marketing, or is there really an additional inch somewhere in there? If so...

As far as patches- do you mean those safe-t-caps? I don't have any problem with patching it or putting a cap on it as long as it's solid underneath. I just don't want it to fail somehow. When this car is done I plan to drive the snot out of it for years. I just want to make sure I'm not in a...

Hey all, Here are some pictures from underneath my ‘72 Coronet. The floors rotted out under the rubber mat just under the pedals, and someone spliced in the rearmost portion of the front driver’s side frame rail from an orange car. The welds look terrible to me, so I’m asking... how screwed am...

Sorry, my car isn't damaged (other than rust); I was just curious. I looked around online for answers and only found articles by body shops or frame machine companies who probably wouldn't admit if it weakens the metal! :)

Thank you, that’s an intriguing thought; it didn’t occur to me it’d be a sound that was undesirable. I’d always thought that loud exhaust (on a muscle car, not some buzzbomb Civic) meant power, and wondered why so many of our cars didn’t also have a loud sound while off the gas. I’ll need to...

Hi all, quick question; Is a car (especially our unibodies) as strong as before after it’s been on a frame machine? We’ve all grabbed a hunk of metal and bent it back and forth enough to snap the metal off, like a paper clip. After it’s bent once from an accident, then bent back into spec...

I guess I’m particularly asking how to get that racking off sound between gears, the engine returning to idle (or close to it) between shifts. Both my B-bodies have just had 318/904s- the first one’s long gone and I’m currently building my Coronet to be a little more than just a granny car (at...

I might be able to afford that! ;)

I was positive there had to have been a name for that- it seems everything to do with cars has some kind of term or nickname. I like that- racking off! Thank you! :)

I guess that's what I'm trying to determine- I'm building the 440 as best I can- I'm going to use the upswept manifolds so it looks fairly stock (externally) in the engine compartment. Not after insane power, maybe 550hp/tq with reliability and room to get at the spark plugs. :) I know you say...

Hey all- I hope you're having a Merry Christmas/Holiday season and are spending it with your loved ones; either the ones in the house, or the ones in the garage that never complain about the gifts you give them. ;) This is a really old video that I'm sure a lot of you have seen. Please skip to...

Hi all, I hope you're doing well! '72 Coronet. Has the original shoulder belts that clip to the ceiling. On a four door like mine, the front shoulder belts mount back over the rear doors. I bought a set of XV 3-point belts, and I was wondering if it would be possible to cut out the original...