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1986 Chrysler Fifth Avenue “Mr.Low mileage”
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“Mr.Low mileage”1986 Chrysler Fifth Avenue

76 photos documented since 2011 4 years documented ♡ Follow this build

The story

Original owner owned it until four years before we bought it, when his mechanic bought it. The mechanic treated it right and drove it all of 2600 miles in four years, adding a set of new tires and rear shocks and NOS power antenna. Stored it every Winter and there is NO rust underneath and it's dry, never having been oil sprayed. It's been treated with Rust Stop23 by us this past Winter. We just reupholstered the A pillars and driver's B pillar, the rest was and is.... like new. Just reupholstered the roof liner and rear tunnel and all other interior pieces.Enlarged the 5X7 rear speaker openings to accept 6X9 4 way speakers and wired it for an amplifier. Replaced the stock front speakers with new 3 1/2 inch speakers. Wagner Xenon headlights have made a HUGE difference. Recently converted the standard alternator to a Denso 120 amp alternator with new 60 1/2 inch belts to suit. Got everything I needed off a Dakota. Installed a 2 1/4 inch Cordoba two piece tailpipe and 2 1/4 inch Hush Thrush. Lopped off the 1 7/8 inch restriction at the back of the cat pipe and welded in a 2 1/4 inch pipe. All new polymer coated fuel lines and new fuel hoses from front to back, Same polymer coated front to rear brake lines and undercoated too. Swapped on a set of Mirada CMX 10 spoke aluminum rims with wheel locks. — Sixlitre

Day one vs. today

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1986 Chrysler Fifth Avenue in 2015
1986 Chrysler Fifth Avenue in 2011
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Photo history

76 photos across 4 years — drag the dot to travel through this vehicle’s life. Captions are the owner’s; where there isn’t one, the AI caption fills in.

2011

2011

2 photos added

1986 Chrysler Fifth Avenue - A dark blue sedan is parked curbside on a sunny day, with other vehicles and houses in the background. 1986 Chrysler Fifth Avenue - A 1986 Chrysler Fifth Avenue is parked on the street next to another car.

2013

29 photos added — showing 8

1986 Chrysler Fifth Avenue - This ! little stud is set into the plastic rad overflow at the factory and from then on it starts to rust solid to the threads of the nut h… 1986 Chrysler Fifth Avenue - This simple 1/4UNC20 bolt and a couple of washers and matching nut are al that's needed to fix the overflow tank stud for good. It's 1 1/4"… 1986 Chrysler Fifth Avenue - After you've drilled a hole, slightly larger than 1/4", through the center of the "crater" left by the offending stud, you can feed the bol… 1986 Chrysler Fifth Avenue - Using washers on either side of the plastic spreads the bind and probably wouldn't leak (it's not critical anyway as it's not a pressurized… 1986 Chrysler Fifth Avenue - Did I lather the nut and exposed bolt threads in anti-seize ? You betcha ! That overflow tank's nut will never spin on me again ! Why is th… 1986 Chrysler Fifth Avenue - The best transmission cooler in the world won't be very effective if you don't get some wind blowing through it. This stacked plate design… 1986 Chrysler Fifth Avenue - This must be the 6th or 7th time I've mounted a trans cooler on an M-body and I'm getting better at it each time. I pride myself in not dri… 1986 Chrysler Fifth Avenue - Here's the driver's side top corner of the cooler being supported by a 90 degree bracket "nutted" to a bolt that holds on the hood latch.

2014

42 photos added — showing 8

1986 Chrysler Fifth Avenue - Even a marginal 6 X 9 speaker will outperform the best 5 X 7 in the world. I'd had ENOUGH of those terrible factory 5 X 7s in the rear parc… 1986 Chrysler Fifth Avenue - The loan of Mike's new air nibbler made short work of the minor amount of trimming it takes to fit real 6 X 9s into a Fifth Avenue's rear p… 1986 Chrysler Fifth Avenue - It's almost as if Chrysler knew we were going to do it. Didn't have to trim the insulation at all ! 1986 Chrysler Fifth Avenue - Nowadays modern 6 X 9 tweeters and midranges protrude upwards quite a bit. I made 3/4 inch spacers in MDF as I'm told it's less hack than p… 1986 Chrysler Fifth Avenue - You can just make out the Canadian Roberston head, square, wood screws holding that MDF adpater in place, under the parcel shelf. I've alwa… 1986 Chrysler Fifth Avenue - Up here in salt country I decided to scope the condition of the 29 year old brake line that runs front to back. Like that round bolt head t… 1986 Chrysler Fifth Avenue - Two 51" polymer coated lines and a 40" unit fit perfectly from the proportioning valve all the way back to the axle hose connection. Use th… 1986 Chrysler Fifth Avenue - That large fitting screwed into the proportioning valve is what stops most DIY types from replacing the lines themselves, because it's diff…

2015

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