Recent content by Kern Dog

I am working on using a tilt column from a 76 Cordoba in my 70 Charger. I'm tempted to go pull a tilt from an 87 Fifth Avenue for use in another 70 Charger.

Thank you. Maybe it was just to reduce noise and vibrations. It is odd that the A and E bodies didn't get this change. Maybe they figured that they were getting phased out, why bother?

I went out to that junkyard and found the Volare. It did not have a tilt steering column. I did notice that it did have the same style rag joint that my tilt column has. Now I'm curious as to why. Was this some noise reduction measure used on all RWD Chryslers (other than A bodies) from the mid...

The tilt columns that I have seen all use GM/Saginaw units that use a two piece steering shaft. They had a rag joint near the firewall. The shaft that attaches to the steering box itself is a bit of a hybrid. The Mopars used the pot coupler to allow for some misalignment as well as having...

There is a Volare in a Junkyard in Sacramento according to their online inventory. I'm putting a tilt steering column in a '70 Charger and am looking for parts to complete the swap. Thanks!

There are a few. The 4wd trucks often had axle shafts with the 5 on 5 1/2" bolt circle. The leaf spring mounts are on top of the housing, not the bottom. Some 3rd members were not drilled for a pinion snubber.

If/When I get one, I want a 4 door. Everything else I own is a 2 door, I want something different.

I don't think they allow email addresses to be posted out in the open.

My topics on these forums are not the usual ones like: *What is a good cam for my 440? *What oil should I use? *Why did Mopars have ballast resistors?

A guy posted these pictures in a thread at FABO: Come to think of it, I am starting to remember these switches under the dash...

I've seen those air blowing fans that fit where a 6 x 9 speaker usually does, sometimes even in between the speakers....to me that would be a "defogger" but we often have different terms for the same thing. I've seen those in B and C body cars. Here are the panels in 2 of my '70 Chargers...

I have never seen any A body with anything but a fan motor in the rear speaker deck. Never the one embedded in the glass that gets heated. I'm not far from Reno and Tahoe where they do get snow. Not every car that ends up here started here either.

That was a lot to copy and paste. Maybe since I'm on the other end of the country, our standards were different. I find it strange though that they could mandate something that may not have been available on some cars. Have you seen a 74-76 Dart or Valiant with a rear window defroster?

I find that impossible to believe. Not every car built from 1974 onward had a rear window defroster. I know of NO Dart/Valiant/Duster that had them, my 76 Camaro didn't, the numerous other Camaro and Firebirds didn't, no truck ever did either.

Is this something new? I know that the Bureau of Automotive Repair places weird restrictions and practices on repair shops. Several years ago, I read they required all shops to do a tire pressure check even if they were in for something completely UNrelated to the tires. Is that happening here...