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  1. Hi everyone. I’m the usual long time lurker, first time poster. After enjoying the forum for a while I thought you might be interested in seeing my ‘54 Dodge Coronet Suburban wagon. I imported it a couple of years ago and have slowly (I mean slowly....) been going through it. It hasn’t been properly on the road since the early 80’s. If you like it, I may start a build thread as I have plenty of pictures and the input would be helpful. Pics below were the day it was delivered -
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  2. Oh I know. She even empties the shitter on our Motorhome. Lisa's nasty chore 2001
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  3. Awesome. You can just keep this thread going as your build thread! Is it a flat head or hemi?
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  5. Auto paint stores have spectrophotometers that will match your paint sample and put that color in a rattle-can while you wait. My favorite is the Spraymax 2K which looks like a Duplicolor can but has a button on the bottom, when pushed, releases a catalyst to the paint to give you a hard, professional finish. Definitely good for wheels. The only downside is cost at about $22 a can.Two cans would probably do 4 wheels . It can't be stored once mixed as it will harden in the can and a mask is necessary for the lungs.
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  6. If you lived in North Carolina you would throw a scatter rug over them, up and until a chicken came by, then its dinner time.
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  7. There are so many 1.5 ton dodge trucks in the area where I live....just rotting in the orchards. I do my best to save them, to give them a place for people to enjoy. I have several which means I've had a few towed my way. Getting a tow company that has experience is the best of course, and not terribly expensive considering what can go terribly wrong on the streets if towed incorrectly. 48D
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  8. Dave, i see you are from Alaska, maybe those extra holes are for ice fishing! LOL
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  9. 265 IMO is the only choice! Way more smooth power. I put one in my PU over 40 years ago and it's still going.. As I recall I just moved the radiator forward in the original non replaced yoke and bolted it to the back side of some of the "D" nuts. I'm going to have to go out and look at the truck to make sure of that. Been a long time. I also used a rosebud and stretched out the front frame for the 265 crankshaft damper.
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  11. While not as finely made (and illustrated!) as PT81Jan's bearing tool, this is my 10 minute MoPar bolt circle gauge / locating pin template. (let's call it a "proof of concept" model). It's a (very) quickly (crudely?) cut disk of artist's "foam core" board sized to fit flat against the bold circle of a typical wheel. Using a 14 inch steel wheel from a '67 Coronet as a template, I glued short pieces of wood dowel to the disk, and gave them a couple turns of duct tape to snug them up into the wheel's bolt holes. I then traced the locator pin holes from the Dodge wheel and carefully marked the centers with a 1/16" pilot hole. I use this this to quickly verify the bolt circle of wheels of unknown lineage, and in the case of the Ford 15" steelies I put on the rear of my P12, it was used to drill pilot holes for the locator pins, nicely matching the 14" Coronet wheels on the front. Eventually I may duplicate this using more robust materials (1/4 inch Masonite, maybe) but for now it's fitting the bill.
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  12. I left my car around here somewhere.
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