Supposedly 1974-77 Imperial (and presumably New Yorker) spindles will
interchange to 1960-62 (64?) Chryslers, bolt-on although maybe it alters the
track a bit... I don't remember what if any difference was mentioned.
These are hard to come by simply because those are a hot car for the demo
derby crowd, so they use them up when they can find one.
If the pickup spindles would work they're a lot easier to find. Best bet
is to compare heads-up with an extra '60 or '65 part, but of course you'd
probably have to buy a spare to do it. I'd wonder if the axle stub is in
the same place on both, and of course they have to be the same height. If
the axle was higher on the spindle it wouldn't bother me to get some
lowering into it, but on a restored car you wouldnt want that.
I'll make a note of it anyhow. when I get the New Yorker out I can see if I
can come up with a beater pickup - will need a motor anyways, maybe can find
one with the 400 V8, and actually try a spindle swap.
Bill K.
----- Original Message -----
From: "bill parker" <hemirr@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2004 11:02 PM
Subject: Re: [FWDLK] dual m/c on 58 DeSoto
> I've received several inquiries off the list about some of the details in
> this conversion, but I have a couple of things to add on-list. I stopped
> getting caught up in the discussions about whether it was necessary which
> also go along with this thread on other lists for older Mopars, it is
> similar to the discussions about whether it is necessary to convert to
> discs. My own feeling is that since the modern safety feature is now
> available (when it wasn't in 1958 at least on Mopars), and it is so cheap
> and easy to add it, why not, but I would agree that it isn't actually
> necessary. As far as disc brakes, for my A bodies its a no-brainer, both
9"
> and 10" original A body drum setups are ridiculously weak in my
expierience,
> but a 11X2.5 or 11X3 system like our C and D bodies have are pretty dang
> good. I'm not aware of a direct changeover to disc brakes using all Mopar
> parts for my '60 Saratoga or '65 Imperial, and don't really want to put on
> parts from Master Power or AAJ which I then have to go back to (if they're
> still in business) to get replacements later. I've got a set of discs I
> took off a '76 D100 pickup I parted out last fall and I've been thinking
of
> doing a little measuring with an eye to using on the '60 or '65, since the
> ball joints have the same dimensions; one thing I would like to gain with
> the Imperial is a change to standard 4.5" bolt pattern wheels (I'd have to
> have the rear re-drilled also). If anyone is aware of interchangeability
> with Mopar parts onto pre-'66 C and D bodies I'd love to hear the details.
>
> Bill & Kathi Parker, South Central Indiana
> '60 Chrysler Saratoga; '62 Plymouth Max Wedge; '64 Dart convertible
(Kathi's
> car); '65 Barracuda \6 (Kathi's other car); '65 Imperial; '68 Barracuda FB
> 340-S; '69 Barracuda FB now 360 (David's car); '72 Cuda '340
>
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