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One of my uncles was a Navy frogman during WWII. He died two years ago. My favorite "little known" activity he'd tell stories about was when they would have submarines drop them off outside Japanese held harbors. They'd swim into the harbors and place limpet mines on ships to damage or sink them. On the occasions the Japanese caught on to their presence, they'd shoot into the water. The bullets couldn't reach the divers at the bottom of the lagoon, but the divers would swim face-up and catch the falling bullets in their teeth. Whoever came back with the most bullets "won" that sortie. If they threw grenades, the divers were in trouble, but he said those tended to go off too shallow. He had several small jars with varying amounts of rusty old bullets in them, each jar was from a mission. We got the story when we asked about those jars of bullets, which he would tell with a certain amount of glee. I don't recall that all of his screws were tight......

Today, in Kingston, NY

Great to meet you Moose finally after all these years! Well, with the help of my club brothers Jerm and Skeeter, we ended up painting the Plymouth 2 days before we left. The drive was smooth and issue free. Here is a few pics. BloodyKnuckles

I've got Ole Gussie just about all shined up now. Lots of bumps and bruises but overall she looks good. I did discover after taking her on a couple of mile drive that the cooling system is full of acorns, peanut shells, and some kind of stuffing. I'm going to have to pull the radiator and flush it and the block out. The PO must have left the radiator cap off for a time and the little hairy critters called the radiator home.

I love it when the tables turn red in the Fall.

BloodyKnuckles

BloodyKnuckles

I bought a spare 218 for my truck and when I took the oil pan off there were two mice preserved in the pan. Looked like something from the La Brea tar pits.

I'm just adding to this thread as a way to say "Thank You" to the members who contribute and give ideas and suggestions on resolving issues that come up. I was having a similar hesitation issue to 8Secondss that just suddenly happened yesterday morning. I limped the Cranbrook back home and then started by doing a search on the forum for hesitation and came across this thread. In my case it was caused by the retaining spring that holds check ball underneath the Accelerator Pumps coming up and allowing that check ball to move around in there. But while I had it apart, I used Don's suggestion of immersing that Accelerator Pump in oil overnight. After putting the carb back together and back on the engine. It started up and I'm able to drive around town again. For someone that hadn't touched an engine in near 40 years to actually be able to fix something is a big deal So again, thanks to all the experts who are so helpful. Tony

I`ve been trying to get some nice pictures of the fall color around here but the weather has not been cooperative in the least. The wind was howling and I was using the coupes heater for the first time in years.

Today at Lion's Club the speaker told us that his father, an ace machinist, joined the navy in WW II. He was assigned to a ship which sailed with a fleet of ships. His ship had five floors of machine shops and they built parts for ships, airplane, vehicles whatever they needed that was not in stock, they make it from raw material. I find that to be very practical and very interesting. So many things happened in WW II that the public knows litlle or nothing about. Got an item you want to add? Tell us about it.

I was going to say that but I did not want to go sit in the corner. Your turn to go sit in the corner.

sorry can't resist........do you have wood for the Airflow?

Cool... Where's the pictures? Without evidence we don't believe you.

I just ran the engine for 20 seconds without the pulley and there was no noise. I did this twice with the same result.

I made it home with the new beast. When I got out to Colorado I had enough time to mess with the truck a little bit. A new battery, a makeshift gas tank with some rubber hose, and some carb adjustments and the truck fired up and drove onto the trailer.

shhhhhh! Don't tell the mice!

a guy on another forum had a noise in his engine that he was having trouble with...after a bit he comes on line and makes a single post... NOISE IS GONE... nothing else...when pressed for the details it was learned he sold the car.....as it...thus the noise was truly gone...

Well.....today(Mon) my friend Nils and I motored from Joplin, MO to Greenfield, IN (500 + miles). Tomorrow (Tues) we should make it the rest of the way to Harrisburg, where we will stay. On Wednesday we will commence to look around at the Hershey meet for various and sundry rare and exotic Plymouth parts - which rarity will likely be reflected in their pricing. I found ads from two old MoPar vendors giving their location, so will try to find them first. Will also try to visit the Coker and Diamondback tire folks to check out some wide white radials. My size of choice for a P15 is 215/75R-15 Also......hope to meet up with Rich Hartung, "desoto1939" for a visit. Maybe a side trip Wed or Thurs night to a Harrisburg blues club jam session (brought the harmonicas). And, last but not least - will try to do some sightseeing . Hmmmm......Looks like we gonna be pretty busy.

I need to defuse the confusion. The wires wrapped around the horn give me "surround sound"! I bet you're glad you asked.

Arrived in Harrisburg, PA......about 14 miles from Hershey at about 5 pm today (Tues). Just over 1,000 miles from home. Met up tonite with an old friend of Nils who has been here once before.........will meet them for breakfast at 6:30 a.m.....then head over to the swap. No big deal for those who have been before........new deal for us. Oh yeah.......in true Hershey fashion it's raining pretty good right now (10:15 pm). Hopefully will stop by morning.

Sunday I removed the oil pick-up tube from the 218 and the 230 so that I can use the 218 oil pan with rear facing pick-up tube. Pick-up the shiny oil pan Monday morning. Installed the rear facing pick-up tube and filter so I could dry fit the oil pan to ensure the fit. The I installed the oil pan. Later Monday night I grab the camera and checked the picture of the new configuration. You might notice that when I placed the filter on I just put it in place with a straight cotter pin. So this morning the engine went back on the stand and a new cotter pin went into place.

After having spent a good portion of the past week dodging raindrops, I managed to find a large enough break in the weather to sneak into the garage. Once there, I managed to cut up some strips and rebuild a missing section. Currently all that's really needed is to, probably, fill in a bit more on the back, where it opens to the cabin, and add more material in spots for an illusion of a smooth finish. Probably won't though, cause who's really gonna see this portion once the fenders and such are back on, right? Up next, cleaning/painting/patching holes in the parts that were removed from that side, then to either A) put them back on... (Why would I do that I ask myself) or hang them somewhere, for the time being... After typing that out, I'm strongly leaning toward B. Then, shimmy rig over to the drivers side some, to give room on the passengers, to dig into that rotten mess... On a side note, I really should call a guy (I keep putting it off) that supposedly has a 52, and a 47-48 truck stashed in the woods. Knowing how these New England weathers are, I'm not expecting there to be much of them left though.

Transmission seal has been removed. Pulled the rear flange and drum with puller, took out the old seal and replaced with new. Took about 1/2 hour. This is why there was always a small pool of gear oil underneath and why the emergency brake never worked.

Week and a half ago on the Michigan State campus.

For any number of reasons your engine is starving for oil. That is what causes oil pressure to drop when rpm's increase. Could be as simple as a clogged pick up screen, could need a new oil pump but they rarely go bad.

Some years ago a friend had given me a pair of drive in speakers. I used them in our game room for several years, then they were relegated to the attic. About a month ago I thought that they might be fun to use with the car at shows and cruises. I had the speakers, but not the pole to hang them on. After a short search, I found a place online (Detroit Diecast) that sells speakers and parts and ordered the cast metal box that the speakers hang on at the top of the post. I then made a post out of PVC pipe and a deck table umbrella stand. At a local car show today the speakers looked great and many people got a kick out of seeing them. One guy said that his first job had been working for his uncle cleaning up the drive-in parking lot each morning in the summer. Another guy explained to his grand daughter what the speakers were for. Lots of people got a good chuckle. All part of the fun of having an old Mopar! Dave

The only thing missing is the fogged up car windows. Looks good.

The mods were done at different times & nothing documented, but it sure "feels" like it runs better......here are a couple pics: **EDIT** I know this is the truck forum, but mine is a '38 Coupe.

Gussie, the new 33 Plym got some new shoes ! And I rubbed out a small spot on the rear fender....some of the worst paint and it looks good ! And I can't believe how much shine came back to the front bumper with a brillo pad and some elbow grease.