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From our driveway to yours, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all my Mopar friends here. Thank you for all the support this year!

My oldest daughter made it home for Christmas. On a run into town she decided she wanted to try out the old whale. She was pretty proud of herself as was I. Mechanical things tend to petrify her. Made my day!

Just had to share a photo of my grandkids, This was a Christmas photo taken yesterday!with the P15!

Hello and Happy Holidays. This car is a 1942 Plymouth two door coach (sedan) which I can identify by the placement of the parking light and the chrome piece on the rear fender. I am partial to this year Plymouth because it is the same year that I was born. Nice photo, thanks for posting it. John R

Hello all, I found this old photo from around 1950 (+/- 2 years) of my father standing next to an old family car. Does anyone have any ideas on the ID of the car? Thanks, Mike

As I have said before. Harley has a hard tail, soft tail, and my favorite the split tail

Good looking groups! Hope you all had a happy and merry!

Yup. Don't worry about the I E I E business too much. Put the big valves in the big holes,and the little valves in the little holes.

Yes, double clutch shifting takes some practice, and a bit of patience. You can’t be in too much of a hurry... Also, try greasing your spring shackles. If if has sat for a while they may be stiff with dried up grease. Get some fresh grease in there and drive it some more. You can also spray down your springs with a little oil, or spray on teflon dry lube, to encourage them to slide a bit easier. You’ll be amazed at how the ride improves. Merle

Before; With rust converter and sealer.

Dad's 52 Belvedere...?

thats nothing compared to a normal winter! My yard is mostly bare right now usually it'd have a foot or so of accumulated snow.

Merry Christmas Worden. Keep up the good work training your kids on the old Mopars! Great progress appears to be being made. Your boxer in the car is classic!

Worden, love that last pic with the hills and sky in the background........your daughter looks like she's getting the hang of the car, and that pic from Subway, you really do get some snow.............anyway have a great Xmas and a happy & safe New Year.......regards from Australia.......Andy Douglas

The truck that pulled it was a 16 f250 with a powerstroke. It pulls as well or even better then my 95 dually 7.3. We are guessing the weight of truck and gooseneck to be around 15k pounds. It pulled well. I hope santa has brought some wonderful surprises for you fellas. Santa dropped of an awesome gift on Monday. I don't know when he painted the sleigh brown. Merry Christmas!

You asked for some more pics of the 41 Plymouth, I have some interior shots and engine bay, the car was an older restoration when I bought it tho' it needed some tidying up, I had the seat rebuilt so you didn't look thru the steering wheel tho' the upholstery was fine, I added a couple of dash knobs, the tacho & blinker switch, also added the Fulton Visor and added the Beehive Oil Filter, HEI dissy and generally tidied up the engine bay, tho' it still needed work ........if I had of kept it a twin carbed, finned headed 230 with a T5 gearbox was planned..........also note that it has the folding rear seats, it was an ASC or Auxillary Seat Coupe from the factory tho' as a factory RHD export car assembled in South Africa it must have been a fairly rare car as well..........gee I was a goose to sell it...........lol........still got the 40 Dodge 4Dr sedan tho' but I suppose you want pics of the coupe so here goes........lol.........regards, andyd

Did you watch the video? That car was restored by an average guy. Jay hasn't done anything but drive it.

Hey, who you callin an old goat ? Why I oughta...…...

Great looking car. Glad you solved the problem. Enjoy the ride.

I’ve worked with some beautiful wood and even horn & bone making handles for things but this was my first big hardwood project. It’s hard to beat a flame or curly maple for highly figured wood- and of course bird’s eye maple. Other than the maple stuff I only ever messed with cocobolo and only on small projects. Everything I do on this truck is fun because almost nothing I do could leave the truck in worse condition than it was. A ‘bed you can put stuff on’ was my highest original aspiration then when my buddy offered me the ipe I thought the quality of the materials demanded that I try at least a little bit to make it look good. I wouldn’t have minded if both side pieces matched a little better but I really dig how the colors came out. Varied colors are definitely part of the charm of the ipe! It’s funny all the thinking and measuring I did to try and make this removable I was totally missing the fact that the bed floor sits under a rib in the bedside- it can only lift up a few inches and can’t move forward or back because it’s locked into the wheel tubs. D’oh! I am thinking about how to make the wood bolt down to the bed floor frame so it doesn’t jump or slam over bumps. The angle iron in the back actually touches the bedsides and the square tube floor so I could just weld that in. Then the planks and stainless ends would get pinched between the rear trim piece and the angle. The holes in the angle iron are tapped 1/4”-20 and I will finish with nylocks on final install. That handles the back. On the front I have a couple long shank 3/8” eye hooks I’m thinking about installing somewhere near the front corners. They are ones from a stake pocket kit (I took off the rubber chunk that is supposed to expand in the pocket) so they have a square washer on top with a thin rubber pad which would look ok in the bed. The stock style with the washer flush mounted with a forstner bit is handsome too. At least I got a brand new battery installed today, put in rubber lined P clamps for the 3/8” fuel hardline to the engine bay, and cleaned up all my junior woodshop tools and sawdust. I had the bed installed and apart about five times yesterday so I guess I can pull two bed boards or drop the gastank when I need a new battery- not the end of the world. Here’s an indoor mockup after the oil dried

Actually, if the polarity of the electrical system is reversed, negative to ground in lieu poitive to ground, the engine is running backwards, therefore mileage is subtracted from the odometer.. If the radio has not been reprogramed, it will have a tendency to speak jibberish.. Of course modern mucic sounds the same no matter how it's played.... Bill