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Look what Rod found this past Saturday at Woodley Park. It's still true that nice things happen to good people. They are in excellent shape and even 30 years ago these four would have been a great deal. and really nice patches: Had a great time even though there was not one Pilothouse, Our trucks are really becoming scarce. Nice find Rod ! Hank .

Hopefully there is a pic with this post. Earl

Well I took delivery of my new to me engine Friday night and spent yesterday getting it all cleaned up and sprayed down really well with PB blaster. Was told it was from a 53 Dodge 1 1/2 ton truck. Cylinder pressure is 120 on every one and oil pressure is 35. Being a truck I know right from the start I'll have to take off almost everything from the chrysler engine and swap it over. I plan on using the old carb, intake/exhaust manifolds, water pump (new one from NAPA), my new water distribution tube (brass)...kinda what caused this whole mess to begin with. I also will have to switch over the oil pan, sump, and dipstick tube. Here are all the pictures from yesterday

I don't know about other states, but here in Indiana, you cannot learn anything from a plate number no matter how close you are to any police or other government official. For the very reason you stated, "hunt you down", no one in any place of authority will help you trace a plate number.

And all cleaned up

Pflaming will be so disappointed that the exterior is all one color. lol Looks quite good. I'd go with the 440

There are two places that I found that will rebuild the radio & install modern stuff for FM, Bluetooth, cd, etc. pretty reasonably. One is in Texas & other is in Freeport, Long Island, NY. They go thru radio and replace paper wound capacitors with new ones, resistors, tubes as necessary. Will put in mechanical or electronic vibrator you choice. Price was around $200 for stock Am. Nice looking car. Good luck with it.

I looked through my parts catalog and don't see your distributor part number listed. Maybe because I have a US market parts catalog and your truck was built for export. However, of all of the distributor part numbers listed ( no reference to the Auto-lite numbers) there are only 2 different rotors. P/N 1343587 (which my truck uses) and 868095. Both numbers would come up on Napaonline when checking part number Interchange. 1343587 crossed to Echlin AL107 and 868095 crossed to Echlin AL62. Further investigation, at Rock Auto.com showed the two as well. The one that looked the same as the Napa AL107 was listed for IBR, IAT, and IAY distributors. The one that looked like the AL62 was listed for IGS distributors. So, based on that, if you have an IAT distributor you should use the Chrysler Corp Part Number 1343587, or whatever that will cross to.

I like the fact you're not worried about posting the plate on the internet. Some people cover them up in photos, like someone from across the country is going to travel 2,000 miles to steal a 4 door whatever. Looking forward to the disc/dual master thread.

I think I have every size available.... none fit the 1"X 10 spline X .746" I looked online for the proper one...could not find one.

I like the 440. 441 doesn't mean anything. And a Patina Plate fits the car.

Here's my mom and sister posing with a '52 that I had in the mid-1980s (I know, kinda recent).

I am under the impression that the engine is more likely to stop on a compression stroke as that is when there is the most resistance to motion on the crank. If one cylinder has higher compression than the rest then the engine might stop fairly consistently on the compression stroke for that cylinder. But that would vary widely from one engine to the next.

Hey Hank, Had a great time digging thru the piles of " Junk " at the show. Not sure about nice things and good guys thing, LOL You don't know me very well. Just got lucky and saw them first, but at $ 10.00 each I couldn't lose. They look great once I took some steel wool and chrome polish on them ( only time that will happen ). Now I have to find rear rims with clips to show off the full set. Great score on that distributor, looked in great condition.

Really? I saw a couple of those at the swap last sunday

Fernando, PM me your address I'll send you one (not brand new) but in good shape. Hank .

Plenty of sources for leaf springs, check your local phone book. Yes, they still exist. With a 440/TF I'd be looking real hard at an IFS. As to the rear, MaMopar wrote the book on rear leaf design for street and race cars so I'd suggest following their lead for setup. You can build front mounts for the frame, inside-outside-under, depending on your particular needs and the rear shackle follows in similar fashion. On the Hamb, there is a project where the owner used a 'slider' at the rear to keep the ride height down. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/52-dodge-b3b-hemi-project.742584/

VINTAGEPIC: saw this'n on the FB

Plymouth and Dodge engines do not have the factory capabilities for full flow oil filters. Chrysler and Desoto engines might have factory full capabilities if there is a diamond shaped raised boss just to the right of the distributor as pictured below. I believe this raised boss may have been a factory change that happened with the development of the Hemi as the filter housing is the same one used on the Hemi. If your engine has this raised boss here is what you need to do. Remove the oil pan and the pipe that runs from the oil pump to the oil regulator. Then install a 1/8" tapered pipe plug into the pre threaded hole as pictured in this crude drawing. Pictured is the required pipe plug. I also drilled and tapped an oil drain hole at the base of my filter housing. If you have any additional questions let me know.