Nigel Wright writes:
Here are some pictures of my 62 Sport 300 convertible. I had seats made using the leather I bought from Gary Goers, a new dash pad from Just Dashes, a restored steering wheel from Gary Steering Restoration. The dash has been painted, the radio is a conversion with USB, Bluetooth etc, new carpeting, some rechromed dash pieces.

Bob Hayes writes:
I had my L out for a drive, came back and decided to change the oil and filter as I have done a zillion times over the years. I started it up with the new oil and filter to see a big pool of oil under the car. A look showed the new oil filter was leaking so I got another new one and put it on, started the engine to find another pool of oil. After some head scratching I replaced the oil pump with a new one and the problem went away. I am thinking the pressure relief valve stuck in the old pump -- one of those strange things. Now I need motor mounts.
Motor mounts for the L are a one year only item. You can get new ones from Schumacher Creative Services. Murray Park is a dealer for their products.

Don Cole writes:
I have ordered ten more sets of the 1963 and 1964 Ram heat pipes. They should be arriving in the next two weeks. They will cost about $350 a set with shipping included. If you need a set please contact me. Email here.

Jeff Miklas writes:
I made these home made Dolly Wheels to fit my '62 300. If you have a car with the front suspension off the sub frame, these make it simple to still move the car around.
I bought two dolly wheels from a local "Tractor Supply" store. At the time they were relatively inexpensive at less than $22 each.

Keith Boonstra writes:
Thank you to all who helped regarding the power steering hose for the 57s which have the Thompson PS pumps. I have good news. After much sleuthing we arrived at a consensus of what would constitute an "original" configuration for this hose. I have one, and I submitted it along with an order to copy it to Thermo King in Grand Rapids. I just received their rendition of it and installed it, and I have to say I am very satisfied with the final result.
There are some minor differences in the appearance of this new hose in comparison to my original, but they are fairly inconsequential and hardly noticed without calling attention to it. The fittings are a little different style, and also the hoses are made of tougher materials that have a slightly smaller outside diameter by 1/8 and 1/16". Click here for pictures.
For those interested, I can tell you I paid $141 plus shipping, and Thermo King says that it would be the same price even if a combined order for, say, 10 units was placed at one time. So you could figure your cost with shipping might be $160.
Although I will be willing to submit my original sample hose to Thermo King again to be copied for others - and I would help coordinate a first order for several of these - I would not want to "go in the business" of power steering hose reproduction. Any future orders for singles would have to be handled directly by the person with Thermo King. Turnaround on this would only be a couple of weeks. Any takers?

Terry McTaggart writes:
For those of you who might want to touch up the tan interior paint for 300D/300C/300F/ 300G, the color is "Arizona Beige" DuPont paint code 45195-D. I used on my 300D and I couldn't tell where the new paint started and the original paint ended.

John Grady writes:
Bob Walker of Hot Heads Research & Racing is nothing short of fantastic on anything hemi. He really is Mr. Early Hemi. Three items of particular interest to us are an adapter block to put common 360 fuel pumps (ethanol resistant) on our hemi. You do not want NOS rare fuel pumps with rubber that melts and cracks.
Bob also has a beautifully made aluminum core plug that holds by a mechanical toggle and O ring. Blown core plugs are a horror show. Minutes is all you get before overheat, wrecking engine. Coolant dumps 100% in 20 seconds. Ask me how I know; it is a common problem.
The third item is a machined aluminum adapter to put a modern spin on high tech filter (current Mopar is best ); 60 years of filter evolution instead of the leaky messy can. As a club we should support Hot Heads all we can. In my opinion, Bob Walker is as critical a guy in the long term as Gary Goers. Plus he is a great guy who cares and will help you. His prices are excellent. He has rebuilt 392 starters too. You may know he came in second in the engine masters challenge with an overbored 354 that made 660 hp at only 5500 rpm yet idled nicely etc. This engine used his aluminum cylinder heads which he makes from scratch so he uses the stuff himself, not just sells it, and he knows what works. Plus he has a hemi only swap board and a tech question board.
Let's go out of our way to heavily support the real good guy! Hot Heads Research & Racing, Inc., 276 Walker's Hollow Trail, Lowgap, NC 27024. Bob Walker Phone: (336) 352-4866 Fax: (336) 352-3892. E-mail: info@HotHemiHeads.com