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  1. Dolly got to enter in her first ever car show. There was only one other Dodge pickup at the show (a old Powerwagon, you can see it in the background of one of the photos. She didn't get to be judged on Saturday because on the way home on Friday night the she quit charging. I found the problem on Sat ( a frayed wire), but we missed the judging part. But she got to enter up, drag main street, and hang out with the cool cars. Lots of folks commented on her-most say don't paint her.... the sunset picture was last week. I like that picture.
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  2. The hook above the steering wheel was probably used for a defroster fan...
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  3. The truck spent it's life in Louisiana so probably a driver cooler lol
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  4. Nice truck.....I went to a local car show, I was the only Dodge truck, the only other Car in the category was an old rusted out Plymouth Satilite the owner was turning into a drag car. They had a trophy for Best Dodge I figured I at least has a 50/50 shot.. The rat rod Plymouth won over my mostly original truck...I was quite disappointed, good thing I don’t have the truck just for car shows. I do enjoy every time I show up and I am the only Job Rated in the show.
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  5. Rain x works great if you start out with a very clean wind shield and follow the instructions to the letter.....why not hook a vacuum canister up inline between the engine and your wipers to boost vacuum? They really suck.........lol.
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  6. Hello everyone. I wanted to start a one-place thread to update the group on this build. I have a couple little threads out there, but this one will tell the story (comedy or tragedy, we'll see) on the breathing new life into my 1940 Dodge D14. To tell the story, we have to rewind to 2008 ... that is when I sold my 1973 Stingray. The wife and I then got a boat ... and you know what they say about those. Fast forward through 7 years or so of nagging her until she finally caved and agreed to get another car ... her only requirement, it needed to have 4 doors ... done. I knew I wanted to get a prewar car and I started this adventure in 2015 looking to get a 1937 Desoto. The deal fell through the day I was going to pick it up - the seller decided not to sell it/ or sold it to someone else, I'll never know now. A few weeks went by and I found this 1940 gem for sale in Pennsylvania ... called the guy and went right out to take a look. Here are the photos when we looked at it/brought it home back in 2015. Cutting it close on the prewar era and some say it;s not ... but it was made by the US in the US and we were still technically not IN the war until 41 ... that's my story!
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  7. Coker wide white radials. Drive great. Huge improvement over bias belted
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  8. I have had radials on my 1940 Dodge sedan since 1973, 205/65x14 and 275/65x15 and they are great........anyway when I bought the 1941 Plymouth Coupe it was an older restoration and came with Republic brand whitewall bias or crossplies, 600x16........I'd forgotten what a PITA crossply tyres were & are, wandering & following every groove in the road.........I replaced them and the wheels with wheel Vintique 15x6 and 15x7 Chrome Smoothies with Coker Classic Whitewall Radials, 195/75x15 and 235/75x15.........the new wheels and tyres were a HUGE improvement, no more wandering, seemed to steer better, handled better, looked better........in every way just BETTER as I drove the car at least 3-4 times per week..........I know some people prefer crossplies , they supposedly "look" more original, traditional, etc, etc........but for my money and here in Oz the wheel and tyre combination was over $3300.00 Aus so it was a substantial amount of my money but if you can afford them go with radials, I had NO problem with Coker tyres tho' I've heard some people have had various problems, have also heard similar issues with Diamondback tyres also but I ran the tyres at 35psi and they were fine, also no issues with low speed steering input either...........yep.....my 3 Oz cents worth........Andy Douglas
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  9. Driving one of these trucks in dense ground fog is real interesting too. I was down to about 10mph the last bit this morning. Glad I added extra lighting for this very condition. At least others can see me......... Jeff
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  10. This trans can be used in your '37 Plymouth by changing the top plate thereby converting it to floor shift. It is not an overdrive.
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  11. Several months ago I came across a Miller factory tool C 3291. We could not find any documentation on the tool and or even pictures of the tool being used in any MoPar factory repair or service manual. While attending this years Hershey event my friend whio was also selling Desoto parts handed me a copy of the Powerflite Transmission Shop Manual. While paging throught the manual I found several pictures of how the tool is used and also the doumented way the tool was used. The tool is used to adjust the Powerflite Transmisson Kickdown front Band. I have attached some of the documentation on how the tool was used. This another reason to always check shop manuals when going to a swap meet you never know what new information might just pop up. Select the link to the Miller tool C-3291 to view the factory information. Never stop looking for documentation it is out there someplace and eventually you will find the information Rich Hartung desoto1939@aol.com Miller tool C-3291.pdf
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  12. Suggest you take a look at the Diamondback Tires website. I bought tires from them for my P15. You can specify the whitewall width you want, since they attach the whitewall to the tires. I don't recall what the price was, except that they were cheaper than Coker. I've been very happy with mine, and they've been on the car for about 6 years now. (Mine are 3" wide)
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  13. I was able to get all the cleaning and storage prep done over the weekend, and the truck is now sitting in storage in a concrete floor barn about 10 minutes from my house. I picked it up on Friday night, and got it power washed. Lol, mice were running/falling out of it! Condition wise, the truck has some rust issues, but it is restorable. It has rust holes and thin metal, but overall it shouldn't be anything I can't handle. Saturday morning/early afternoon was spent with family, so I had a late start with the truck. I spend 4 hours cleaning the interior out Saturday evening. It was the most miserable interior I've ever removed. The smell alone was enough to make anyone sick! There was a solid 4-5" of mouse home/feed/whatever you could imagine in the entire cab. I took a shovel and trash can to start the cleaning process. I followed up with a shop vac and putty knife to scrape with. It was NOT a fun task. Sunday (yesterday) I took the seat back and bottom down to the springs, and removed the firewall pad, and door panels to finish the interior cleaning. I sprayed febreze in the cab, and let it air out. The other VERY strong bad odor from the truck was the 40 year old varnished gas left in it. Someone over the years added a second round fuel tank on the drivers side. One of the straps were already broken and the tank had a lot of pin holes in it, so I took the line off, and took it off. I drained about 16 gallons out. That stuff was dark brown and smelly. Luckily, the original tank on the passenger side looks to be in good shape. I also took the battery that was in it out, and I took the rear platform/bed extension off it. The bed is junk, so it will be going to the scrap pile when ever I start this project. It is a dump bed, but the rear hinges are tearing and there is a bit of rust. The engine is loose. I was able to rock it with the fan easily, so that makes me feel good, and the drive train seems ok as far as I can tell. I'm guessing it wouldn't take much to get it running. I pulled the floor panels and the spark plugs to put some oil down the cylinders. I'm hoping some oil made it to the cylinders with the way the truck was leaning on the trailer, and it all didn't go in the intake/exhaust. The truck is all there. I don't see a single bolt missing, so I shouldn't have to chase parts for it too bad. Now, I just have to wait until I can get to it! Hopefully its only a couple years down the road!
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  14. They only offered 6 cylinders in these, and I plan on keeping it stock. I want it to drive like it did when it was new.
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  15. Here are my other rides: I bought the '57 New Yorker in '78 - cosmetically it hasn't been touched since top/paint touch up/interior work in '79. I bought the '66 Satellite in '81 as a daily driver, did it all over five years later, been doing it over again since '91 (time flies - don't keep a covertible outside under a car cover) - it will be painted this winter and put up for sale in the spring to fund my '41 engine swap and the other old cars. I ordered the Dakota as my first new vehicle (late '97 model year 'Brilliant Blue' paint) - both my kids drove it to school and it now has 295K on it. The '09 R/T is my second new vehicle and my daily driver - now has 165K on it. I put the red Charger police rims on it with my first set of new tires - they get a lot of comments (most get it, some young-in's don't).
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  16. I didn't think about posting motorcycle pics!! This is my 1968 Norton Atlas 750. Lots of engine mods, and now that it's finished; still didn't have cables and stuff on in this pic; I've decided it's too purty to ride. I have a '62 Norton 650SS for riding, at least as long as I'm still able to kick it over.
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  17. My plan was to rebuild the 218 into a 230, with all the nice pep parts ... headers, dual carb intake, hotter cam, etc. So I priced all this, plus the machine work my motor would need during this rebuild, and then this fell into my lap ... a fellow selling a rebuilt 218 from a 53 truck. 40 over on the pistons, hotter cam, langdons headers, offenhauser intake, new water and oil pumps, converted distributor from slant 6 with pertronix ignitor, mopar internally regulated alternator ... nice motor, for the price of buying the parts to rebuild mine. I'll use this with my stock 3-speed.
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  18. Yard sale round 2: The envelopes hold numbered drill bits, the micrometer is mitutoyo, the device to the right is a shaft speed indicator. The fellow running the yard sale said that he had bought the contents of a house that had belonged to a school shop teacher who had a hobby of restoring WW2 Jeeps.
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  19. I had some luck at a yard sale today. The drawers are full of taps and dies of all sizes. The boxes are new taps. Also included was an extractor set and a striping tool. I haven't inventoried them yet. The same seller had other machinists tools, I may have to re-fill the wallet and head back.
    1 point
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