-> -> -> CH>  Got a nice '67 Dodge Coronet 2 door sedan.  Thought about

-> I can't possibly commit to anything at this point in time,  what with
-> truck project I've gotten myself into.  And I don't know when I'm gon
-> that,  probably not until the spring at least,  the way things are go
-> this point.  Every time I get a paycheck (and those had stopped for
-> a while), I go out and buy some more parts...
Understood.  I have a number of things on the "unfinished" side of the
ledger, though I am plowing through them...
-> Though lately I've had a couple of things to deal with on the car
-> I'm driving, too.  Last night it was the bypass hose,  before that
-> it was a brake hose, just the sort of stuff you gotta stay on top of
-> to keep going,  y'know?  Now I need to be fairly sure I've stopped
-> the leak,  before I go ahead and put antifreeze in it,  hopefully
-> soon!
-> Been prepping stuff for the truck,  got a couple of upper control
-> arm bushings last night,  I need to get some other ones,  eventually
-> every bit of rubber on that truck is going to be replaced.  Whether
-> that happens before or after I get the motor put in there I don't
-> know yet.    At least the silly thing doesn't have those
-> k-members in there!
Yup!  Older cars are a bit of a challenge.  Though what I do is
figure what I'd spend for a decent *new* car, and put that aside
for maintenance.  Makes it easier when I explain it to the wife
as well ;)
Maybe that hockey-puck repair that Alexander suggested might be
a quick and dirty way out.  Drop a puck in gasoline, and see if
the rubber survives.  I seem to remember that about 1973, Chrysler
went from mounting the k-member solid, to using rubber.  This was
for noise reduction.  If you can stand a minor noise increase,
solid might be the way to go.  Once it's stable, the alignment can
be set to solve the tire wear trouble.
I suspect I'll let that '66 go.  Will keep the 440 engine, however.
A forged crank/non-thinwall block engine is a good thing.  And this
also has the crank drilled for a standard-shift pilot bushing.
-c-
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