60 Dart Seneca 2dr.

[lloyd3]

Well...my son has a "new" car.



This is the good side. The tops of the fenders are gone and the rockers aren't far behind them. The interior is surprisingly respectable and needs very little. The dash is almost perfect, as is the steering wheel. The slant 6 smoked like a fiend when we test drove it in July, but driving it home it was fine.  The push-button auto works flawlessly but the parking brake release needs work. Where it matters it isn't rusty, the torsion bar mounts are perfect and the rear-spring section is fine as well, even the trunk and floors are fine.  Now the real work begins and....he's working fast food to pay for it (well....most of it). 

[DAY CLONA]

Nice ride! good luck with it, hopefully it becomes an enjoyable project for your son... if your not already there, find your way to the Forward Look web forum and Forward Look Facebook pages for help/guidance/parts/etc


Mike

[RallyeMike]

Neato. Don't see the Seneca often enough. 

[lloyd3]

We drove it home without a problem, ran shockingly well.  Needed to put some gas in it so added 10-gallons.  Twenty minutes later, at a friends house it died.  The fuel filter was plugged full of crap. We cleaned it and then tried it, nothing.  Pulled the fuel pump and then blew air back into the tank to clear it. Reassembled it and it ran long enough to get it home.  My first thought was to add a fuel filter in front of the fuel pump as a short-term fix but eventually I suspect that we'll need to drop the tank and clean it out.  The joys of really-old cars.

DAYCLONA: Appreciate the info on the Forward Look web-page. I assume your daughter's '61 Plymouth has necessitated a few visits already?

[Todd Wilson]

WOW!  COOL CAR!!!   Love those really old Mopars!  Nice change to see them these days!


Todd

[Nacho-RT74]

I'm not big fan of 60/64 Mopars ( actually any of the big three where I could include 59s ) with some exceptions like this or 300 62.. althought I preffer the Phoenix being hardtop. A friend of mine got one in Venezuela with 318A.

[XH29N0G]

Thanks for posting.  Neat car.  Please keep us updated about it.

[lloyd3]

Gladly, as I'll have lots of questions.  Headed back on the road today, so... my boy's going to have to wait for a bit for the next part of this adventure. Anybody here know where we might find some fenders for this old dog? The rest shouldnt be too-big of a deal.

[tan top]

 

[Aero426]

Love it.

[67440chrg]

Cool project. I like the back end of them. Have fun with it. Drive it while you collect parts.

[RallyeMike]

For fenders or any parts try "Big M" in CA. I have bought several things from him and he is very reasonable and fair. He's in it because he loves FL cars and it shows.

271 N 7th St, Williams, CA 95987 · (530) 473-2225

[lloyd3]

Mike: Thank you, Ill give the Big M folks a call.

[djcarguy]

:    In the late 70es my grandma in Gresham or. had a sweet lite blue phoenix with duel pipes an chrome rims next door.


      parts----------   Dessert valley auto   Arizona           Wild cat auto   Oregon           should be some in dry state near you ??  DJ,Oregon 


   my dad had 57 ply 2 dr an 3 59 ply ht an 2 wagons...  friend just got a 61 300 with cross ram,its big an red   

[lloyd3]

I've been to Desert Valley but had forgotten the name. Thanks for that one. Oregon is dry somewhere?  The Phoenix is clearly much nicer, but the one I really liked was the 1960 Matador. Stunning Forward Look car.

[lloyd3]

Djcarguy:  Thank you so-much for the suggestion  of Wildcat.   Their selection of parts for this project will likely be a huge help.

[RallyeMike]

I'm not big fan of 60/64 Mopars

Oh, Nacho       Fail. 

61 Chrysler Newport 2 door hardtop. Sweetest looking car ever made inside and out.

Let the arguments begin!

[71charger_fan]

I had the same fuel issues in my '55 Plymouth when I bought it. It's been fine since spring when I last had to blow out the fuel lines. I was replacing fuel filters about every other time I drove it for a while. Not because the car would die, but just to be on the safe side. It's been on the same filter since before the Carlisle show and it's running fine. However, I'll probably still yank the tank and send it out for restoration.

Good luck with the car. I had a '59 Coronet back in the mid-'70s. It was a bugger finding parts for that before the internet and I didn't even know that Hemmings existed.

[Nacho-RT74]

I'm not big fan of 60/64 Mopars

Oh, Nacho       Fail. 

61 Chrysler Newport 2 door hardtop. Sweetest looking car ever made inside and out.

Let the arguments begin!

as mentioned, not big fan but not that I hate them LOL. With some exceptions. The example you posted, preffer a 62 ( just like the 300 ) with tails reminiscenses.  I don't like those huge angled tails. Is just like chebbyes: I hate the 59/60 Impala/Belair for similar reasons. In fact I think all brands 60/64 period don't have a place in my taste. In some cases even 59s

I like of course as mentioned the 60 Dart/Polara series

[lloyd3]

You mean like these?



even the interior is pretty gaudy for a "stripper" (ie. low-end) car.



Check-out the Pine Tree deodorizers (remember those?)  My son doesn't think it smells quite right (a little white vingar and water, along with some Febreze should handle that nicely)

But then...there's the rust....



and that's from a relatively-dry Colorado climate! These cars really didn't have any corrosion protection to speak of.  Thank goodness I've located a good source of parts and sheet-metal.



Now all it takes is time (and money).

[RallyeMike]

I think your'e way ahead needing to do rust and sheet metal work than finding interior parts (if you want to keep it stock). Looks good in that department.

[lloyd3]

Rebuilt the fuel pump, drained out the bad fuel from the tank, installed a nice big filter in front of the fuel pump and got her going!  Wish he'd get a haircut.




A gift from Mom (a visit to Grease-monkey). I'd of rather done it the old-fashioned way, but my time at home draws short. Flying out tomorrow again.

[RallyeMike]

Make sure he's up to speed on the importance of checking / maintaining a single master cylinder brake system! Those things still scare me.

[lloyd3]

They scare me too. The plan is for a disc brake conversion.

[Ghoste]

Yeah, I'd worry more about the brakes than a haircut.