Got a first rendering from Brian Jennings who is painting the car. I am doing a motor for his 60 Biscayne, so I may be getting the better end of the deal! Anyway, I am thinking of a darker blue, and some of the stripe work will have flattened clear and some other tricks that won't show in a rendering, but I am pretty excited with this as a first shot.
LeftCoastErik wrote ... Thanks man! I don't know that I would do this to a nice 300, although my Newport was solid, it was far from perfect. If it had been more rare or in better condition, I would have likely passed on it. Hoping to get it running tomorrow...Stay tuned!
There were 2891 Newport 'verts built in '67. Nearly 44 years later, how many survive?
I've been going to shows and criuse ins for 6 years and have yet to see another '67 Newp, let alone a convertible.
I'd say you've created a completely unique car.
While I'm an old school, leave it alone, points and condenser, drum brakes kind of guy, I can certainly appreciate the effort you've put into it.
The custom dash work is nicely done.
You'll be the only one with a diesel '67 Newp 'vert at the shows.
Thanks man! In theory, this thing will hit 136 topped out at 4k. I suspect that it will be aerodynamically limited to something like 125. The power will be there, but you can only push a brick through the air so fast
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I personally think that this is an awesome build! I miss my cummins 24v...they make gobs of torque way down low, and with just a few simple mods you got enough torque on tap to pull a house down. I can't wait to see this thing done. Props to you! You considering propane injection? That thing would really fly! Yeah you are definitely limited by aerodynamics....at those speeds the wind resistance will be crazy! Im curious to see if anyone has ever figured out the drag coefficients of our boats? Here is my drag coefficient for my 66 Newport: "terrible" LOL
LeftCoastErik wrote ... Thanks man! In theory, this thing will hit 136 topped out at 4k. I suspect that it will be aerodynamically limited to something like 125. The power will be there, but you can only push a brick through the air so fast
The convertible top will ballon up above 80 mph and it gets scary (you'll think it's trying to fly off) above 110 mph. With the top down it will go just a bit above 125 mph before it hits the aerodynamic wall-and that is only if you can take the buffeting to get there! Mine goes the fastest with the top down and the windows up. <span class='smallblacktext'>[ Edited Thu Sep 16 2010, 08:08PM ]</span>
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I would love to see just how horrible and turbulent the air is moving around that car at speed. I am pretty sure that a school bus is more aerodynamic than our cars. Sooooooo many vertical planes....it's no wonder people dont run these cars on the salt flats...
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On the contrary Greg. . . . I've had several of those 12 valves. With a tiney bit of work, they can idle and run as smooth as a big block. While a gasser will take it off the line, you better keep to one side. Once that sucker hits the power gears, they 440 may as well be a slant 6.
I can say, my 6.7 puts my wifes Hemi R/T to shame. She gets a car length on me until I hit 4th. 13.9 1/4.