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Out for an evening cruise tonite. I hung out in the back seat with my Mother-in-Law. Let my son drive. His girlfriend in the centre. My Mrs. on the right. The back seat is so comfortable! Lots of leg room, shoulder space and headroom. I will welcome more time in the back. The centre fold down arm rest, so regal. A round of ice creme for all.

Well I took her out today maiden voyage all is well I still to rebuild the king pins. But with the newer Dana 70 with the steeper gears I can get up to 70mph it's a hand full thought.

Is there where hotrodding will go?

Were it me I would assemble now. A year from now you may not remember how it goes together.

If you want originality try YNZ harnesses in California. I’ve not used the entire harness but I did buy the trans harness. I have no complaints. The connectors are correct and the instructions were easy to follow. Rhode Island wiring is the other company that supplies. I’ve never heard anything bad about them either.

also do not overlook the tapered pin which must be removed so the OD control shaft may be pulled outward. You will find this next to the rail lock out switch ( if so equipped) and it drives out from the bottom.

Larkin.........my Oz 1940 Dodge is an Oz assembled Plymouth based D15 version that I hotrodded 45 yrs ago, 318 Poly, auto, 4 wheel discs, etc and completely rewired by myself and 12volts using a couple of wiring harnesses from local wreckers that I disassembled, cleaned every wire with turps and disassembled every fitting and connector.......at the time, the mid 1970's it was difficult if not impossible to find multi coloured wire here in Oz, the local auto electricians only had a small range of single colour wires and after I had a couple of half arsed attempts at the wiring I decided to pull it all out and start from scratch, which I did, took a little while and I was lucky that the local auto electrician took pity on me and allowed me to arrived every monday morning before I started work nearby with a range of inane questions..........lol.............generally speaking its held up pretty well, I have everything going thru fuses plus there is a fusible link that came from an Oz 1968 Dodge Phoenix( an Oz version of the 68 Plymouth Fury 111 4dr hardtop) wiring harness that gave itself up to the cause.........I have heard of a couple of companies in the USA that offer aftermarket harnesses although I am unsure whether they would be factory correct which would be cloth covered but if it were me, even if you are keeping it 6volts I would be more concerned about it being easily trouble shot and whether it was cloth covered would not concern me..........places that I'd suggest would be Ron Francis Wire Works and Rebel Wire are 2 that come to mind...the 2 pics I have attached are the only ones I can find at present that show a bit of the wiring, the one under the dash just shows the metal box above the centre console that all the fusesm and relays etc live in.....the 2nd pic of the engine bay was taken when I had the hood off to redo a few things but you can see the wiring coming thru the firewall on the Oz passenger side using various firewall connectors that I disassembled and reused.....anyway, Welcome Aboard from Oz.......Andy Douglas

Inspired by @Worden18 and his Meadowbrook thread , I decided that I will host a thread of my 1953 Chrysler Windsor Deluxe this season. I was thinking about why I wanted to do this. Why share my year of travels and interactions in my old Mopar on the internet? I think there are several good reasons. None really more important than any other. Arguably it could summed up as just plain cool. It feels good to know that here at P15-D24, there are many others who share my passion for the old Mopars. We have a lot in common. We have lots to share. The good folks here care about keeping these old cars running and out on the roads. And if like me, enjoy reading other's adventures. Seeing the sites in another part of the world is fun. Every photo tells a thousand words. I hope there will be lots to show and tell this coming season. I also want to give back a little to this forum. The help I found here is much appreciated. Maybe I can repay you folks a little by giving you a little entertainment. Here we go.... My car season is anxiously beginning as temps are forecasted to hit 17C (62F) over the next few days. That'll kick start the big snow melt. My Chrysler is ready to cruise now after a busy winter. We sold our home and moved in the middle of my planned winter car repair schedule. Then we went on a 10 day trip to a much warmer climate. Since I got back home and settled, I've been busting my knuckles getting everything I wanted done to the car before the April 1 deadline. That's when Vintage Car Club Parade is. I'm not sure who's more excited. My 19 yr old son or I, for the cruising season. He's almost found daily out in the garage, sitting in the car making vroom- vroom noises. "Feeling the new brakes and clutch pedal adjustments", he says. Tonight my car is jockey'd up in the garage ready to get out. Hopefully the snow on the sides of the roads get knocked back enough this weekend to keep water off the pavement. Then it's go time. Cruising 2018 is but just around the bend here.

Thought I'd start a thread documenting fixes, improvements, adventures and maintaining the 48. First I'd like to thank all members for the everyday answers to people's questions about these old cars. Before joining the forum, I found answers to many of my questions as I got use to maintaining the 48. So, thank you all! My wife and I wanted to buy a classic car to enjoy while I restored my 58 plymouth since I wasn't going to have the 58 done in time for crusin the coast (2017). The plan was to buy a car, use it until the 58 is done then sale it. So, we located this 48 about 6 hours away and drug it home!

Interesting ... where do you keep your weeds?

And some has this

Thanks guys! Got a lead on some mahogany wood, rough cut 5/4. Have to break out my planer and get to milling. Going to get 6 - 8” boards Monday. Old blue is going to have a respectable bed soon. took a ride Thursday afternoon, ended up coming home late in the rain. My first night run, lights worked great hi beams even worked nice. Of course at top speed of 35 it’s hard to overdrive headlights ?

Contacted seller, he confirmed I could use this fuel sending unit on a positive ground application.

You may be correct with the low batt possibly causing the VR burnout although we don't know if the battery was fully charged prior to starting or just boosted to start. a common practice. Instructions when replacing modern alternators state a battery should be fully charged prior to putting the new alt into service. They work at max output for so long to bring the batt fully up that they often fry themselves. Perhaps a better description of them would be as a battery maintainer instead of as a battery charger. I wouldn't be surprised if a VR could be fried the same way

FREE oil changes for Tesla cars..... It could be waaaaaaaaay worse....it could be a SBC...

Cold Blue, I believe this Thread started with a Carpet referral request. When you go on ebay and type in 1948 Chrysler Plymouth Carpet from East Orange New Jersey you will see a listing with colors for your car. I believe its about $175 for a sedan. These people have been in business for over 45 years and seem to have the right stuff that fits. I have not bought from them but they have excellent feedback. I have heard guys up there speak highly of them. I would think they have been doing something right to stay in business that long. I have lived here (NC) for 39 years and remember hearing good things in the 70's about them as I am originally from East Orange and have owned 1948 Chrysler's since the early 70's. Good Luck! Tom

That's probably part of it.. ? Our outhouse was located in the chickenyard. I remember one White Rock rooster that would circle the outhouse when my older brother was in there and then flog the dickens out of him when he came out. Apparently he just didn't like my brother because nobody else had any trouble. It was really funny. Eventually we killed that rooster and Mom made dumplings with him. Mom would always wring chicken's necks but with that particular bird my brother insisted that he have the honor of cutting his head off with a hatchet. I held that tough old rooster while my brother gleefully separated his head from his body. That's what you call a bonding experience.

I got hold on one of these some time ago. Works perfectly .

I remember....it was 2006.....I was at a historical drag strip, Kingdon Drags, running in the nostalgic weekend event. I was lined up against a 1940's coupe..stock rims and tires or sorts...looked real vintage...a rat rod of sorts. I was in my 1972 Charger Stock car which has an aggressive look and feel...500hp 408 stroker with medium open headers. Sounded mean. His flat six was chirping away, sweating bullets and shaking like a fearful contender. Secretly I liked his ride and hoped he'd put up a decent fight. Then I noticed my timing....it was jumping. It turned out later that my distributor shaft was bent. As we pulled off the line, the light brilliantly green, the engine began to sigh, and go flat, running, but lacking in effort. It was as if his L6 had made a deal with my V8....."let me win this straight line, and I'll tow your stuff to the oval track for a week" He won, and I was concerned about my engine. Later a friend of mine said that the crowd went nuts "The old car is gonna WIN!!!!!! My friend knew something was a foul, but it was too much fun cheering for the old iron....he had cheered against me. lol I told him "I didn't let him win...he showed up and raced...he deserved the win" I never told anyone of circumstance that my engine had failed.....it wasn't the flat 6's fault my engine was toast....he showed up to race. And I bet you to this day, he still talks about beating a 500hp 408 stroker in a raced prepped 72 Charger with his very special L6 Flattie. Cheers brother. 48D

Got my very cool trophy in the mail today. Thanks again, I am not taking it off my desk until I get back from one of your barbecues.

I never thought about comparing the flathead six to a "lawn mower engine". I can't think of one thing they would have in common other than gasoline and four strokes. Regardless, the old hemi in this C-series is totally cool. A Briggs & Stratton V-twin in a Pilot House pedal truck would be the cat's a**!

Hello Guys - I've been busy, got a few updates: first thing was the gas tank leak. I chose to take the inexpensive route first, I bought a tank refurb kit from Amazon made by POR (ive had great luck with their chassis paint) so I thought I'd give it a shot. Followed the directions to the letter and put tank back in truck last week. no leaks so far. Truck started up and drove great. I still need to replace the rear end as Merle suggested in this link, I've got to go find a set of 373s. The engine over heat appears to be good to go following the clean up, machining of head, and new head gasket. I also replaced my running boards, I had a set that were 4 inches too short and had installed a spacer. found a set that were about the same too long but bought them anyway, bent them back to shape, chased all threads, cut them down and welded them to size. installed and they look good. Also my truck did not have a rear bumper, I was going to make one out of box steel but decided to cut down and cut the curved ends off my parts truck front bumper, so I shortened it welded it up built a bracket and popped that on today. whatdya think?