Shawn F.

Yes sir that was me. The young guy.

BTW, the car is complete, Fenton visor, and all original. Needs restoration of course... Floor patches and rear part of the quarters. Other than that it's rust free.

I was wanting to get more information on my 46 Chrysler Windsor Business Coupe as far as numbers on how many were actually built and what the value on one would be all original with 67,000 original miles but not running. Usual rust in the quarters, motor is free but needs tuned up, new fluids, battery, etc. I was told about 407 were made in this year and 1,980 total from 46-48? How accurate is this? I know value can't be told really without seeing it but some here may remember seeing it in person or in photos I posted when I first bought it. I cannot find the photos on here and do not have my computer anymore that has the photos of it. Hopefully I can post new ones tomorrow. Any info on estimated value would be great. I am thinking about selling it and using the money towards my business is the only reason I am curious. Not 100% sure yet if I will sell but it's an idea I am throwing around. Thanks in advance!

It was just a suggestion... I'd mod the South East section if needed, but I understand the above points too. I think just for events purposes it would be cool or even just an events section then maybe for events all over the US? I don't know just throwing ideas out there. Also would love to get a detailing section for Detailing/Appearance and I'd be more than happy to mod this section since it's what I do for a living. Would be great because I can throw up stickies with washing and polishing techniques, chrome care, paint and coatings, etc.

Just a suggestion, but i think it would be nice to have a regional section on the forums at the very bottom such as South East, North East, South West, North West, Mid, etc etc. A lot of other forums I am a member of have such sections and it helps to find people in our area and we can post up meets, cruise ins and get to know the people in our area. As I said, this is just a suggestion and my own 2 cents.

Tim, thanks for the info as well. I have heard of this method to get close as far as gear ratio. Once I pull this thing out of my back yard and onto level ground I will begin pulling the wheels, brakes and check the rear end out good. If I end up keeping it then I will rebuild the brakes, new bearings and seals. That should freshen it up quite nicely. Maybe for now I will keep the stock master cylinder until I can get funds to do a dual with power booster. I want to be able to get this thing on the road because I know from experience that if I tear it down too much and it takes too long then I will lose interest and on the back burner it will go. I'm sure a lot here can relate to that.

Happy St. Patricks day to you guys as well! Careful if your out driving around tonight, a bunch of drunk idiots out there, don't become one of them please.

Rockwood, I have been thinking about what you said here and this may be my best and easiest route to go. I will check into my stock rear end here in the next couple weeks and go from there. I do not plan to run a Hemi or anything crazy, just the stock 251 inline 6 motor and stock fluid drive trans. I may beef up the motor when I have it rebuilt with a cam, shave the head some to raise compression, dual carb manifold, etc but nothing too crazy. I want to keep this car to where if I sell it then I can put it 95% back to stock.

Ah, stupid me, I did not think about the bolt pattern...

I have not measured my stock rear end yet, no. Probably is something I need to do. I do have a built Chevy S-10 rear end with a high performance series Auburn differential, 3.42:1 Richmond ring and pinion, street/strip Moser axles and new bearings and seals. At least the paper I have for it shows this information from the old owner who rebuilt it and threw it in an S10 I bought. I am not sure if the specs on an S10 rear work for this Chrysler but would be nice... I have saved this rear for a T bucket or 29 Roadster project but wouldn't mind using it for the Windsor.

I have no clue the differential gearing, all I know is that I have a Fluid drive trans...

Thanks for the info guys. I would like to go with oldaddys parts to help a fellow board member out. I think I will give him a call this week sometime. I did read a site last night saying that with the gm metric callers, I can grind a hump down and use my original wheels. If this is the case then I will be very happy. As for the model of my car it is a Windsor biz coupe with the 251 inline flathead six cylinder. As for the rear end I am not sure if I should do a swap or keep it stock and upgrade to disc. I think I saw somewhere that an 89 Dakota rear will work, is this correct? If so then I wouldn't mind the stock Dakota drums since they will be easier and cheaper to rebuild. Then I would have to figure out the best gearing to go with...

Well I am at the point where I need to pull my 46 Chrysler Windsor Business Coupe out of the yard to get ready to move this summer... I figured that this would be the time to get the brakes working on this car for once and actually start some work on it (if money allows). So far since I've bought this car a few years ago, I only tore out the interior, pulled some trim to get rid of some rust and that's it. When I first bought it I could not get the brakes to work no matter how much I tried bleeding them, etc. I am sure the m/c is rusted up, lines are toast, hoses are dry rotted and wheel cylinders are rusted up badly. I have not pulled anything to look but I just know for a fact that the entire brake system needs to be pulled off and all new stuff installed. I have been looking around this site for a few days now on some disc brake kits but still have some questions and worries. 1.) First off, I have been told and saw somewhere online that my 46 Chrysler Windsor is different than a typical Mopar car because it's a business coupe so a typical Mopar disc brake kit will not work. Can anyone confirm this? 2.) I would also like to convert my rear drums to disc as well but keep the original rear end. Is this possible? If so, who makes such a kit? 3.) On one thread here I saw someone mentioned about upgrading from the original 1/4 inch lines to 3/16 inch brake lines, especially if I go to disc brakes. 4.) I plan to stick with the master cylinder under the floor where the stock unit is but have power brakes (booster)... Is there a kit I have to buy for this or is it a over the counter part for a different make, model and year vehicle? 5.) With doing a disc brake swap, can I use my original wheels? I'd hate to have to buy new wheels and especially if I cannot use the stock hubcaps. Pretty much ANY info on this would be greatly appreciated! I know this is not a Chrysler website but I like these forums better than the Yahoo Chrysler group because it's easier for me to keep up with the threads posted here. As for purchasing the brakes, this will not happen for at least 3 months because I just do not have the money to do anything with the car and I'm sure doing all 4 disc brakes will be around $800-$1000. I also still need new tires, wiring harness, floors welded in, go through the entire engine, rebuild the carb, etc etc. Thanks a LOT in advance guys!

I think I got lucky... I do not see any sections on this Nevada title that need to be notarized. It is signed by both names that are on the title (wife and husband) and everything else is blank for buyer and date. Only thing that may be a problem which I've had in the past is the wife didnt have room for her name so wrong underneath her husbands signature and hand printed name... I also found another title of an old truck I bought in my name that someone bought from me, never made the payments and took it to a scrap metal yard and fled the state... Hope I dont have problems with this one either. Man what a pain this can be. I think this will be my 12th or 13th vehicle and title I have had to take care of. I knew I had an addiction to old cars.

I am glad to have this info, I am going to copy and paste it to save for future use... It may come in handy. Today I am going to pull my title out and see if it needs to be notarized (actually going to do that right now) and then go from there. Maybe this week or next I will go to the plates place and try taking care of it. I will keep you guys posted on what I find out in case you care to know.