The story
Original owner owned it until four years before we bought it, when his mechanic bought it. The mechanic treated it right and drove it all of 2600 miles in four years, adding a set of new tires and rear shocks and NOS power antenna. Stored it every Winter and there is NO rust underneath and it's dry, never having been oil sprayed. It's been treated with Rust Stop23 by us this past Winter. We just reupholstered the A pillars and driver's B pillar, the rest was and is.... like new. Just reupholstered the roof liner and rear tunnel and all other interior pieces.Enlarged the 5X7 rear speaker openings to accept 6X9 4 way speakers and wired it for an amplifier. Replaced the stock front speakers with new 3 1/2 inch speakers. Wagner Xenon headlights have made a HUGE difference. Recently converted the standard alternator to a Denso 120 amp alternator with new 60 1/2 inch belts to suit. Got everything I needed off a Dakota. Installed a 2 1/4 inch Cordoba two piece tailpipe and 2 1/4 inch Hush Thrush. Lopped off the 1 7/8 inch restriction at the back of the cat pipe and welded in a 2 1/4 inch pipe. All new polymer coated fuel lines and new fuel hoses from front to back, Same polymer coated front to rear brake lines and undercoated too. Swapped on a set of Mirada CMX 10 spoke aluminum rims with wheel locks. — Sixlitre
Day one vs. today
Drag to compare 2011 against 2015.
Photo history
76 photos across 4 years — drag the dot to travel through this vehicle’s life. Captions are the owner’s; where there isn’t one, the AI caption fills in.
2011
2 photos added
2013
29 photos added — showing 8
This ! little stud is set into the plastic rad overflow at the factory and from then on it starts to rust solid to the threads of the nut h… Owner
This simple 1/4UNC20 bolt and a couple of washers and matching nut are al that's needed to fix the overflow tank stud for good. It's 1 1/4"… Owner
After you've drilled a hole, slightly larger than 1/4", through the center of the "crater" left by the offending stud, you can feed the bol… Owner
Using washers on either side of the plastic spreads the bind and probably wouldn't leak (it's not critical anyway as it's not a pressurized… Owner
Did I lather the nut and exposed bolt threads in anti-seize ? You betcha ! That overflow tank's nut will never spin on me again ! Why is th… Owner
The best transmission cooler in the world won't be very effective if you don't get some wind blowing through it. This stacked plate design… Owner
This must be the 6th or 7th time I've mounted a trans cooler on an M-body and I'm getting better at it each time. I pride myself in not dri… Owner
Here's the driver's side top corner of the cooler being supported by a 90 degree bracket "nutted" to a bolt that holds on the hood latch. Owner
2014
42 photos added — showing 8
Even a marginal 6 X 9 speaker will outperform the best 5 X 7 in the world. I'd had ENOUGH of those terrible factory 5 X 7s in the rear parc… Owner
The loan of Mike's new air nibbler made short work of the minor amount of trimming it takes to fit real 6 X 9s into a Fifth Avenue's rear p… Owner
It's almost as if Chrysler knew we were going to do it. Didn't have to trim the insulation at all ! Owner
Nowadays modern 6 X 9 tweeters and midranges protrude upwards quite a bit. I made 3/4 inch spacers in MDF as I'm told it's less hack than p… Owner
You can just make out the Canadian Roberston head, square, wood screws holding that MDF adpater in place, under the parcel shelf. I've alwa… Owner
Up here in salt country I decided to scope the condition of the 29 year old brake line that runs front to back. Like that round bolt head t… Owner
Two 51" polymer coated lines and a 40" unit fit perfectly from the proportioning valve all the way back to the axle hose connection. Use th… Owner
That large fitting screwed into the proportioning valve is what stops most DIY types from replacing the lines themselves, because it's diff… Owner
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