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Powerflite
Posted 2013-05-08 2:51 PM (#374192)
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I just bought a new project car. It is a '57 Windsor 2 dr. hardtop. Looks like the original color was a copper/brown and it seems to be painted the same color under the rear "swoop" trim too. Is there a body tag or something that I should be looking at for more info? It has the original spitfire motor and pushbutton trans. The right rear quarter is a little bent up so that will need some work. It also has a little rust on the same side, but not bad. The trunk pan is rusted in places, it needs a windshield and seal, hood springs, side trim, gas cap, fuel pump, and all the interior. The right door doesn't latch shut and the left door doesn't open from the outside. I also don't have any of the keys for the car. So I have my work cut out for me, but it should be fun. I plan to probably swap the motor for a 392 hemi dressed up with 300C air filters. Hopefully I can figure out where to get all the stuff it needs.



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Posted 2013-05-08 3:32 PM (#374200 - in reply to #374192)
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<p>Great attractive body style. Congrats! Wonder what it would look like with the rear quarter accent panel done as a HEMI billboard, ala Challenger, even if only ghosted in. This of course would be if you do go the Hemi route. Polys also cool.</p><p>There should be a data plate attached to the car either on the radiator support or on the upper cowl.  Give us the "PNT" paint code and we'll interpret.</p>

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Posted 2013-05-10 12:49 AM (#374444 - in reply to #374200)
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That is an interesting idea to put the hemi billboard in the two tone swoop. I am not very good with photoshop, but I made a picture from a black/red car the best I could. Doesn't look as bad as I thought it would although the hemi font is off from the original.



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Posted 2013-05-10 12:40 PM (#374519 - in reply to #374192)
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Congratulations, Nathan!

Love them '57 two-door Windsors! Kissing cousins to my car.

Howzabout this for a paint job?

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Powerflite
Posted 2013-05-12 9:21 PM (#374895 - in reply to #374200)
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Here is a photo of the data plate. What can you get from this?



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Posted 2013-05-13 1:42 PM (#374998 - in reply to #374192)
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Code NLN indicates Desert Beige on the lower body (L), with Copper Brown on the roof and insert (N).

Nice ride you got there! I'm sure someone will chime in with the other options your car has (I don't know them). If you want a full option decode for your car, you can get that from Chrysler Historical. They will send you something similar to this.

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a274/46Tbird/NewYorker/ChryslerDe...



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Posted 2013-05-20 1:27 PM (#376156 - in reply to #374998)
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Thanks That is one sweet New Yorker you have there, if it is yours. I will like mine a lot better once it is clean and drivable.

I made some progress over the weekend. I replaced the distributor & coil with a later electronic version (I don't like to have to mess with points and a weak spark when I am trying to get something running), hooked up the pump to a gas can, primed the 2bbl carb, and let her rip. And what do you know, it fired right up .... just before the carb flooded and dumped gas out, and the pump started squirting a double stream out of the top of it. So I replaced the intake & carb with a good 4bbl and installed a new fuel pump. Then it ran surprisingly well. I am one step closer to being able to move the thing around. Yea! Next up are the brakes, gas tank & transmission.

I also took all the trim off the windshield area except for the long stainless piece at the bottom center that I can't figure out how to get off. Anyone know how to remove it? I also can't figure out how to remove the wiper arms of all things. Maybe they are just rusted on, but they sure don't seem to want to move.
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Posted 2013-06-02 8:54 PM (#378636 - in reply to #376156)
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I replaced the fuel tank over the weekend. What a nightmare that was. Only because the silver painted chinese made tank had the wrong size inlet on it. I struggled with it for a couple of hours and ended up denting the tank trying to push the tube into it. I finally took it all out, removed the O-ring, and tryed inserting the tube into the tank by itself. It wasn't even close to fitting in. GRRR. I had to grind off about .1" diameter off the end of the tank inlet in order to get it to fit. I put it all back together and it works well now, even with the dent. The sellers really need to provide a disclaimer about that, or at least inform the buyer so that I don't waste all the time and dent my new tank up before I can get it in........
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Posted 2013-06-10 8:55 PM (#380208 - in reply to #378636)
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I removed the seats this weekend and cleaned the floor to see what repairs it may need. I found out that my car is a real rat rod. I found 2 dead rats under the front seat, just a sack of bones held together by dried skin. Not even any fur left. I was very happy to heft their carcasses out of my car and into the bin. The floor needs some work under the seat mounts, and a patch on the right side. Overall, not too bad but it will take some work to get it done.

The power seat switch needs serious repair. I am wondering if there is a good replacement for all of that archaic circuitry on cardboard. Seems like it could be replaced with 3 momentary switches connected to the backside of the original bezel. Anyone done something like this before?
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Posted 2013-06-10 9:53 PM (#380219 - in reply to #380208)
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Nathan, there were different styles, or generations, of the power seat controls.

Can you post up a pic of your power seat control mechanism?

L.A.-built Chryslers also had strips of masking tape be laid across the center of their P/T plates, and used back-less head mounting screws.






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Posted 2013-06-22 10:42 AM (#382361 - in reply to #380219)
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I'll try to get a picture of the switch.

I don't have the right carb to use on my motor yet and I'm not sure I want to use the really small cfm of the original. What was it like 400cfm? Maybe I can get a bigger carb from the early '60's that will work. But in the meantime, I made this adapter to use the original air cleaner with a newer AFB. Works pretty well.



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Posted 2013-09-15 9:51 PM (#397887 - in reply to #382361)
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The floor repair work is done and I took the car for a short drive around the block. That was really fun. The speedometer was making an enormous racket at only 20mph and everything is VERY filthy. So out came the dash. It's going to get a good coat of paint and going to go through everything. Should be fun. I just hope I don't loose the hardware in the process.



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Posted 2013-09-17 10:21 AM (#398138 - in reply to #374192)
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WOW!! You go, girl!!

The interior in my '57 4 door sedan looks a lot like the shape of yours...seats are almost non-existent!
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Posted 2013-09-17 1:55 PM (#398191 - in reply to #398138)
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It was really funny driving it around. You should have seen the looks on people's faces. At first it was, wow, cool old car which very quickly turned to, what the heck - is that thing driveable???

I had a short in my harness that was really bringing me down. I couldn't find it to save my life. I tore apart the old tape looking for bad wires etc because 1 wire had self destructed in the past and its remains were visible. Finally, I started at the battery and disconnected 1 wire at a time until I narrowed it down. It turned out to be coming from my hydraulic brake switch of all things. The darn thing is shorted out on the inside. I had thought that I needed a new generator because mine just wasn't puttin' out. But it actually works well once the short is eliminated.
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Posted 2013-09-22 6:02 PM (#399116 - in reply to #374192)
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I's like to get my four door rolling as is, while I rebuild the 2 door...but we can't seem to get the engine un-stuck from sitting for 30 years...shame too, cause it has new wide whites, that totally contradict the two bullet holes in the passenger side fender... :D
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Posted 2013-09-23 12:37 AM (#399155 - in reply to #399116)
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My car had been sitting since 1980, but I got lucky in that the last 15 years it was stored inside a tow company building and before that it was in a dry desert area so the motor just started right up after changing the oil. And it runs surprising well. No smoke, no miss, no leaks and lots of power. The transmission, on the other hand takes a while for it to engage, leaks when on hills, and shifts a little soft. Oh well, can't have everything. I am thinking of replacing it with a 518 overdrive, but I have got to get a windshield into it before the rains start so that is the first priority.
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Posted 2014-02-20 11:06 AM (#428128 - in reply to #399155)
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I was having a hard time figuring out what the original color of the copper glow is. The original paint looks brownish and the paint chips that I see are a similar color of brown. But I recently sanded through the outer layer of pink paint to reveal the copper color underneath. And surprise - it is the same true copper color as the gauge pods. Not brown at all. So it seems that the old copper paint fades quite a bit, and even on the original paint chips.



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Powerflite
Posted 2015-01-10 9:11 PM (#467224 - in reply to #428128)
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It is raining today so I stopped working on the '56 Plymouth and worked on the right rear repair panel for the '57 Chrysler. I hate drilling out spot welds so I use a plasma cutter to get the holes started. If they need to go bigger then I will use a drill. It goes a lot faster that way.



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Powerflite
Posted 2015-05-31 2:31 PM (#479965 - in reply to #467224)
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This is what my right qtr panel looked like when I bought it. It took a hit from the front qtr panel all the way to behind the rear wheel. Someone during the brass age tried to fix it, gave up and intentionally warped the panel with a torch above the rip. I'm sure there are fun things to find under that bondo in the front as well.



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Posted 2015-05-31 2:59 PM (#479968 - in reply to #479965)
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I'm almost finished installing the '58 DeSoto qtr that I got from John. The lower weld needs a little more massaging as does the vertical seam. I am waiting for the right dolly to show up in the mail before I finish it. Then I can begin with the filler. It shouldn't need much as I check my work with a straight edge during all phases of the installation. There was some repair required for the inner structure as well, but I was able to get it back together without too much effort. Then on to the front section.

By the way, the quarter panel that I purchased from Ebay from classicparts4u was absolute junk. Completely worthless. It isn't even the right gauge steel. Way too thin and the wheel opening was a travesty. Not even close. Don't even think about using it. Mine went straight to the scrap pile for recycling. No other possible use for it.



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Powerflite
Posted 2017-09-17 5:30 PM (#548585 - in reply to #374192)
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It's a little hard to see in the picture of the right side of the car above, but the bottom of the right door is rusted out about 20" along the bottom of it. It is also bent from the large dent in it. The dent is not too hard to straighten and the rust section is really close to the seam so it is still fixable; but it was easier to just replace the door, so that's what I am doing. This replacement comes from a '57 Dodge convertible that I spent a couple of hours welding the trim holes up and pounding out a couple of small dents. There is one dent at the bottom of it that I missed. I guess this makes up for all the cars that were parted out to fix convertibles. Now a convertible was parted out to fix a Windsor!



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Posted 2017-09-17 5:46 PM (#548587 - in reply to #374192)
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Quite a project!
I have a couple of those waiting patiently as well.
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Posted 2017-09-18 1:03 AM (#548602 - in reply to #548587)
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Yes, this project has been put on hold until I get my New Yorker done, but I got tired of having this extra door kicking around so it was time to get it mounted and out of the way.
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Posted 2022-03-30 2:34 PM (#620597 - in reply to #374192)
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I picked up another set of heavily damaged 300C air cleaners that I am planning to eventually use on this Windsor. I got these separately and now I have a pair of them. The first one was from Mopar Mel and had most of the housing rusted out. I have already cut the rusted housing off in preparation for a new lid.

The second one had been heavily shortened by some idiot or some reason. Unfortunately they cut off a good portion of the 4bbl inlet as well. I may be able to weld up a new portion to recreate what is missing from it, but it's probably not worth the effort and better to start with a new piece from a single 4bbl air cleaner assembly, which is what I'll do. I should be able to make the long tube that's missing between them without too much trouble, so that's the plan to get it fixed. Fortunately, the housing itself seems to be in good shape as those are the hardest to come by. I will have to fabricate the other missing lid & the mounting bracket as well. I am currently looking for another housing to mount to the other one that matches the embossed design. I seem to have become a home for damaged & unwanted orphan 300C air cleaners.



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Powerflite
Posted 2022-03-31 1:42 AM (#620616 - in reply to #374192)
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Once I cut the two pieces apart, I was able to remove the outer layer of metal by twisting it around my pliers like opening a metal can. This required cutting through any remaining spot welds first, though, of course. I then straightened it out using a large 4x4 socket that just fit the opening and hammered against it. The remaining metal here is a little short. Only about 1/8-1/4" of overlap for the other pipe to go over it, so I will likely add a small ring around it to lengthen it and even it out.

I also extracted a new 4bbl inlet from a different air cleaner. I chose one that was dented in quite a bit so it would have needed to come apart anyway to be able to straighten it before using. The extraction process separated the inlet at the seams a little, but it wasn't too hard to get it back together and tighten up the seams again.

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Posted 2022-03-31 1:31 PM (#620622 - in reply to #374192)
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A couple words about optional codes:
SG = 5 = 395 = Solex Tinted Glass – All and Shaded Windshield
M1 = 4 = 384 = Power Seat – 6 Way

There were four types of solex tinted glassing:

394 = Solex Tinted Glass – All
395 = Solex Tinted Glass – All and Shaded Windshield
397 = Solex Tinted Glass – Windshield Only
??? = Solex Tinted Glass – All and Extra Large Rear Window (Standard on New Yorker 2 Door Hardtops)

Looks like only SG5 stamped on the ’57 LA-built Chrysler cowl tags – all windows and shaded windscreen 395;
I’ve never seen another digit (4 or 7) 394 or 397…
Your black ’57 New Yorker had all tinted windows, but SG column was empty; Do you remember, Nathan?




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Powerflite
Posted 2022-03-31 7:02 PM (#620630 - in reply to #374192)
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Yes, you are correct that my black/white New Yorker has the SG slot empty, yet it has solex glass all around on it. Weird, but I guess they just forgot to put it on the plate, or there was an error of some kind. You are also correct that this Windsor has power seats.
However, the large rear window option wasn't an option on the Chrysler until 1958, and it wasn't an option on the DeSoto until 1959.
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Posted 2022-04-01 6:07 AM (#620647 - in reply to #374192)
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Your air cleaners looks horrible.
We are all surrounded by idiots !
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Posted 2022-04-01 10:18 AM (#620652 - in reply to #479968)
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By the way, the quarter panel that I purchased from Ebay from classicparts4u was absolute junk. Completely worthless. It isn't even the right gauge steel. Way too thin and the wheel opening was a travesty. Not even close. Don't even think about using it. Mine went straight to the scrap pile for recycling. No other possible use for it.

 

yeah those are serious garbage... Classicparts is sh*t...

 

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Posted 2022-04-02 1:15 AM (#620658 - in reply to #620652)
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Too true Tom & Mike. I straightened the inlet that I extracted from the bent air cleaner and also finished straightening the edge of the gold housing. I had partially straightened it before, but it didn't look very good yet. It had taken a pretty bad hit on the corner of it that had bent it over quite a bit so it wasn't easy to get back in shape. I was afraid that I might not be able to do it, but I think I've got it pretty close now. Once I get it all in one color, I'm sure I'll see more that needs done, but this is pretty close now. I was also able to find one more embossed lid from one of my New Yorkers that I have now marked for cutting. I think this is the last one I have so any future repairs will have to be done with flat lids. But I have never seen a 300C with flat lids on it. Those were used on the D501 and Plymouth Fury.



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Posted 2022-04-09 11:32 AM (#620799 - in reply to #374192)
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I was missing a bunch of the wing bolts that I needed, not only for these air cleaners, but for the regular ones as well. I got tired of using a regular bolt in them so I took a look at what McMaster had in their inventory. To my surprise, they have the exact wing bolt I need in the same length & style as the original! They come in bags of 5. I picked up a bag of original '50's style wing nuts from them as well! Very happy these things are still produced.



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Posted 2022-04-16 6:22 PM (#620918 - in reply to #374192)
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I got the new housing cut out, and oops, I cut it out too big. Dang. So I welded a plate back into the hole, cleaned it up, and cut it again at the proper size. Dumb, I know, but the repair came out perfect so I'm happy about it. I also welded up the "TOP" stamp and the drain hole so it would match the other side. There was also a small gouge I had to weld in and clean up, as well as a couple of dents in the intake tube region. But after I got all that taken care of, I was able to spot weld the two parts together and weld & clean up the slit that's necessary to assemble them together. This one's ready for paint now.

I also welded a short extension tube to the other housing to extend it further and give more support on the tube that goes over it. I cleaned up the welds on the inside using a cut-off wheel of the right size, and then a round carbide burr to finish it. From my aggressive hammering to straighten this housing, I ended up ripping the housing at the spot welds for the screw mount, so I had to weld that back up and fix it. I also did another round of dent removal on the intake section once I removed the paint from it. Now I just need to fabricate a tube to put them together, and make another lid.

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Posted 2022-04-20 7:35 AM (#620982 - in reply to #620799)
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I was missing a bunch of the wing bolts that I needed, not only for these air cleaners, but for the regular ones as well. I got tired of using a regular bolt in them so I took a look at what McMaster had in their inventory. To my surprise, they have the exact wing bolt I need in the same length & style as the original! They come in bags of 5. I picked up a bag of original '50's style wing nuts from them as well! Very happy these things are still produced. :)


Yes,- mcmaster is a treasure for car restorers. Unfortunately expensive for me because of shipping and customs
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Posted 2022-05-10 2:41 PM (#621383 - in reply to #620982)
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I made a tube for the second air cleaner and spot welded it to the housing at the right length. Then I plug welded the inlet to the tube. It came out quite well and I'm pleased with them. the spot welds on the first housing will need to be flattened a little so they aren't as ugly and I need to make the missing bracket for the second one before I can prime it. But at least they look the part now.



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Posted 2022-06-16 12:49 AM (#622162 - in reply to #374192)
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I made a mounting bracket and welded it onto the air cleaner. I had to plug weld it on because the spot welder couldn't' fit in the hole with the lid retention in the way. I like how the welds left little divots in the bracket that look similar to the spot welding marks. The top of the inlet is a little lumpy from the straightening so I will probably strip the primer off and use a shrinking disc on it before I call it good. But I won't do that until I am about ready to use it. Until then, it'll sit in my garage in primer.



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Posted 2023-08-24 6:44 PM (#631539 - in reply to #374192)
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I converted my two '57 Windsors to 4bbl as soon as I started working on them. I set their original 2bbl intakes & carbs aside and didn't really look at them. But today, I noticed that this car, with power brakes has 2 vacuum ports built into the intake, whereas the other car, with manual brakes only has one port. That's fully expected due to needing more ports. However, something that surprised me was that the single port version has a large port on it for the power brakes, not the smaller port for the ignition lockout switch, and the factory used an adapter to be able to mount the ignition lockout switch in the bigger hole. Weird. Why not just make the single port intake with the smaller hole? Also, both intakes have the same casting number even though they are clearly different castings.

I'm going to get rid of these as there is no reason for me to hang onto them. Anyone want one? You could make a homemade 6 pack intake out of them.



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Posted 2023-08-25 12:41 AM (#631545 - in reply to #374192)
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wow cool car.. i like the Hemi on the side
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Posted 2024-02-06 11:38 AM (#633648 - in reply to #374192)
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I thought I had lost these receipts that I found inside the car. Very happy that I found them again, stashed in my paper stack. They show the owner in 1962 as Elwyn "Sam" Maitoza (Nelda Lorraine Maitoza was his wife) in Watsonville, CA. I'm not sure if these were the original owners or not, but the car was only 5 years old at this point. It even shows the original yellow plate as NDK 835. I assume these would be the original yellow plates as they didn't change to black until 1963. If they changed late in '62, they would be very early, starting with the letter A or B. I'm gonna need to get those plates back now!

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Posted 2024-02-06 11:51 AM (#633649 - in reply to #374192)
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Hmmm - Hoping I read wrong, first receipt is way high, second - $90 for a lubrification and some checks, really?? back then.
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Posted 2024-02-06 2:32 PM (#633653 - in reply to #633649)
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No, everything is in cents. So the last one is $9.04. Still not real cheap for back then. The first one is $6.10, for the part that we can see on it. What I have of the first one is ripped in three pieces and the second one is missing a section in the middle. But I was very glad that I went through the garbage under the seat & in the glove box to get this information.

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Posted 2024-02-06 3:58 PM (#633654 - in reply to #374192)
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Very interesting, cents makes more sense.
It seems that labor was not taxable, but oil and brakefluid was taxable. Was this tax IVA?
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Posted 2024-02-06 8:39 PM (#633657 - in reply to #374192)
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Yes, it's sales tax. Labor back then wasn't included. Gasoline & Tobacco had their own tax rates. I'm not sure why the oil filter isn't taxed.
Looks like Nelda got her picture taken while she was waiting with Elwyn at the Veedol Safety Check in Watsonville.
Just kidding. I don't know who this is or where it is, but it's a nice coincidence to have a '57 Chrysler there.

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