Carl Bilter writes:
It was the best of compressors; it was the worst of compressors. The one on the right was in the J and not original to the car. A parts store rebuild date coded Sept. 28, 1965 (date stamp located below the EPR suction fitting near the top). Locked up solid and in need of re-rebuilding. The one on the left was original to my 1967 Imperial LeBaron. It worked when last used some 29 years ago, but might not any more due to sitting idle so long. Interesting, I cannot find any date code. As near as I can tell, Chrysler dropped the date stamp either in 1966 or 1967. Notice the difference in oil sumps at the bottom. The 1967 compressor has the correct, early style round sump, used from 1961-68. The 1965 rebuilt unit has an incorrect 1974 and up sump. That would be incorrect for concours judging on a 1961- 65 letter car. There was also a flat style sump used from 1969-73. Notice that both compressors have 3 bolt holes for mounting, with the third hole located above the crankshaft. Later compressors (not sure when it started) in the 1970’s only used 2 mounting bolts as the brackets were completely different. A two bolt RV2 compressor would be incorrect for concours judging on a letter car. One site says the 2 bolt system is correct and the 3 bolt units were service replacements. Maybe on the later muscle cars but not on our 300s! The cast iron bracket that mounts to the block/heads has 3 bolt holes and that was factory correct.
The 1967 compressor on the left is cosmetically correct for 1963 with the exception of the missing date stamp; so it will get cleaned and painted and go in the J for now since I don’t have a spare 1963 compressor. That date stamp is partially hidden behind the pulley/clutch when installed.

Dave Stragand writes:
Someone was asking about air filter elements for the E and H. The new K&N E1959 is the correct replacement, no squeezing necessary! See https://www.knfilters.com/search/product.aspx?prod=E-1959

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Jeff Miklas writes:
Here is a pic of a Mini-Conductor tool I bought to work on my 300s! Admittedly, I HAVE set a few cars on fire using a torch while doing delicate surgery near a grease and oil coated undercarriage. This tool was made for the likes of me ! Check out the review. It IS expensive, (over $300 on Amazon), but I went in partners with two friends. It doesn't get a lot of use, but well worth the $ when you really need it !

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Noel Hastalis writes:
Some of you may be familiar with the car videos produced by Lou Costabile over the past few years, viewable on his website - www.mycarstorywithlou.com.
Recently, Lou and I drove to John Begian's home in Michigan, and Lou shot videos of 6 of John's great cars. Lou will be posting these videos to his site over the next 3 months, interspersed among other of his videos. One of these upcoming videos will be of John's black 300-G convertible, that he's driven to most of our Club's Meets over the past 9 years. In addition, Lou also shot a video of the recent Geneva, IL Concours featured Letter Cars, with my commentary, that should be posted to his site in a few weeks.
The first of these videos, however, is of John's '62 Polara 500 convertible, that he drove to our Rohnert Park Meet this past May. Here's the direct link to this YouTube video.
Lou has posted over 1200 videos to date, and I suggest checking out some of them in your spare time. He groups his videos chronologically, mostly by decade, so it's easy to whittle down to your cars of interest.

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Larry Jett writes:
One of you fine gents suggested cod liver oil to solve squeaking suspension bushings. I am here to tell you it works excellently. All the noise is gone. $28 worth of oil in a Plews Oiler and the problem evaporated. However, several days later I noticed a not-unpleasant but peculiar aroma in the garage. Today, the light came on......it is cod liver oil. Beware of the lasting back story.

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Bob Merritt writes:
For those interested in the Letter Car Production statistics, we have revised our survivor page to include information such as start and stop dates for Letter Cars production. We have also included graphs of estimates for monthly production. Give it a look, you might find it interesting.