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What did you do to your Mopar today?

Not B-body, but I have B-body tire and wheel stuff coming up. Two sets of new tires. Prepped painted, and detailed. Soon to be installed....
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15"x6.5" 3699066 wheels with 235/R60-15 and 255/R60-15 for my 1973 Twister. Originally repainted in the 80s, I repainted the wheels with my last can of Mopar Performance P4529876, argent silver Rallye wheel paint, top coated with 2K clear.
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I bought the trim rings, #3461043, and center caps new from Chrysler in the 80s. The caps, or domes, were dark argent, but I repainted and flaked them in light argent, then top coated with 2K clear.
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The original stickers on the trim rings finally came off after 40 years and a lot of miles.
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14"x6" 3580060 wheels with 225/R70-14 for my 1970 Duster. Already painted 20 years ago, I re-sprayed the wheels with black catalyzed acrylic enamel.
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The wheel covers are 1965 Valiant/Barracuda that were on my original 1970 Duster I bought in late 1975. It had 14"x5.5"wheels with small lug pattern and the long lug nuts that stick through the wheel cover. My replica Duster has late A-body disc brakes with the large lug pattern, so I added some dummy stainless steel nuts and washers affixed with bolts to the wheel cover to simulate the original look.
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The 14"x6" 3699331 five spoke road wheels with 225/R70-14 are an alternate wheel/tire for my 1970 Duster.

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Very nice detail work. They look great!
 
I'm calling this side of the cowl repair done.
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Edit- FWIW, the cowl patch panels are from Kenny at Exline customs in Pa if anyone else is working on a 61 - 71 Sweptline rust bucket. He's a real nice guy, and handmakes all his stuff out of original heavy guage.
 
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That looks great Don!
We found both front and rear at Carlisle in 2022 and 2024 respectively.
Took them to the AMS obsolete guy and had them straightened out and plated.
They do great work! And they are the lowest price you'll find at Carlisle.
 
I got rid of the OJ Fram filter that's been installed in my '70 Charger for the past 13 years or so, replacing it with a Wix filter. If that doesn't move your mountains, nothing will!
 
Sold the Charger this morning. Sad and happy. Had the car for 20 years, and time to give it to another Mopar lover and great home.
 
Loaded the Tukvan today, we leave tomorrow. Just as well it is a 3/4 ton. We have all the camping gear, plus the kayak, motorcycle, 8 foot Zodiac, lots of beer, awning, gazebo, and all manner of other stuff. Tyres are rated 3250 pounds each. New Bilstein shocks, gear box mods, engine mods, new radiator. Hope it all runs sweet.
We will be in Cape Scott about three days from now.
 
Pulled the rear bumper off my Charger so I could access the hole in the taillight panel to route through the reverse and license plate light wires, through a nice new grommet. It's nigh impossible to get those wires and connectors where they need to be without removing the bumper. Also noticed a few breaks, bad solder jobs and even a pair of twist-on household-style wire connectors in the taillight and sidemarker wires, looks like I'll be breaking out the soldering iron this weekend.
 
Now on to the driver's side:
Roughed in - no filler yet, did I say I'm not a body guy....I have found a new appreciation for the guys who make this look easy.
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We on the road again. Currently way up North of Vancouver Island, a few feet from Georgia Straight.
Went up a 13% hill today. Previously we had a power outage in second, and we could not shift to first without stopping.
This time more throttle and we breezed up the hill. Going the other way, we were able to hold in first. All the main highways were easy enough in third, top gear. We still have one noisy tappet. We do not have a tappet, so I will call it valve train noise. I will check the adjustment again when we get stopped for a couple of days, and the sun comes out. First tank of petrol gave us 12 mpg, imperial gallon. About 10 US gallon.
We are smoking now and then, will keep a watch on engine oil. Still to find a scale for weight.
 
Port Hardy RV Resort for us. Blustery weather. So nothing much to do, and I checked all the pushrod adjustments. This time checked the gap ( wriggle room ) with a 2 thou feeler gauge then applied about one third adjustment on the adjustable pushrods. That should give the 318 about 30 thou of preload on the hydraulic lifters. It seems noisier than before. So I failed somewhere. Next time. I will listen and see if I can locate the source of the noise. It sounds like valve train noise to me. Meanwhile I will research hydraulic lifters a bit more. The mighty 318 is running sweet.
 
Nice to see the roof seam fixed properly :thumbsup:
My panel guy removes all lead filled seams, cuts the top panel away, treats rust from the tinning acid, welds in new sheet metal and then welds in a filler strip over that, even if it shows no sign of issue, you could say he is OCD but I’d probably then add another layer of OCD on top of that again, his metalwork is ridiculously good, not cheap however I rest easy knowing his attention to detail
 
My panel guy removes all lead filled seams, cuts the top panel away, treats rust from the tinning acid, welds in new sheet metal and then welds in a filler strip over that, even if it shows no sign of issue, you could say he is OCD but I’d probably then add another layer of OCD on top of that again, his metalwork is ridiculously good, not cheap however I rest easy knowing his attention to detail
We got the same guy up here!
 
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