Hi, Im new to the forums and just bought a 1965 Coronet. It needs a few things before I can drive it. Can someone tell me where I could get a carb. rebuild kit and the rear glass. I need these parts cheap.

 

Welcome to the forum!

What do you have for a carb and as for the glass, a local glass company may be able to help you out, craigslist/local junk yard and then there is always e-bay.

 

Any pics of the car?

 

Ill get some pics up soon. I dont have the car at my house yet. Im gonna trailer it home tommorow. Can someone give me an idea how much a basic paintjob would cost? It has little to no rust and needs no bodywork.

 

depends on the person doing it and what/how you want it to look. Maco will do a $500 job and it could look like a $500 job. I would shop around and see what places give you for a price. You may want to actually take your car to the shops and have them give you a quote as the shop will be able to give you a better price in person than just over the phone.

I'd pay around $2000 to $3000 for a good quailty paint job and warrenty.

 

welcome to the forums
i would do what 78 says and give the old girl a good paint job instead of a maco job, the car will be happy you did and there are alot of body shops that would love to paint it for you but pick a good reputable shop and always ask them questions on how they are going to go about it. Pick the one you feel comfortable with as the out come will pay itself off with the looks you will get

 

make sure u have an oil with zinc in it

 

Why do i need zinc oil?

 

If there is not enough zinc in your oil you will end up wiping your cam.

 

since our cars are flat tapper lifters, (unless you put a roller cam in), our cars need the zinc in the oil. Without it, the lifters will self-destruct, wipe out the cam, lifters, and bearings in the engine. The zinc protects the lifters when the cam hits them.

 

Well I got my ride home today. Ill post pics later. I have run into a problem though. When i was starting the car I turned the key twice on accident and it made a bad sound. I tried to restart the car and now it jst makes a clicking sound. It had a kinda weak battery to start with. I dont know if thats the problem or did i mess up the starter?

 

It was just a weak battery, i jumpstarted the car and it was fine.

 

heres the pics

 

Can someone tell me where I can get a rebuild kit for a carter 0-1612 carb.

 

try summitracing.com
thats where i get most of my parts from.

 

Boy them were the days of cars, wish i still had my dads 65 ht two door, what i would give to have it right now,
That will be one sweet ride when you get it all spiffied up

 

What oil should I put in my car?

 

What size motor are you running?

I actually use deisel oil in my amc 360. Helps keep the cam alive.

 

thats the thing, I dont know what motor it is. It has a 440 badge but I dont know if its in there or not. How can I tell what size engine I have?

 

If it is a 440 it will have the raised portion in the pic.

 

i dont think your car has a 440 in it
that badge is the model of the car
from your pic, i think it might be a 2-barrell 383
but, do what commando said

 

come on C and 67 the distributor is in the rear its a 318 in your car sgp but if you can get me the #'s ill make sure but two barrel and all tells me its a 318

 

318 was my second guess

 

oops its a one barrel carb and use HM valvoline 10w-30 oil it will have all the right stuff in it for that 318 motor

 

Is castrol GTX 10w-30 a good oil to use? Also I have a carb question. When I start the car, after a couple of secs. It starts overflowing through a hole on the top. Also black soot comes out of the tail pipe so I think its running really rich. I checked the floats and its not them so why would it be flooding and how do I adjust the carb. so it dosent run so rich?

 

I did notice the single barrel in the carb, but really didn't look at the distributor. I only know big blocks.

 

What should the idle and mixture screw be set at?

 

sgp i do not know that much about the GTX oils but check to make sure it has at least 1000ppm of zinc you can go to there web site and find out but the HM valvoline oils has alot of additives for the high mileage engines and so on , i have done alot of research on the oil and talked to alot of reps and have always used there products but im sure the GTX oils are fine but i would look into it and as far as your carb it sounds like it is over flooding the bowl so i would get some cleaner like gunk in the gallon can and would soak it for about twenty min: (yes it has to be off the engine ) and try it again and turn the screw in all the way but not to much pressure as you can damage the tip of the needle and turn it out about 2.5 turns and start it then go from there but if you need help further just always ask as one of us will sure be able to help you so good luck and let us no k

 

I ordered a rebuild kit for the carb., so when I get that Ill see how it works out.

 

I found out that I need at least .11 zinc and the castrol has that. Heres a helpful chart of oil and its zinc content.

20W-50

AMSOIL (old) none
AMSOIL (new) none
Castrol GTX .12
Exxon High Performance .11
Havoline Formula 3 none
Kendall GT-1 .16
Pennzoil GT Perf. none
Quaker State Dlx. none
Red Line none
Shell Truck Guard .15
Spectro Golden 4 .15
Spectro Golden M.G. .13
Unocal .12
Valvoline All Climate .11
Valvoline Turbo .13
Valvoline Race .20
Valvoline Synthetic .12

20W-40

AMSOIL none
Castrol Multi-Grade .12
Quaker State none

15W-50

Chevron .11
Mobil 1 none
Mystic JT8 .15
Red Line none

5W-50

Castrol Syntec .10
Quaker State Synquest none
Pennzoil Performax none

5W-40

Havoline none

15W-40

AMSOIL (old) none
AMSOIL (new) none
Castrol .14
Chevron Delo 400 none
Exxon XD3 .14
Exxon XD3 Extra .13
Kendall GT-1 .16
Mystic JT8 .15
Red Line none
Shell Rotella w/XLA .13
Valvoline All Fleet .15
Valvoline Turbo .13

10W-30

AMSOIL (old) none
AMSOIL (new) none
Castrol GTX .12
Chevron Supreme .11
Exxon Superflo Hi Perf 135 .11
Exxon Superflo Supreme 133 .13
Havoline Formula 3 none
Kendall GT-1 .16
Mobil 1 none
Pennzoil PLZ Turbo none
Quaker State none
Red Line none
Shell Fire and Ice .12
Shell Super 2000 .13
Shell Truck Guard .15
Spectro Golden M.G. none
Unocal Super .12
Valvoline All Climate .11
Valvoline Turbo .13
Valvoline Race .20
Valvoline Synthetic .12

5W-30

AMSOIL (old) none
AMSOIL (new) none
Castrol GTX .12
Chevron Supreme .11
Chevron Supreme Synt. .12
Exxon Superflow HP .11
Havoline Formula 3 none
Mobil 1 none
Mystic JT8 .1
Quaker State none
Red Line none
Shell Fire and Ice .12
Unocal .12
Valvoline All Climate .11
Valvoline Turbo .13
Valvoline Synthetic .12