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Did the deal on this one today. 1938 P6. Great known history. Solid car. Original interior. D24 engine installed but comes with original P6 engine needing rebuild. Lots of spare parts! Good runner. Test drove it. Looking forward to getting into this car. No plans other than make it reliable, road worthy and safe. Picked up in Victoria BC Canada. I will trailer it home next Saturday.

Wow that thing really moves thanks for the ride.

If it only does it when running, it may not be heat related. Actually, most heat caused issues get worse when the gas is no longer moving. I'd check the line from the tank to the pump for air leaks. It is possible that a small leak can be sending air from the pump upward, causing bubbles in the gas.

Cleaned her up and drove her to work for hobby day. Timelapse YouTube Video of Drive in to Work

Tamisha and I took off work Friday and cruised on up to Fort Wayne to meet up with the Hoosier Plymouth Club for lunch, then on up to the Auburn Cord Duesenburg Museum. Met some new friends, Tamisha fell in love with the Duesys, and had a great time overall. Just short of 300 miles round trip, roughly 14.5mpg. It was a great way to spend a Friday!

If it has 12 volts, I would take the plunger assembly off the top of the starter and check it for why it won't contact. The lever engages the drive, the button applies current for spin. The lever may be bent from use and not pushing the button far enough for contact.

I had mine repaired at a shop that rebuilds starters/ alternators/ generators.

Burnt some more fuel today, took the car on about a 80 mile round trip. Over to pascagoula beach for a car show. there was about 300 cars there. Live music, we had a blast. They parked us right by the stage. Left there and went to a cruise in mobile. I should be running on fumes now. I'll check in the morning and likely drain what's left, put in the new tank.

Ralph I would humbly suggest that you buy a new battery first. I have had the experience of my starter not disengaging when I had a weak battery. A new battery might solve the problem... You need a new one anyway ?

6 year old 6V battery isn't a reliable device IMO

May 16: Took the kids out for a ride around town. It was a perfect evening! We had the windows down, and I stayed in 2nd gear most of the time, utilizing fluid drive. That's our barn in the background ?

hello craig, dam nice car you have there mate I look forward to seeing a picture when you have made it yours take your time and enjoy that car for your self scott

Craig.....I have the Gavin Farmer book, "Great Ideas In Motion" published 2010 which covers Oz mopar 1946-1981 as well as a few other publications including the 1946-53 Workshop manual and 1954 Supplement together with both the 1957 AP1 Chrysler Royal and 1960 AP3 Chrysler Royal workshop manuals and from going thru the lot this may or may not help.........lol.........the production figures for Dodge are as follows D49S 1954 1955 1956 /1 7 10 /2 1705 1318 833 /3 223 586 277 /4 91 941 654 Farmers book also mentioned that the D49 which was introduced in 1953 and continued up until the introduction of the 1957 Chrysler Royal had very few indentifiable styling changes, the main two appear to have been the deletion of the side trim or moldings thru the doors from 1955 and the adoption of chromed hooded headlight surrounds from 1956. As your car does have the moldings thru the doors it may have been a 1953 or 1954 built car however not sold new till 1955, but thats just a guess on my part............the other thing I mentioned regarding the engine choices and the confusion is borne out by the 1954 Chrysler Australia Workshop Manual Supplement which lists the 3 engines available as follows....... D49 1/2 230.2 engine( with engine numbers after 243,000.......which would be the 23" Dodge/Plymouth engine) D49 1/2 228.1 engine (with engine numbers suffixed "C"...........which would be the 25" DeSoto/Chrysler engine) D49 3/4 250.6 engine (with engine numbers prefixed "Kew"......which would be the 25" DeSoto/ Chrysler engine) I have not seen a 1955 or 1956 Australian Chrysler /Mopar/Dodge/DeSoto or Plymouth Workshop Manual, nor have I seen one listed but they/it may exist and have different info....did your car come with a workshop manual or owners manual? It appears also that over over the 4 years that this series was in production a couple of other changes appeared.........pedals went from being floor/chassis mounted to being pendant or firewall mounted, also changes to whether it had a mechanical clutch to a hydraulic clutch as well as the introduction of a Oz made gearbox with selectors on the Oz drivers side of the gearbox and possibily the introduction of the parking brake on the rear brake drums tho' that may have come in only on the 1957 Royal with the 3 speed manual gearbox................anyway I hope this helps.............or confuses...........lol.............andyd

Put a nice V8/OD of your choice in it and be done with it......if you hadn't noticed James, the years we have left tend to go by quickly as we age.....