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  1. Today I was at the finish line of the 2019 Hemmings Great Race. It was at the LeMay museum in Tacoma Washington. There was also an open car show for any makes and models. I saw an awesome car at the show n’ shine that I thoroughly enjoyed. The owner let me get a real good close look. I sat in the front seat, and crawled around the rear seat area too. Taking everything in. The car was an original, 100% stock, 1930 Chrysler model 77 fourdoor sedan. The car is a true survivor that has never been restored. The interior was in amazing, stock condition. The car has around 20,000 original miles. The car has been stored for countless years in a garage I assume. I was informed only 436 of this car were built in 1930. 4 speed. Hydraulic brakes. The owner and I were unsure exactly how much of the frame was wood. I know I saw some wood. He’s only owned it for a short time. A younger fellow. He is truly fortunate to find and secure this car in it’s current state. The owner and I spoke for a while. I went back again later to see the car once again and talk further. For now, I’ll limit sharing more knowledge about the car here. I’m going to invite him here. Hopefully he’ll register and introduce himself and his car here. A sneak peak of limited pics I have. Maybe owner will post more we’ll see. - Keith
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  2. Torque converter and ring gear off.
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  3. So as I was sayin.............. I brought the truck home about 2 years ago and it is now in pieces. The rolling frame is now sitting outside, the cab is on a dolley in the garage, and all the other body parts are upstairs in the loft staying dry until a formulate a plan. That's where things get kind of sticky. You see, I am one of those guys who tend to over analize everything to death. Not to mention change my mind constantly. All at the same time wanting to be different! I am not the "same belly button as everyone else has", kind of guy. This project will defiantely be going in the smae direction as the chevy, subtle street rod. Problem is there are so many choices. First off I thought about doing another inline six. So I startred gathering up some slant six parts. Only to be scared off by the whole oil pump/ cam gear mesh nonsense they seem to have. So I promptly sold off that junk and leaned toward a 318 poly! I found acomplete poly engine on CL for cheap and now have it apart in the garage waiting for a hot tank cleaning and magnaflux check. However now I am getting the itch for a GenIII 5.7 Hemi. See what I mean? LOL! Here's a few more pics.
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  4. Oh here's a pic of the Chevy I just finished. It has a super tricked out 292 straight six with a 700r4 trans.
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  5. The fasterners are now officially part of the aesthetic!
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  6. If the hood bolts are rusted and spin the captured nut I'd probably cut the bolt heads off before trying to remove the hood and hinges...the hood and hinges would be big and awkward to lift off the car. Those hoods are big and long enough to handle with out the tall hinges to deal with.
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  7. unfortunately this stuff happens with the old cars....just remember this...even if you remove the hinges...you still faced with this repair....I still suggest removing the bolts in whatever manner you can and exact an effective repair on the damaged hood panel. This I mentioned earlier...many of these car have corrosion that needs addressing. the hinges are usually of a heavy enough metal and protected by the very sacrifice of the hood metal itself. Study this a bit more and not get in a hurry....time and patience will pay off and the results will be a minimum amount of damage one can easily address and correct.
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  8. I'd go plain vinyl between the rear window and the doors - that would keep the use on the diamond pleat consistent to panels on the doors and headliner and would tie in the plain vinyl window surrounds. I'd go with plain vinyl on the kick panels, too. Your drawings make me smile!
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  9. How does your MC bore for the rear brakes compare to the original? Different size moves fluid at different rates. Could be the reason.
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  10. The typical 77 "Pennon" type hood is shown in the Town Sedan below.. .Looks like late The typical 77 "Pennon" type hood is shown in the above picture. Looks like late 1930 Chrysler 77 series cars did away with the louvers according to "70 years of Chrysler". The "77" is on the headlamp tie bar on all the 77 cars Now Is the car Keith has shown a 77 Crown Sedan with out the Pennon hood and wire wheels.. 2654 produced Or is it the Town Sedan with wood spoke wheels and the Landau bars...only 436 produced.... Hmmm❓ I looked all this up in "70 Years of Chrysler"
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  11. I suppose these piston expanders would work the same way the Charles Atlas adverts worked in stopping sand getting kicked in my face..........lol........Andyd
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  12. Found them. I'll take this under consideration, thanks!
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  13. Thanks Plymouthy -I've got an engine block that I'm tearing down and going to rebuild, once I have it gutted I'm hauling it in this truck to the machine shop to get it bored and ready to pump again. Can't wait to pull up in this thing to give them that greasy old block... I decided when I made the call to go with the finished boards that I'm still going to use it. I might throw a piece of plywood in and probably not going to haul cow manure in it as I have a trailer for that, but I did haul kayaks, a paddle board, and my bride to the local reservoir. (One of them rode in the front, the rest in the back). :-0
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  14. And a shot where you can see the door card with it too
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  15. Since it is a complete car and you plan on keeping it, why would you take the doghouse off and put it on another vehicle you plan on selling? Does not make sense to me. Finish off the Suburban with what you have, sell it, and concentrate on the coupe as they are not that common. Just my opinion but they are your cars so do what you want.
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  16. Wow is that ever a nice car ,you did an excellent job .
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  17. I have been working on this car since 2012 and seven years later it is finally finished. I do have a few minor things left to do but it is on the road and being driven lots. It is a Canadian Dodge based on the Plymouth but using a Dodge grille and other trim. They are a very different car to the US Dodge.
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  18. Wispy white smoke for a bit is nothing to worry about. But, white smoke with that coolant smell is. The short of it is that there is coolant burning off in one or more of the combustion chambers. Leaking head gasket, cracked head, or cracked engine block, none of which are minor issues, are the usual causes. Bubbles in the radiator/coolant when running is an indication that the gasket is the culprit, but just because there are no bubbles doesn't rule the gasket out. Nor does having a recently rebuilt motor rule out a cracked head or block. Though it may take a while, it will only get worse if not addressed. That being said, several years ago our D24 had an issue with the thermostat housing gasket leaking, which would cause coolant to pool up in the #1 spark plug well. If left to sit for long enough, some would seep into the #1 cylinder, and we'd get that coolant smell and a little white smoke until it burned out. Trued up the housing base, replaced the gasket, and it hasn't happened since.
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  19. Absolutely beautiful car. Enjoy it.? John R
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  20. That's a beautiful car!! Congratulations on a job very well done!
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  21. Fantastic car. Great to see another one at it finest.
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  23. Gary, Your 39 looks terrific, you must be really proud of her. Couple of questions...... Did you wind up having the bumpers chromed, or are they polished steel, as was your original plan. Either way, they look good. Next, were your instruments in good shape, or is there a company making new numbers or doing restoration. Mine are quite brittle, the numbers being printed on a celluloid material. Hard to even handle them without the stuff falling to pieces. Everything looks really good, interior, dash, even the maroon paint, which is close to the shade on my 39, at least what paint is left. Its great to see another 39 coupe brought back to life, and future work on my coupe will most certainly use your photos for reference. Take it for a long cruise, and enjoy the results of your hard work. brian b
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  24. NEVER sell a tool. NEVER! If you do,you will instantly need it again,and no longer have it.
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  25. Or, paint to match the metal around the windshield? Fill the grain, sand really smooth and spray. I'm a long way from this point on my 56, but am following this closely. Great idea on using and forming the plastic. Is it ABS, PVC or something else?
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  26. Have you carefully looked at the oil? Have you changed the break in oil since the rebuild? Letting the engine set for a couple days then loosening the drain plug almost till it's off would let green coolant come out first before the oil. If this happens to be the case most likely a head gasket leak on a flathead. This also would push some coolant into the exhaust sytem and also cause a initial single cylinder engine miss upon start up If the leak is into the exhaust manifold causing the white smoke and smell of course that's a stud or crack in an exhaust port or lower seat area seat possibly. This is assuming there was never a big loss of coolant into the exhaust system from the tear down...kinda unlikely after nearly 1000 miles of driving since the rebuild. Just some more hopefully helpful ideas.
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  27. Car show? What car show....I wanna hang this on and get to work!
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  28. Having gone through the process to get new titles for the three rigs I have for sale the only 'tag' that was of interest was the one on the door pillar. As mentioned, YRMY.
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