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Clean up has begun in earnest......all my projects have been set aside and are patiently waiting to be looked over at the BBQ. Friends are making plans to stop by and help move things around and set up for the big set up! If you need directions, happy to help. If you have a "in-progress" truck, by all means bring it! If you have questions about parts, history, or direction of your build,.....bring those too. If you like good company. its gonna be here. If you like getting up close to a whole bunch of Dodge Pilot House Era trucks, a bunch of other year Dodge trucks, and a 1939 Green Plymouth truck....this is your chance! If you like to meet people from the forum, adventurers from the frozen north, Wrenchheads from the Big Valley, and the best kind of people that come from the North Western region of this here Continent, then come on by! WE have Trucks, Cars, Hot Rods and Burgers!

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if the guy is a crotchy ole buzzard and married too boot....just start calling the local call girl number and give them his address..... order a few pizza's in his name also....

let me try 5/16 NC usually short studs with 5/16 NF thread on the outer end for a nut. for the ignition coil bracket (same as your pan rail bolts will work too) 3/8 NC for the filter 3/8 NF for the top special head bolt of course these are SAE sizes NC and NF stands for National Coarse & National Fine Threads into castings are generally coarse

Howdy! I just bought a 1947 WD-21 one ton single wheel w/flatbed. I believe the flathead is the 218. The door tag says 80hp. I saw the ad in our local paper for $400. It was only 3 miles away. I knew I would buy it if I went & looked. After 3 days, I couldn't resist. Now it's mine. They bought it back in the 70's to use on the farm. It got parked about '95 and they just used it to grind corn in the bed. It is in fairly good condition other than a stuck engine. I took the head off & cyl 2 & 4 have some rust. Been soaking for few days. Should have it free today & hopefully running. I'm not familiar with pre '60 Dodges, so I had fun looking her over & comparing to my Chevys. Better location of brake master & tube shocks were a couple things. Chevy had the master under floor & had knee action til '50. Interested to see what type of brakes this has. Huck or Bendix? Looks like the windshield opens out? The plan is to get her running & drive it since I got the title. One cool thing...I knew this truck wanted to come home with me. The tires aired up & the brackets for my tow bar bolted up perfect to the bumper bolts. Easiest tow ever!

Hi Folks. Fell in love with this Truck at the Goodguys Autumn Get together in Plesanton CA and shipped it back to Norway. It arrived a week ago. Pretty unmolested end rustfree. Only rust is battery tray . Have made a new one. A plessure to work on, every bolt breaks loose without heat or rustpenetrator, all the lube fittings work. Made a new floor in the bed. Have new Mastersylinder and have made all new brakelines. Waiting for the rest of the brake parts and im ready for a proper test drive. Engine turns out to be from a 50 Plymouth but purres like a kitten. With rebuild carb and Petronix it starts and runs quite Nice. Altso waiting for kinkbolt kit and tierods. Im keeping the original Paint. (or whats left of it). Have painted it with Ovatrol, a rustpreventing Clear coat.

This particular model had a 25 inch 3 3/8 bore 218 and any oil filter would be the optional (on this model) Bypass type. The car is rare in that less than 500 D39 Business Coupes were made and many were part of fleets like the BC Public Health Nurses and BC Elactric. A few got burned up on our local circle track where they did well because of their light weight and the ease with which a 251 could be built up inside the stock block.

You might need to pull and give her a twist, a little back and forth as well if the engine has a lot of gunk on the pump gears it might hang up. Be mindful that the pump inserts at an angle of about 45 degrees or something like that. Might help to yank the dizzy as well.

Getting closer! The main body is blocked and nearly ready for paint. We spent all day Saturday out there in the dust bowl. Still have the hood and one rear fender to block, then a major garage cleaning before masking and painting. The car blocked out very nice. I won't say it is 100% flawless, but its the nicest job I've done so far.

Had my phone ready as I started it the first time. Notice, when I get the choke adjusted, how sweet it sounds. Here it is: https://youtu.be/VdkFXg0A_FU

T120, be thankful for cold clean AIR!

"California Dreaming"...

that is a 39-47 or lowside box tailgate.

One of the joys of these carbs is that they don't have vacuum-operated power valves. Marty

If your going to buy any 23" head for either the US 218 or 230 motor , I would look for a 57-59 Plymouth or Dodge Head. This head has an 8:1 compression ratio as stock. The casting number( and most likely the part number) is 1676337. You will have to have the temp sender hole drilled out and re-tapped for the earlier temp gauges. Also, if using an earlier block without the extra by-pass the later head gasket needs to be used. I felt the extra "Pop" in the motor immediately after installing the head on the 230 I had up till recently in my WC-12. Here is a photo of the head

This maybe not be a possibility for you, but I save and collect every nut and bolt I ever take off any old Mopar or any other old car I come across. I store all of them in 5 old coffee cans and whenever I need a bolt or nut, I can usually find what I need. Some of the bolts on the old cars are special to the specific job they do. A good example of this is the short bolt to attach the positive ground battery cable to the special head bolt threaded to take it. I have several of these........just in case. In all my years working on old cars I think there has only been 2, maybe 3, times I can't find what I need. Usually wire brush and use. I do have new nuts and bolts but prefer using the older parts when I can.

Cameras are sometimes the root cause of neighbor disputes these days. They can antagonize the neighbor that's on the edge. Be careful how you aim them too... never into the neighbors windows or directly at their property entrances or doors..

I lived next door to someone like this felt sorry for him as he wasn't mentally all there. Who is. I explained to him I was friendly and a happy to help neighbor however if he crossed the line and upset me , my wife or family that he would be the sorry party. I then once again I explained to him I was friendly and happy to help. After that his random rants stopped and annoying call the cops for everything stopped too. Time for a stern word.

Back in the late '60s?early '70s, a trick with Slants was to put in a Truck cam, degree it 4 or 6deg up, get a Marine head, thin copper head gasket and the usual Clifford intake and Header. Super simple and Worked! A couple of friends back then had what were named 'Deputies' ! 225, 3 spd Challengers, both of them Red. I wish I had them both now! They hopped up one of them and lined up against the untouched one, which for some reason had been faster out the back door. Beat him by nearly two and a half cars! Needless to say, as soon as he saved up for the parts, they did his too! Memories from the Dusty corners of my mind!

DON’T give in and move like the other neighbors did. That just gives him more of an attitude. Form an alliance with all the neighbors and make sure he is aware of your strong willed togetherness and he will be the one that will be leaving. My guess he is just a little guy that is trying to make himself feel big. I knew a few of those guys in the past. Like someone else stated, to bad you can’t fix this with your fists.

I apologize if I missed it but, what is the thickness of the glass panels? anyone know if you can laminate tempered glass? I like it! so many times I've ran over something and had to get out to see what it was...... this way you just back up and check it out (just kidding around)

I would not change that rear seal if everything is as good as it looks in the picture. Have a real good look at the pan gasket and the pan flange where bolt holes may be distorted due to over tightening. A little hammer and dolly work will fix this.

I did a lot of research on possible upgrades to the suspension on my '39 Plym conv cpe before I took anything off of the body/chassis . I talked to a lot of the specialty manufactures and found out that Fat Man was the only company that made front end components that were designed and built specifically for Plymouth's, and other makes. I quickly got turned off of any fabricator that wanted to build his own front end using parts harvested from other cars. I selected a shop that was licensed and insured to do the modifications to the chassis on my car. We purchased a Fat Man Stage II front clip with power rack and a anti roll bar. (sway bar). The assembly fit my frame like it was factory. As a point of clarification: The after market frame assemblies are not Mustang II, they are based on the geometry of the original Mustang II front ends which were designed for disk brakes, and to eliminate front end dive under sudden braking which causes the rear end to come loose from the road. I talked at great length to Brett at Fat Man about suspensions, etc., before I bought anything. Brett was very enlightening. My '39 Plym looks dead stock, however, it is a "wolf in sheeps clothing". It really runs and handles very well. On two different occasions I have had to do panic stops due to traffic conditions, on both occasions the car stopped in a straight line with no loss of control. Wm.

Common practice back then, and sometimes also the law, to exit on the non-traffic side when parked in town. Lock driver's door from inside, slide across the seat and exit the passenger side, close door and lock it. That's also why they changed to column shift, and under dash park brake, with the B2 series... to make it easier to slide out the other side.

Oh yeah......its on! APRIL 1ST 2017...really, no foolin. .....just thought I'd warn y'all....get your trucks ready!!!!!! "THIS TIME ITS FOR REAL!!!!!" Or should I say "Damn...Number Ten !!!" Unbelievable, #10 !!!!!....the place where the largest number of Dodge Pilot-House Era Trucks meet in the whole WORLD !! (I think..lol). The people I've met over the last 9 BBQ's has made my life so much better. This time of year is so awesome because finishing an old truck actually has meaning to the crowd you'll see here! Fenders and bumpers to hang on, hoods to lift, parts to swap, and stories to tell! I look forward to it all. Last year was a special one with returning long distant travelers and new ones I hope make the trip again. I've had a busy, busy year since the last BBQ....got married, rebooted a business, traveled the coast to see friends, and continue to get my kids finished up with college. My brother's truck should be up and running, along with my truck looking just a bit better than last year! Its a big one this year, the guys are coming from the north, the south, the east and the west. You know you'll meet someone you know from the forum, and it'll be the coolest thing ever...I know...I have good friends in far away states because this here BBQ. Come on down! "The car crowd is growing and more than welcome to come. I could easliy call it "The Tailgate/Trunk BBQ"!" "I can't tell you how much I look forward to this every year, its a blast and for some, lasts a few days. Campers show up on Thursday or Friday and leave on a Sunday morning.....all enjoying late night chat sessions around the fire pit." "I hope new and old members alike are inspired to make the trip and maybe even drive their trucks the distance....you know we have your back! " "So many good stories around the fire pit the nights before and after the event. I can't tell how cool it is to have forum members stay several days and just relax....." "Looking forward to a great party! Now build it, and bring it!!!" "It was around 2007 when Bob Koch, Jim Shepard, and myself (Tim Estrada), went to Reg Evans' place to check out his "yard". While we were eating hotdogs, drinking cold beverages, solving international and regional issues....we thought "lets have a BBQ". "Get the wheels on, and the tanks full....its time to finish up and git to the Q! It ain't no beauty pageant of trailer queens, its a truck show...so flex your rust as well as your shine!" Tim aka 48Dodger