I'm thinking of driving my Newport to Newport

"cletus44 aka Clayton Seams" (cletus44) 01/12/2015 at 20:53 • Filed to: None

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I feel like I should take my 1969 Chrysler Newport on a 9 hour drive to Newport, Rhode Island as a sort of pilgrimage. This would be in the summer of course. I could make a video about the adventure and document how many thousands of gallons this thing burns.

Brian Silvestro > cletus44 aka Clayton Seams 01/12/2015 at 20:54

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pls never sell that car thx

bob and john > cletus44 aka Clayton Seams 01/12/2015 at 20:55

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DO IT.

cletus44 aka Clayton Seams > Brian Silvestro 01/12/2015 at 20:56

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People love this car. I love it too but man, no car has ever garnered so much love as this old Chrysler.

Sam > cletus44 aka Clayton Seams 01/12/2015 at 20:57

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My aunt and uncle have an apartment out there, beautiful place. The harbor is nearly as insane as Monaco. Last time we were there, they were bringing Chevy Chase's boat off the water into dry dock.

The Real Dacia Sandero > cletus44 aka Clayton Seams 01/12/2015 at 20:58

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You should sacrifice a lamb in hopes of keeping gas prices low...

yamahog > cletus44 aka Clayton Seams 01/12/2015 at 21:01

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First step: Newport, RI

Then, Newport News, VA

Then, Newport Beach, CA

deekster_caddy > cletus44 aka Clayton Seams 01/12/2015 at 21:03

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Let me know when you are going! It's not a Newport but my LeSabre is from the same era. We can see whose is bigger ;)

deekster_caddy > cletus44 aka Clayton Seams 01/12/2015 at 21:06

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It's amazing what kind of memories the old cars trigger in people. I was at a show on Fanuiel Hall in Boston with my '54 MG and all day long older people were coming by with "That car is the same age as me" or "We used to have one of these" or "I need to take a picture of this car for my mom/dad" and it just never stopped. I let everyone tell their stories. I let anyone sit in the car who wanted to, even kids (with protection of course). Everybody is thrilled when something so notable is there. Your Newport fits that bill - a very noteable car that a lot of people shared memories in.

ranwhenparked > cletus44 aka Clayton Seams 01/12/2015 at 21:10

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Sounds like a plan, get some photos of it in front of houses that are actually scaled to match the car.

That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms > cletus44 aka Clayton Seams 01/12/2015 at 21:18

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Absolutely do it. Newport is a great town. Head to the Brick Alley Pub for lunch, then park your mansion-sized car in front of the mansions down on the Ocean Drive. Just make sure you're not coming here on one of the MANY parade days.

cletus44 aka Clayton Seams > deekster_caddy 01/12/2015 at 21:18

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sounds awesome!

jkm7680 > cletus44 aka Clayton Seams 01/12/2015 at 21:48

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Yes, Do this.

Luc - The Acadian Oppo > cletus44 aka Clayton Seams 01/12/2015 at 23:51

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Can I get a bit more info on your car? What do you have for a transmission and what is the axle gear ratio?

I'm just trying to see if it's just my car that is ridiculously high geared 2.47:1 axle with a 1:1 final drive in the tranny. With 28.5" tall tires it only revs like 1800rpm @ 110 km/h. I'd expect that type of RPM with an overdrive but not with a 3spd?

Pixel > cletus44 aka Clayton Seams 01/13/2015 at 09:24

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Do it!

And let us know when you are. I live about an hour from Newport, we could do an Oppo giant vehicles in a cramped town meetup.

cletus44 aka Clayton Seams > Luc - The Acadian Oppo 01/13/2015 at 10:09

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mine is a 383 V8 backed by a torqflite transmission. It has a 3.23 rear end I believe. Mine was made in the 60's when they didn't give a rats ass about fuel mileage. Yours was made when mileage was a concern so they geared it very low to increase highway mpg. I don't have a rich but I'm guessing my engine turns about 2,700 at highway speeds.

Luc - The Acadian Oppo > cletus44 aka Clayton Seams 01/13/2015 at 10:44

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Perfect that's exactly what I was hoping to hear. I'm gonna do a ring & pinion swap and put 3.25:1 gears and get a bit more pickup out of this thing. I took it out for it's first real drive on saturday and it is SLOW . The difference in between 1/4 throttle and full throttle is basically non existent, you stomp on it and nothing happens. I alway knew these cars were slow but this is beyond slow.

I tried to look it up but what HP did that 383 put out back in the day?

cletus44 aka Clayton Seams > Luc - The Acadian Oppo 01/13/2015 at 14:51

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290 hp and about 380 lb/ft of torque I think.

Luc - The Acadian Oppo > cletus44 aka Clayton Seams 01/13/2015 at 15:17

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can't say I'm not jealous. A hell of alot better than my 159hp & 315ft/lb