Re: [Chrysler300] Body mounts for 56

[G Barker <gbarker@xxxx>]

There are two companys that I know of who carry Chrysler body mount rubber.
Steel Rubber Products 800-544-8665, steelerubber.com and Pat Walsh Restoration
Supplies ( Mail Order only) 1-617-246-3266 Wakefield, MA

Blackbird wrote:

> I may have misunderstood the question, and maybe the design is very
> different for 1956, but this is what I did, 3 years ago, for my 1950 New
> Yorker (99000 mile 2 dr htp). The old rubber was cracked, worn and the
> centre holes had been enlarged by sidewise pressure from the mounting bolts
> as the body moved relative to the frame over 48 years of driving.
>
> I went to a rubber specialist. They had hundreds of different dies for
> cutting rubber, including many circles of differing diameters, and, of
> course, sheets and sheets of rubber of various thicknesses. Taking my old
> and cracked rubber with me, I chose an appropriate die and some thick,
> dense, heavy duty rubber. Actually, it may not have even been 'rubber' -
> could have been some other compound.
>
> At home, I drilled holes through them and fitted new zinc plated bolts,
> washers and nuts. With the mounting bolts went through the outriggers and
> into the car body, I fitted new rubber to both ends of the bolts.
>
> Richard.
>
> *****************
> Having some work done on my 56B and found that the rear body mounts are
> almost completely rusted up. I'm assuming that you don't get parts for
> these, just make something that will work? I know it won't be original, but
> seems like the odds of finding "good" ones would be pretty slim. True or
> not?
>
> Mine in an Ohio car with 120,000 miles on it, so I don't think being
> original is vital at this point. Just trying to keep it on the road, but if
> good mounts are out there, or there are other ideas I'd love to hear about
> them.
>
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