Dave let me get the car over to my home shop this weekend so I can answer those questions for you. That missing decal is the coolant reserve system instructions.

Excellent! I'll have to get one of those if they are reproduced.

To make room for that second cold air duct, I switched to a '78/'79 style Thermoguard that has an integral washer fluid bottle. I had (c199?) unwrapped the engine compartment harness and moved that circuit to the other side of the compartment. I'll add the new decal over by the battery, and all will seem in order.

You can try Jim Osborne

101 Ridgecrest Drive - Lawrenceville, GA 30045
Phone: (770) 962-7556 Fax: (770) 962-5881

Yes, just came here to update the post that I had found the Osborne decal via DuckDuckGo search on the NPD site.

NPD LINK

And it wasn't until I read the decal on that site that the little (very little apparently) light bulb in my head came on. COOLANT reserve....not Washer Fluid. Duh! So the repro decal will go right back in the same spot as before. Thank you!

By the way....is this you?

Mopar Connection Link

While you are under the hood, would you look for this also?

The area under the red arrow has brush marks. It's like they brushed on "something", then painted over. This run the whole top surface between the bolts and bushings for the condenser brackets. Beyond that, it tapers off quickly and ends. This is NOT blackout paint, as it's on no other surface of the core support, and this car didn't get blackout paint because it's black.





Does your white car look like this?

So Dave does Osborne reproduce that decal?

Yes, that is another one of my cars......

Dave I cannot recall but I will look closely this weekend when I have it here at home.

Thank you sir.

way to go restoring the car. lots of little subtle upgrades can be done. I just picked up a 73 charger to get started on myself.

Dave I wasn't able to get the Cordoba at my garage this weekend...waaaay to much going on...hopefully this week.

Congrats on the '73 Charger purchase Jerry!

No problem. Whenever you have the time.

I haven't been neglecting the project. Decals are ordered and on their way. Some rust converting / stopping paint to touch up a few spots is getting ordered in the morning. Touch-up paint gets ordered next, then the battery.

Do you still have the "Unleaded Gasoline Only" decal on the rear bumper?

Dave here is the fuel decal....I don't know if Osborne repro's that or not....

As far as your question on the brushed paint on top of your radiator support I do not see any signs of that on mine. Where you have the remains of a plastic clip I just have a hole. Not sure what would have been there. It does appear as if there was something there at one time just can't be sure.

As far as the hood to radiator seal I only have a few of the push in plastic clips left. To date I have not seen a Cordoba of any year with that seal still in place. I know of a 12,000 mile 77 and he doesn't have it either. Must have been a very frail piece right out of the box!

As far as the condenser bracket and the other area you asked about mine are a semi gloss or chassis black as you mentioned.

Very good reference here....

https://www.forbbodiesonly.com/moparforum/showcase/1977-chrysler-cordoba.4764/?page=2

Super! Thanks for the photos and info. Interesting all these little details.

I have ONE original hood seal that I found in a salvage yard intact. Not appreciating at the time how rare they were, I didn't take photos of how it was attached. Shouldn't be too hard to figure out. I keep it for reference...it's probably too brittle to use for long. I have one of a later car that is very soft, but a completely different design.

Do you still have original hoses and clamps? If so, what do types of clamps are used on the radiator hoses, and heater hoses?

Dave this is the top correct rad hose....I will get you another photo of bottom hose soon. Both top & bottom hoses utilize a double wire formed clamp. The heater hoses utilized the Corbin style clamp from previous years.

Thank you for that. I still have all the Corbin clamps on my heater hoses, but parts store worm gear clamps on the radiator hoses. I would have suspected Corbins for all hose ends. Interesting that they mixed the two types. I see those wire type for sale on the internet, but always listed as a Ford application.

Do you have the wire type clamps on the radiator hoses at all four spots (both ends of both hoses)?