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Well, it appears the (3 piece) vinyl top manufacturer was impressed enough with final results of this job to use couple of my pictures of it for their marketing, at least on their on-line March Newsletter. I've attached same pictures in their original, un-cropped format, here for posterity...

Thanks, Dog. I appreciate your enthusiastic support and great reference, but with all due respect, having personally performed my fair share of literal "field" and road side repairs on multitude of (mostly vintage) cars during long road trips (many up to 7-8000 miles each) both in Europe and all...

Final(?) update. After somewhat exhaustive research and confirming all service part and on-car components being correct for this vehicle, I concluded the most likely cause for this "issue" being the idler arm bracket, which I believe had been mounted and welded to a slightly incorrect angle at...

Another update: After consulting and exchanging pictures with several well experienced collectors and restorers of this era MoPars and having gained access for research to perhaps one of worlds largest warehouses of vintage O.E.M. automotive literature including owners, parts and service manuals...

Well, since no advise was forthcoming here I found it elsewhere. Turns out, just as I had suspected, vinyl tops originally installed by most auto manufacturers in the sixties and seventies didn't feature seams at the top of A-pillars and that's the type we purchased and installed. I even had the...

Ok, I'll take a stab at answering this. First of all, I don't claim to be an expert but having restored and worked on almost every aspect of all types of vintage cars for over 35 years (25+ years professionally) I might have enough experience to offer some advise. Wear on suspension components...

Needing to replace a vinyl top on a '70 Charger and depending on replacement manufacturers currently available there seem to be two different styles the A-pillar sections ("front flaps") are made. One style features "front flaps" made continuously from the side sections, making the top...

Thank you, Sir. Do we know whether these changes were implemented right prior to, during or right after '70 model year production ? If prior to or during production, are they minor enough to allow for "accidental(?)" mixing some of the, lets say, '68 and (late?) '70 components, like just the...

Research update: Apparently there might be some differences between K-members or their (welded on) idler arm mounting brackets on these cars. I received some pictures from another clients collection which has several this era MoPars, including some he bought new. One of the cars is apparently a...

Thanks to all for your replies so far. Now that we have established beyond doubt the "older" arm having been bent one time or another, I'm still trying to figure out WHY it was necessary. Obviously to provide ample clearance for the right side center link attachments (i.e. lower end of idler...

Thanks for trying.

Thank you for your interest to offer advise James. Here's couple of pictures of both idler arms, neither featuring any O.E. type casting number and that along with couple of other details lead us to believe the "old" one is likely an aftermarket item also. Having provided these same images to...

Hi all, I'm new here, but relatively experienced professional restorer of vintage cars, especially '55-'62 MoPars. Not so with B-bodies, which is why I'd like to ask others more experienced about the subject in the thread title. Just finishing a complete front end and brake rebuild on the '70...