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Was in the habit of visiting So Cal Speed Shop's 2nd Saturday shoe box swap meet with my neighbor, but the last year of working on the car has kept me away.... Was nice to take the coupe out early this am. Seemed to run well. There's an occasional miss I need to run down, and one lifter is ticking louder than I think it ought to be, but it ran really well otherwise. One person actually looked at it....

She's about 90% complete! I have a few minor things that I still need to fix, and do a front end alignment because I just replaced the tie rod ends. I think she looks super cool! Check out those leopard skin seats...

I'm betting his local tire store sends him birthday and Christmas cards.

Nice cotter pin insertion can be a sign of attention to detail and quality of work.?

That split rubber donut is not a factory mount... either on the engine or body... Someone installed that as a fix and crushed it so tight that it finally split. It probably was installed on the rear lower motor mount.... Right or left side under the cross member..hacky work.

If you ever get to Gloucester, MA keep an eye for this one. Used to be mine.

Hi...You might try this....put your outside handle back in...have a helper hold the handle in the open position....sit on the seat and push on the door with both feet..sometimes you have to kick it....be sure to wear you tennies!! Then after your door is open check the latch mechanism as Mr Adams pointed out ....

Nearly 70 years after coming off the production line she's running the roads of a little new England town again. I am at another key point in this journey, I got the truck registered, insured, and inspected because that's all the rules to extract $ from me and legally put a vehicle on the road here in Vermont..... Ol Blue has all the parts to make it a real truck, assembled mostly where they go, painted up to match, and all the lights work as they did from the factory. Still some work to do (headliner, bed slats, right running boards) but it's a running driving B1B and I'm having a ball driving it around town. I have to go back and check the forum, I remember someone talking about transmissions and taller gears. I have a 230 flathead from a 1950 B1D mated to the 3 speed on the floor (reverse is where normal 1st gear would be), top speed is about 40. The trans I believe is from a Desoto car as the engine I got with this truck was a desoto. The trans I have does not have the long bent shift lever that I see in some of your trucks. Anyone have an idea of a trans I should mate up to this powerplant to give me a little more drive ability? Anyway wanted to update yall and share a pic. Hey by the way there is a National Street Rod Association (NSRA) car show here in Essex Vermont next weekend, ther'll be a lot of our vintage rigs mostly chevy and ford but an occasional Dodge and Ol Blue will ramble in and make her first appearance....any chance any of you are bringing your trucks? PM me if you do! Cheers Jay

Dual heater switches usually have two tubular ceramic resistor coils on them bcause of the two motors.

Yep, that is correct. Why your ask? Because a portion of the community wouldn't follow a few simple rules about keeping their ads text only and in my grumpy oldness I have grown tired of being bitched at why other people don't keep their ads current. This way, if you really want sell/need something you will buy an ad. And the small amount of $$$ generated helps pay the ISP and software bills. The fee is pretty trivial.

Some impressions for the motorcycle fans 1929 HD Flatheads Super rare "stovepipe" Nimbus 1 Nimbus 2 - Dutch Army BSA parallel twin looong vehicle Russian M72 Indian racers finish line Nice trailer of the event http://www.romomotorfestival.dk/

I know where you could likely get some in really good shape, but you'd have to go the Q at Tim's!

Nice Dodge brother's car at today's show

I 'get it' about having friends around the country, but not any new "real" friends in years. I'm thinking though it might be me; I'm just not into the effort like I once was. ?