FUCK YEAH LANDBARGE! I'M SO EXCITED

"cletus44 aka Clayton Seams" (cletus44) 05/18/2014 at 11:31 • Filed to: None

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Let me give you the info here:

1969 Chrysler Newport (Base model, no pwr windows, ac or pwr seats)
383 2-barrel torqflite auto"captains" bench seat up front.

Been sitting for three years and started first crank with a jump, stale gas and all!

Drives smooth, accelerates like a train, brakes straight and idles like a kitten

small random rust hole on the bottom edge of the window

Reapainted in 2007 and no other rust

Has very leaky valve cover gaskets and pwr steering pump leaks badly

No other mechanical problems I could spot.

Cost for this 5,000 lb barge of magnificence? $1,800 and a tow.

It's not bought yet but pending a passed insurance inspection I'll buy this sucker. How did I do, oppo? Does anyone have personal experience with one of these fuselage cars? It will be my first ever MoPar product.

TwinCharged - Is Now UK Opponaut > cletus44 aka Clayton Seams 05/18/2014 at 11:45

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Oh WOW.

I have no other words - except give it a clean and give us some nice pics?

//huehuehue

shop-teacher > cletus44 aka Clayton Seams 05/18/2014 at 12:07

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Nice find! I'd definitely do A/C, but the overdrive may not be necessary. These big barges were built for cruising, so they often came with higher (numerically lower) rear gears, relying on massive big block torque to get moving.

ptak appreciates old racecars > cletus44 aka Clayton Seams 05/18/2014 at 12:09

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FUSELAAAGE

GhostZ > cletus44 aka Clayton Seams 05/18/2014 at 12:17

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Aw yeah.

From what I've heard, the 60s full sized Mopars can bolt in nearly any engine across from eachother, and have part swapping capabilities like legos. One high quality bore+piston job and some good heads could put you into some good numbers.

cletus44 aka Clayton Seams > ptak appreciates old racecars 05/18/2014 at 12:17

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Haha oh yeah! I love how it manages to make a massive car look even bigger

cletus44 aka Clayton Seams > GhostZ 05/18/2014 at 12:39

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You're totally right. it's the biggest engine I've ever seen! I mean that big-block 383 has a clear 2 feet from the water pump to the bumper. It's a cavern!

And I'll really just keep it stick for now. The 383 2bbl provides a nice balance of usable torque and not-too-totally-awful mileage. But the hop-up potential is right there.

VonBootWilly - Likes Toyota, but it's still complicated. > cletus44 aka Clayton Seams 05/18/2014 at 13:01

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Congrats! I had the same car as a 67 convertible last summer. 383 2-barrel and all. Super smooth.

bhardoin > cletus44 aka Clayton Seams 05/18/2014 at 16:25

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HELL YES.

BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires > cletus44 aka Clayton Seams 05/19/2014 at 12:31

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I don't know if it's just because I'm European, but I find these colossal land-barges fascinating. I'd definitely like to try and run one over here for a while and see whether they actually fit on the streets.

cletus44 aka Clayton Seams > BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires 05/19/2014 at 12:36

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I like the reaction of non-americanos to these barges. The answer is that they fit most cities. Bigger metro areas require determination and a steely nerve to make it work. If you're ever in Toronto, I'd let you take it for a spin.

BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires > cletus44 aka Clayton Seams 05/19/2014 at 13:59

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Thanks :) if I'm ever over there I'll definitely take you up on the offer.

Likewise, if you ever find yourself in the South-East of England you're welcome to have a drive in any of our fleet that are functional at the time.

cletus44 aka Clayton Seams > BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires 05/19/2014 at 14:54

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Hmmmm.... My geography is terrible but I'll be at the Goodwood Festival of Speed this September.

BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires > cletus44 aka Clayton Seams 05/19/2014 at 15:10

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I must see if there's any tickets left for that. I went a couple of years ago and as soon as I walked through the entrance I thought 'this is a place where I'm at home'.

Goodwood's a reasonable distance from me, but compared to distances in the Americas it's small fry.

Roberto G. > BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires 05/19/2014 at 17:51

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Just a note from an Italian, since I like your screen name: "Garagisti" is plural (Car mechanics) while if you like to be one of them, you should call yourself a " Garagista ".

BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires > Roberto G. 05/19/2014 at 18:16

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Ah, I did wonder. Is it meant to be Garagisto seeing as I'm masculine, or is the term in general feminine?

Actually, that goes for Alfisti as well. What's the singular of that?

Roberto G. > BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires 05/19/2014 at 18:24

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Italian is one of the most complicated languages: it's true that (generally speaking) "o" is a male desinence and "a" is female, but there are many excepion to this rule. Both male and female can be one "garagista", while many males are "garagisti" and many gals are "garagiste".

The Wiki link is quite clear:

garagista m (plural garagisti ) garagista f (plural garagiste )

...where "m" stands for "male" and "f" stands for "female", should you think that I'm tricking you...

Same is for "Alfista", that's singular for both male and female, while plural is "Alfisti" for men, and "Alfiste" for the chicks. Feel free to consider me your personal "Italian-English" dictionary.

BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires > Roberto G. 05/19/2014 at 19:08

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Ah I see.

When I was teaching English in Italy a couple of years back I was asking people what they thought the hardest parts of various languages are. They thought that English spelling is abominable (it really is), but the tenses and genders in Italian are bloody complicated. Especially as we haven't got gendered words at all in English.

Philbert/Phartnagle > cletus44 aka Clayton Seams 05/20/2014 at 02:15

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Awesome! I can't tell you how many of those I have seen destroyed in demolition derbies and most of the time they won. The large distance from the bumper to the radiator and engine is what made them so desirable and almost unstoppable in that application.

Roberto G. > BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires 05/20/2014 at 14:59

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Yes. This is one of the aspects I like more, of the English language: no gender differences when addressing the next, nor "respectful" ways of reaching out to the others... "you" is good for both the POTUS and the last bum, while in Italian we have "tu" (you) for family and friends, "voi" that's the plural of "tu" but also a way to address someone you respect, mainly in north-eastern Italy. My dad was not saying "tu" to his father, but he addressed him with the "voi". Than, there is "lei", our way of saying "you" to the extraneous people and to those who deserve respect. This sure is an heritage from the Spanish culture, where social and class differences are humongous. For instance, I had an English boss who asked me to say "tu" to him, but I had many difficulties in doing so, because I was educated to respect the authority and address them with "lei". He of course dindn't understand this because everyone else was saying "tu" to him, and thought that I was an asshat who liked to keep his distance...

BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires > Roberto G. 05/20/2014 at 15:08

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It's very odd that we don't have them in Britain any more. Our country was, and in many ways still is, a strongly class-based one.

We used to have 'thou', but that started disappearing in the 17th century.

It must be a bit of a nightmare in some social situations trying to work out how to address people, or is it just with direct superiors (fathers/mothers/bosses etc)?

Roberto G. > BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires 05/20/2014 at 15:14

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Actually it is. I usually and respectfully tell my top superiors that due to my education I cannot use "tu" with them. Indeed I am not able... kinda a psychological block.