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1966 Chrysler Newport lowrider project

Chops Club Retro Rides Member Don't touch me I've been somewhere Posts: 461 Club RR Member Number: 36	1966 Chrysler Newport lowrider project Chops @exodore Club Retro Rides Member 36
	Nov 30, 2009 13:38:12 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	To join the front and rear sections of chassis i've made tapering channel (5" at the front, 2 1/2" at the rear) from 2 lengths of 2 12" angle. The stainless pipe in the pic is for the park brake cable to pass through. Welded in..............
	LORDZ Lowriders Granada 2.8 Ghia X estate 1994 F250 Heavy duty 4x4 pick up 1988 F150 4x4 pick up 1961 F100 pick up BMW E32 lowrider Sold 66 Chrysler Newport Lowrider

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HARDCORE Global Moderator Posts: 4,680 Club RR Member Number: 190	1966 Chrysler Newport lowrider project HARDCORE @hardcore Club Retro Rides Member 190
	Nov 30, 2009 15:05:46 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Ahh mate, this is gonna be epic! What's your eta? HC.
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Chops Club Retro Rides Member Don't touch me I've been somewhere Posts: 461 Club RR Member Number: 36	1966 Chrysler Newport lowrider project Chops @exodore Club Retro Rides Member 36
	Nov 30, 2009 21:42:26 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Nov 30, 2009 15:05:46 GMT HARDCORE said: Ahh mate, this is gonna be epic! What's your eta? HC. I hope to get the fabrication finnished by the summer then it's on to the body which needs a fair bit of welding and general TLC
	LORDZ Lowriders Granada 2.8 Ghia X estate 1994 F250 Heavy duty 4x4 pick up 1988 F150 4x4 pick up 1961 F100 pick up BMW E32 lowrider Sold 66 Chrysler Newport Lowrider

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grizz Probably posted too much REZIN ROCKIT......🚀 Posts: 28,504	1966 Chrysler Newport lowrider project grizz @grizz
	Dec 1, 2009 8:17:31 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Nov 17, 2009 0:53:38 GMT datman said: that's a lotta work! what 'e sed. Huge car too.
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dave21478 Posted a lot Posts: 2,221	1966 Chrysler Newport lowrider project dave21478 @dave21478
	Dec 1, 2009 8:23:02 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	I'm very impressed, I ha always wondered exactly how much work goes into these things. But please ask Santa for a new camera.
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akku Probably posted too much Posts: 15,889	1966 Chrysler Newport lowrider project akku @alistairk
	Dec 1, 2009 8:32:13 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	You make your life less easy by starting with a Mopar - torsion bar front and leaf rear! I wonder, did this car come from down Cornwall way? I made an attempt to go buy a car just like this but it sold before I could get down there to see it. It would be about 12 years ago.
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Chops Club Retro Rides Member Don't touch me I've been somewhere Posts: 461 Club RR Member Number: 36	1966 Chrysler Newport lowrider project Chops @exodore Club Retro Rides Member 36
	Dec 1, 2009 13:37:36 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Dec 1, 2009 8:23:02 GMT dave21478 said: But please ask Santa for a new camera. Yes I know A lot of the pics are from an old camera phone which has now been taken outside and shot. Dec 1, 2009 8:32:13 GMT akku said: You make your life less easy by starting with a Mopar - torsion bar front and leaf rear! To be quite honest, if I was starting again I would have approached it in a completely different way or maybe even sold it and got a full chassis car instead. Dec 1, 2009 8:32:13 GMT akku said: I wonder, did this car come from down Cornwall way? I made an attempt to go buy a car just like this but it sold before I could get down there to see it. It would be about 12 years ago. It is probably the same car, I got it from a bloke in bristol and it had been in that neck of the woods since it landed on Portsmouth dock in 1990
	Last Edit: Dec 1, 2009 13:41:44 GMT by Chops LORDZ Lowriders Granada 2.8 Ghia X estate 1994 F250 Heavy duty 4x4 pick up 1988 F150 4x4 pick up 1961 F100 pick up BMW E32 lowrider Sold 66 Chrysler Newport Lowrider

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akku Probably posted too much Posts: 15,889	1966 Chrysler Newport lowrider project akku @alistairk
	Dec 1, 2009 13:43:18 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	I always wonder what happens to some of the old cars I missed or passed. Many are distinctive enough for me to recognise them when they resurface.
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hairnet Probably posted too much I AMUSE YOU.....? Posts: 11,000	1966 Chrysler Newport lowrider project hairnet @83golf
	Dec 2, 2009 0:18:11 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	first pic sat in the garden did it for me no other pics needed ;D HELL of a lotta work respect
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jettamike Part of things Posts: 29	1966 Chrysler Newport lowrider project jettamike @jettamike
	Dec 4, 2009 14:16:36 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Nice work dude Looking forward to seeing the progress!


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surprisingskoda Probably posted too much Posts: 10,934	1966 Chrysler Newport lowrider project surprisingskoda @surprisingskoda
	Dec 6, 2009 16:27:49 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	what needs done on the body? looks reasonably tidy in the pics!
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Chops Club Retro Rides Member Don't touch me I've been somewhere Posts: 461 Club RR Member Number: 36	1966 Chrysler Newport lowrider project Chops @exodore Club Retro Rides Member 36
	Dec 6, 2009 21:41:18 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Dec 6, 2009 16:27:49 GMT surprisingskoda said: what needs done on the body? looks reasonably tidy in the pics! Bad bits are..... Bottom corner of N/S wing......rotten/gone Top of O/S door..............ripe O/S and N/S bulkhead has perforation and rot O/S floor section under rear seat is rotten (water trap) The channel and lip around the boot opening has some rot and there is various little bits of tin worm around widow trims etc. The paint is coming off in large flakes and I recon you'd cut yourself if you rubbed your hand across the bonnet! It's mostly the flat surfaces bonnet, boot, roof that look bad, the sides still look ok. Structuraly it's pretty sound, cosmeticaly it's tatty up-close
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UtterPiffle Posted a lot Posts: 2,191	1966 Chrysler Newport lowrider project UtterPiffle @scrapingscrap
	Dec 8, 2009 12:55:20 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	The pictures are only small so you can't see the quality of his welding
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Chops Club Retro Rides Member Don't touch me I've been somewhere Posts: 461 Club RR Member Number: 36	1966 Chrysler Newport lowrider project Chops @exodore Club Retro Rides Member 36
	Dec 8, 2009 13:17:07 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Dec 8, 2009 12:55:20 GMT UtterPiffle said: The pictures are only small so you can't see the quality of his welding Oh you cheeky curse word, I'll have you know I'm fully qualified. I've got O level needlework AND my cycling proficiency badge!
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Speedle Posted a lot Need a Country Rock band in the Hampshire Area? https://www.facebook.com/DirtRoadDiaryUK Posts: 2,221	1966 Chrysler Newport lowrider project Speedle @speedle
	Dec 8, 2009 13:56:25 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	some inspired fab there dude! fantastic work!
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Chops Club Retro Rides Member Don't touch me I've been somewhere Posts: 461 Club RR Member Number: 36	1966 Chrysler Newport lowrider project Chops @exodore Club Retro Rides Member 36
	Dec 9, 2009 13:26:46 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Dec 8, 2009 13:56:25 GMT Speedle said: some inspired fab there dude! fantastic work! Thanks mate I'll post some more up as soon as i get round to uploading the pics
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Chops Club Retro Rides Member Don't touch me I've been somewhere Posts: 461 Club RR Member Number: 36	1966 Chrysler Newport lowrider project Chops @exodore Club Retro Rides Member 36
	Dec 10, 2009 23:09:28 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	In the boot there will be 6 truck batteries (about 1/4 of a ton) so I've added some under floor support. 2" channel frame welded to the chassis under the battery rack location. (2 racks so 1 each side) Flat bar welded to the channel and poking up through the grommet holes in the boot floor ready to accept the rack. 2"x1" box section welded to the flat bar then the rest of the rack welded to the box so the weight is taken by the chassis and not the boot floor Three batteries will sit on this side (N/S) and three on the other rack opposite.
	Last Edit: Dec 10, 2009 23:31:51 GMT by Chops LORDZ Lowriders Granada 2.8 Ghia X estate 1994 F250 Heavy duty 4x4 pick up 1988 F150 4x4 pick up 1961 F100 pick up BMW E32 lowrider Sold 66 Chrysler Newport Lowrider

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Chops Club Retro Rides Member Don't touch me I've been somewhere Posts: 461 Club RR Member Number: 36	1966 Chrysler Newport lowrider project Chops @exodore Club Retro Rides Member 36
	Dec 10, 2009 23:30:35 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	2 of the 4 pumps are mounted on a box section frame which is welded to the chassis through the boot floor. The other 2 pumps will sit just behind and above these on the chain bridge.
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HARDCORE Global Moderator Posts: 4,680 Club RR Member Number: 190	1966 Chrysler Newport lowrider project HARDCORE @hardcore Club Retro Rides Member 190
	Jan 9, 2010 13:13:36 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Holy sh1t dude - amazing! 1/4 of a ton of batteries!! curse word! HC.
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rodit Posted a lot Posts: 1,683	1966 Chrysler Newport lowrider project rodit @rodit
	Jan 9, 2010 15:03:03 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	What he does not tell you is the batteries are for carrying his beer out of wales in ;D The batteries for the hydro's will be in the foot well . Keep up the good work chops, will be expecting an old skool fair ground ride in the summer in this.
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