1942 Chrysler New Yorker project thread

DRAG-ULA

DRAG-ULA

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So I texted my buddy Jerry to see if he had an 8 3/4" axle he wanted to sell me for my 48 Dodge, and I wound up with this too hahaha. Texas car, no rot, just a soft trunk floor. Plan is get it running & driving pretty much as is. The guy who owned it before Jerry pulled the fenders & primed them, which sucks for me because l love the original paint. This is pretty much how I got it




All the parts are there except the gas tank, radiator, and crank pulley.
 
It sat apart with the pistons out & head off for 25 years for a re-ring job that never happened. Fortunately, everything was in ok shape, I got a set of rings and a gasket set with the car. As I got it



Got some cool vintage parts with it


I ball honed the bores, pulled the valves, cleaned, ground & lapped them.
Adjusted the valves, amidst years of crud & shit
 
And I got it running on its own Sunday. I had to take apart the fuel pump & clean it, the carb is NOS, but still needs a rebuild, but it runs!!!!!
 
I was thinking today about bagging it. I gotta say, I dig the original paint. I'm torn, I'd love to pattern it out, but I think I'm going to leave it for now.
 
No, I'm probably going to just run the rusty ones as they are. The front fenders are in DP90 epoxy primer, I might let them sit outside all winter & chalk up. No UV blockers in that primer.
 
Great project. That's going to be a lot of fun just to pimp around in for the summer. What's left of the interior? I know Texas summers and car interiors don't get along very well.
 
Interior is just OK, it's a New Yorker Highlander, so it has really cool plaid inlays in the seats & door panels. Seats are a little rough, no headliner, no carpet, and I'm missing the original front seat bottom. The one I have is blue, no plaid inlay :cry:
 
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