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  1. This is my 1951 Dodge D39 business coupe when I first got it and in its present condition five years later. Pictures taken in same location obviouly. It still needs an interior but I hope to get this done shortly and have it on the road this year. Lots of time, money, and a little blood involved! This is the Canadian Dodge based on a Plymouth body. They only made 345 of this body style in 1951 and the business coupe was dropped for 1952 so it is a pretty rare car.
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  2. beauty. I see you even retained the parking brake
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  3. Lets see a picture of your starter to help us help you. Is it a square four terminal starter solenoid type? if it is they are very difficult to find and very costly. The round solenoids on top of the starter are much more common. DeSoto used both types....square type solenoid starters a bit more powerful than the round solenoid type up through 1950.
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  4. If additional engine length is not an issue, the 57 58 and 59 Plymouth and Dodge 6 cylinder engine used an adapter and pump which significantly lowered the pump and fan blades..
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  5. I was at a local vintage car swap meet recently and found some free books. I was very fortunate to have taken home "Automotive Fundamentals" by Frazee & Bedell. A quick flip though, I could tell this was a gem. It was written by a slew of highly experienced and educated professionals from the Automotive Industry. Including a former National Service Manager at Ford. An Airplane Mechanic and Instructor. A Chrysler Engineer and many others. The American Technical Society was involved, as well as long list of household name brand companies who proof read articles. They also submitted many suggestions, authenticated data, and accuracy. A few examples from the long list include Caterpillar, Allis-Chalmers, Harley Davidson, Packard, General Motors, Chrysler, Delco-Remy, Firestone and many more. In the book's Forward it talks about for whom the book was written: " This volume is written for anyone who requires or desires and understanding of how automotive vehicles work and what can or does happen to them. Those who are required to diagnose troubles or those who aspire to self-betterment within the industry will find this volume was written to fulfill their needs. Designing or service engineers will find that the authors have summoned up and arranged the considerations involved in a concise form that presents all the principles of operation for a particular unit together in one place where non can be overlooked" The is a technical book but an easy, well written read on everything automotive. I felt compelled to rate it on Amazon as it had received no ratings yet. I am engulfed in it currently and am sneaking in chapters whenever I can in the day. If you are here, you are likely into repairing, maintaining or restoring vintage cars from the golden years of the automotive industry. You likely should read this book. I am not affiliated in any way. I just love the style of writing from the era and the technical information is very, very good. First published in 1949, I have the 6th printed version dated 1958. I smiled when I read the section on overhead cam engines. "Although overhead camshafts find little use in automotive engines, they are used in some types of aircraft engines, and engines used in some types of military vehicles". This little book was written during the prime time of our lovely flathead Chrysler engines. Enjoy. - Keith https://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B0013ZH02W/ref=tmm_other_meta_binding_used_olp_sr?ie=UTF8&condition=used&qid=&sr=
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  6. Torched the springs to get the chassis to sit right (bunch of parts missing that would weigh enough to compress the front suspension). And then the cab mounts got put in. Even with the shop at a "cool" 75°, outside hit near 100° yesterday, it wasn't all that comfortable with the humidity so high, then ad the torch and welding heat!
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  7. Two years ago I sold my 48 Plymouth coupe. Began looking for something to get started on again. When I mentioned it to my wife she pointed out that I really don't have an adequate place to build another car and she was right. She also pointed out that with my work travel schedule I really don't have time to build another car either and she was right again I hate when that happens. So, my response was "then I will buy one that is already done". Of course that was not the reaction that she was looking for, but agreed. But, the joke is on her because as you know they are never done. Had two absolute must criteria for a purchase. 1) Car must be a Mopar and 2) Must have Mopar running gear. Those criteria limited availability of potential candidates. However, I think I found a good one. 37 Plymouth Business Coupe with a 360 Magnum, 727, Vintage Air, Butch's Cool Stuff complete front suspension, Power Disc Brakes, Nice Paint and Interior. I'm not really digging the interior color, but it was well done and I can live with it for a while. Flew to Detroit to get the car and drove it back home to Dallas with a side trip to Joplin to visit my mom for a couple of days. It does need some transmission work, but other than that it ran and drove great over the 1300 mile trip.
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  8. Looks to be 1/32” out of center. Keep up the great work Luau 2020 is approaching !!!?
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  9. Just an update on my end, I mounted the vega 140 box with a similar adapter plate as junkers, however I used the stock isolators and bolts for mounting the stock box. I had to have my pitman arm modified because the vega 140 box has a smaller output shaft and splines. I also had to shorten my steering shaft and outer tube in order to have a workable angle for the steering u joints. I took it for a ride and besides needing an alignment , I had plenty of turning radius and everything cleared and worked well.
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  10. A while back on a road trip I connected Greg G's vacuum gauge to my engine and it fluttered. My vacuum gauge shows a rock stedy reading. As has been mentioned by others in this thread, there must be some type of anti flutter device in my gauge. I have said this many times on this forum but nobody has ever challanged me. I wish somebody would challange me on this. Connect your timing light to the coil wire as opposed to the #1 plug wire. By doing this the light will fire everytime the coil fires. Also when doing this you will get 2 hits everytime #1 fires as well as six hits per engine revoloution and all these hits brighten up the area so you can see the timing marks much better in the dimely lit area surrounding the harmonic balancer. If you dont believe me try it.
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