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  1. RARE year I can take FEF out for a drive one day after my birthday. No snow left of note and a good solid day of rain to get the salt off the roads followed by 3 days of 60° weather...had the heater on tho....who knows how to tell?
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  2. Welcome to McDonalds.....can I take your order ?
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  3. I know that this post is quite old but I was facing the same issues with the plastics on my son's 1940 Chrysler Royal. Ended up having to make them myself with plexyglass. Also had to redo the instrument panel but that is another story. Working on the glove compartment (almost done) and the trims for the instrument panel.
    2 points
  4. I went to look at this 1938 Dodge D10 today and had her trailered home. The Canadian shorter equivelent of the US D8, I believe (a Plymouth in Dodge clothing). For a Canadian made car it is suprisingly rust free. It has the long block P25 recently rebuilt, frame off restoration, 12 volt system, radials and a 2.92 rear end. Hopefully she will be a fun old car.
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  5. Got this truck last summer under the impression it had been running recently. That wasn't the case. Finally got some time to get started on it in the past few weeks. The day I brought it home Surface rust under the doors Dash is in good shape. Original key still unlocks the passenger door. Floor boards are in good shape too
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  6. February 6 1932 my good friend and second Dad, the Grand Master of Flathead Mopars - George Asche was born. Yesterday was his surprise Birthday Party and today is George's 85th Birthday! The picture below is rumored to be when George Graduated High School, but I think really that should be a diploma of future Flathead Chrysler, Desoto, Plymouth, Dodge/Fargo's mastery ! In the background is his Dad's Dodge truck which George still owns today! Happy Birthday George! Oh and if your wondering what George was up to for Birthday. Well - Lunch with his Boys at the shop (George III, Rob and Tim), then building some carbs up, then over to the machine shop for some consulting as the AoK dual carb intakes were rolling through 7 different station. The picture of George with the prototype and the very first one to be completed which of course is his birthday present.. lol A few pictures of the Dual Carb (23 1/2" USA small block) and Triple Carb (25 1/2" Canadian Big Block) intakes going through the steps, and being test fitted on blocks setup with exhausts so that every intake has been checked for a perfect fit. Then it was off for Supper in Knox (Horse Thief Capital of the World) and back to George's shop and setting up tomorrows trip, which is believe it or not, were heading down to pick up George's Uncle Harry Hiens - #90 who is in the Nascar Hall of Fame. Harry lives in Mars PA. Were bringing him up to check out the AoK intakes and take George's newest 1929 Desoto for a ride!
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  8. 1949-52 Dodge DeSoto Splines are the same.
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  9. Are you located in Cooperburg PA? I live near valley Forge PA. You could have the wheel recast but that is going to be very costly. I would think the spline on the end would be the same but I am not 100% positive. Rich Hartung Desoto1939@aol.com
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  10. Also you are in Pa, the infamous George Asche, of AoK racing lives in Fertigs pa, a real old time guru with Chrysler flathead 6s and custom hi-perf products. If you are not far from Fertigs it would be very worth while meeting George at his shop...
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  11. 51 here is what your car is capable of, in good working form. http://www.allpar.com/cars/desoto/suburban-1951.html Glad you made here, I suggested it....all the best
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  12. Yes, what Don said ! Nice projects !
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  13. Welcome aboard and thanks for your service.
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  14. clay: This is rich Hartung. I would say take the shoes off the one backing plate that is giving you the issue. Then look at the half moon adjuster that is at the top toe of the brake shoe. Take your wrench and put it on the nut onthe back of the backing plate. This half moon is a pressed in assembly. I would then rottae the nut in the correct direction as per your service manual. Check the movement of the cam to see what is going on with the unit. You might be going the wrong direction and this might be causing the issue. If i remember correctly the cam should turn out so that the big fat end on the half moon is at the back and the point is facing towards the shoe lining to get the shoe to move outwards. call me if you need help, Rich 610-630-9188 484-431-8157
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  15. I lied about pictures. We did the CLR wash with 1500 grit scotch brite pads. First ride with my Dad and Uncle who learned to drive in this car. And one i think is pretty cool.
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  16. I always retorque the head as soon as the engine is thoroughly warmed up then again after 500 miles. Over the years I have had some gasket failures but never on an engine with a resurfaced head . I always use a gasket sealer even though it was not recommended by the manuals of the day. The noise you hear is compression being blown out around a bolt and is an early warning of gasket failure. Your problems are definitely not normal for this engine and it might pay to start with another cylinder head. If you send me a PM I will put you in touch with my friend Cam who is a Fargo enthusiast in Vernon BC who previously lived in Kaslo.
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  17. A pic of the switch for all 1946-48 Mopars...
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  18. belvedere666, EXCELLENT step-by-step description, and the photos are perfect for clarification. I started a conversation about this very subject on the 01st of December, 2016, and while it was quite informative, it wasn’t anything like what you’ve just submitted. Please accept my gratitude for your submission. I now have the stones to give this a try. Again, many thanks.
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  19. The original tanks do not have baffles, so you have to take that in to account during operation on grades...I learned this the hard way and had to walk home uphill a few times, so I pulled out the fuel level sending unit and bent the float arm up a couple of inches so that the gauge would give me advance warning...eventually, I learned that the gauge needle movement would reduce as I got closer to empty, so that if I was still rolling when the needle stopped on E then I had better fill up soon or risk being a pedestrian again
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  20. Put more gas in and try it. With only 2 gallons it is probably flowing away from the pick-up tube on uphill grades.
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  21. Good project for LH conversion. Looks like they pulled in nicely. You didn't have the wheel alignment pin? Why the need to grind the rivet.
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  22. Fargo52 - Looking at that photo, I know why my great-grandparent's moved to south Texas when they came over from Denmark and Sweden in the early 1800's, and I thank them for it every winter.
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  23. Better be careful if buying the new tie rods sold by the typical on line vendor we see every where online..... and even the local parts store... This is a brand new never installed set of four tie rod ends that it seems are not made too well! Offshore trash can garbage The grease leaks beyond the swaged/sealed steel cover before pushing out around the ball and socket joint!!! Even the rubber boots that are new and have been so carefully kept away from bright light have severe cracking when flexed! Best bet ls for quality suspension parts probably now is NOS American made replacement parts ... MOOG was top quality but even MOOG now is global... try to figure out where their stuff is made
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  24. Howdy Folks - On behalf of George Asche Jr - thank you one and all for the Birthday wishes. He has seen all of the notes on the thread and received a great number of calls wishing him well. He really was humbled by the shear volume and really did appreciate it. A few have sent me notes and of course those have been passed on. In a few of those notes was asking if George's uncle Harry is really still alive. Yes he is, yes he really is George's uncle.. and while he isn't a lot older than George, he is a bit older. He turns 88 on March 6th. I was down and spent some time at AoK world wide HQ, also known as George's house and shops.. While there we went down to "Uncle Harry's" and brought him up to Georges to inspect a new car George recently purchased. It is a 1929 Desoto 4 door, which is actually like the 1st car George ever owned. Ive updated this blog entry to add those pictures.. Harry and George beaming ear to ear over the new car. Also a rare shot over in the Asche Mechanical Shop with Harry, George Jr, George III and Rob also known as George's #1 and #2 son.. Lol.. you can ask George who #3 is if your ever talking to him. Harry was telling the boys about a legendary grudge race on a Nascar track between his #90 car with a flathead 265 that George had built vs a guy running a 392 Hemi. The punch line, yes Harry won the race.. The rest of the story, well that is for another time. But I thought people would like to see a few pictures of the folks you often hear me or someone talk about !
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  25. No....you have the pos and neg reversed.....
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  26. My opinion only but if you intend to use it for promotion of your store I'd leave the body 100% as it is and just get some logos painted on the doors. I believe the weathered look would attract more attention than the hot rod new paint.
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  27. I must ask why you want to eliminate the fluid drive.
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  28. Those numbers are casting numbers and might have some meaning but not for I'd. Above the generator on the block just below the head is a stamped in number. It should start with a C followed by numerals and characters. That will I'd the engineering code for the car. If you don't want fluid drive (which is not the transmission) you will need to change bellhousing over to a Plymouth style dry clutch set up, and this will engerder rear cross member modifications, since the set up is shorter than that of the dodge, desoto, and Chrysler. You might want to educate yourself as to fluid drive, and the three or four transmissions that were bolted behind the FD unit. Some good sources are all par (search fluid drive) and the Imperial club website in their repair and maint section. Do you know what transmission is in your car Being a Windsor it most likely had the semi automatic, but if it is a low option car it might have a regular three speed.
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  29. I have installed a 1953 Desoto long block engine in my 1948 P-15. The crankshaft on this Desoto engine is 8 bolt. I used my 4 bolt P-15 flywheel and bellhousing. The 4 bolt flywheel will mate to the 8 bolt crankshaft only one way as the bolt holes are not symetrical. And as has been mentioned there is a flange difference on the Desoto crankshaft. I did a complete on the bench mock up prior to final assembly and I discovered that the starter gear would not mate up to the flywheel correctly due to the flywheel flange difference. So my fix was to machine some "meat" from bellhousing where the starter bolts on. I took careful measurements prior to doing this. I am using a 1956 twelve volt starter (kindly supplied by Greg G) and the bendix gear on this starter mates to my P-15 ring gear with no issues.
    1 point
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