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A friend contacted me to tell me he saw my Chrysler and I on someone’s You Tube channel. A person unknown to me had asked me a few Q’s at a car show in June. Here we are. Jump to the 2:19 mark. I had a few people talk to me who were really, really into my old Windsor that day. It was a good day. I kinda feel special now. Lol. https://youtu.be/NgrpR17TKNA

Back when I was getting my mechanical engineering degree I got a job as a “Summer Engineering Aide” with the state highway department. The job was basically being a “gofer” on a survey crew. Mechanical engineering and surveying are two different fields so there was a difference in terminology. But I was young and did not want to admit ignorance on anything. So when a term or phrase came up that I was unfamiliar with I’d look it up in the section on surveying or civil engineering in Encyclopædia Britannica in the evening. I figured out most of the lingo that way. For example, the tape measure marked off in tenths and hundredths of feet was called a “chain” because historically they used chains. And that a “vertical curve” was actually a parabolic curve. But I never figured out why they called the nails we drove into the asphalt for temporary location points were called “PKs”. So at the end of the summer I finally asked why the nails were called that. The crew chief looked at me like I’d just fallen off the back of a turnip truck, walked to the line wagon and pulled out a box of the nails. The logo on the box showed that they were manufactured by the PK Manufacturing Company.

No sealant was applied to the gasket, you are seeing the bellhousing through the slot in the gasket (well, maybe there is some Permatex on the bellhousing). I don't know the purpose of the slot, but I suspect it is there so you could install a new gasket without pulling the pinion shaft all the way out of the bellhousing. The gasket won't leak at the slot if the bearing retainer is sealed properly, the tranny will be oil-tight.

And so they should. The farther north I drive in Maine, the more I like it. The coastal towns and lighthouses are interesting, but get repetitious after a time.

If the records prove this plate came with the car, since I only have the one, will DMV require I get a new pair? And if they do, I wonder if I can use these numbers and letters on a personalized set?

I'm in the mindset I will replace the radiator but I warmed up the car, felt the radiator and it was hot at the top, just warm at the bottom. It's dissipating heat good. It held pressure up until the neck solder let go. Think I'll try replacing the neck with a recovery type neck, add a recovery tank and see what happens. The cost of trying this route is about 14 bucks for the radiator and whatever I decide to use for a recovery tank. So at most I'll be out 14 bucks and a little time since I'll need a recovery tank either way.

That's why I didn't buy the Chevy panel truck. lol

This is not a cheap route, but i have seen some powder coated pieces (not personally, but on YouTube) done in "chrome" and they look pretty nice.

No need to go away, we're plowing good ground and maybe our shop floors will be cleaner because of our efforts. As it appears to me, the big gasket is for sealing the shift rails. The lower rail has a plug but the upper is open. The gasket within the retainer is responsible for keeping oil in the retainer. If oil gets out of the retainer, the big gasket won't prevent it from running down into the the slot in the gasket, also into the clutch housing, then onto the shop floor. This is what was happening with my car. I wonder if the upper rail isn't plugged because it resides above the oil level in the trans housing. But I'm not taking chances and will add a thin coat of sealant under and on the big gasket in the area of the upper shift rail to hopefully prevent oil from getting out of the rail bore. The slotted end of the gearshift fork guide rail will also get a dab of sealant. (see manual scan and the small slotted rod in my photo) If the rail bores are sealed by the plug and big gasket, the countershaft bore is sealed and the retainer is sealed, and the retainer is draining oil back into the trans housing as it should I can't see any other place for oil to escape the forward end of the transmission. There can be leakage at the shift housing and tailshaft, but those areas can be addressed with the transmission in the car.

Great job!!! You probably saved a few more Mopars from the wrecking yard by your great interview! 48D

Taking 10 seconds to double clutch made me smile. I think I used to take that much time as well, the first couple of times I tried it. Now, I think I'm down to about 2 seconds, still too long, I know, but, I'm getting there. ?

Talking of Speed Week , when I went to get my EV LandRover engineering certified for road use the test driver was one & the same Lionel West of Bronze Aussie fame , he owns & drives the Worlds Fastest 4 door sedan at Australias version of Speed Week https://www.bronzeaussie300mph.com . Lionel said it wont be long till the Electrics start taking the records like they have at Pikes Peak.

You are famous....well, sort of.......lol............seriously tho you gave a great impression and more so the car did...........good to get your 15 minutes of fame...........andyd

Speed week started today at Bonneville Salt Flats. I wonder how many EV cars have ever trialed in the past? Roland Wiench of Great Falls,MT did an electric 1977 El Camino. When I saw it last year he had replaced the lead acid batteries with stackable lithium ion. It was a lot simpler and cleaner than all the cables. He did a stint with the military and finished his career with Air National Guard. A very meticulous man. He was my wife's uncle. Roland Wiench's 1977 Chevrolet El Camino.html

I couldn't justify the cost of replating the bumper guards on my 52 so I cleaned and painted them with a spray bomb. It is certainly good enough for driver quality.

I'll bet neither one of you bothered to look it up......read the whole obit it will tell all. http://www.seeley-society.net/vitals/vcally108b.html

We've lived in Maine a little over four years now, still trying to figure things out. Fortunately, we live in "The County"..."The way Maine used to be". And, while they do have/do some weird stuff up here, most of that malarkey you cite is downstate, the other side of Bangor from us, which is kind of the dividing line between northern and southern Maine. I know what things the locals call differently, and can at least restate stuff in the local vernacular when I get that glazed expression wondering what I just said... Most folks up here start getting antsy as soon as they get on I-95 and start heading south.

I went a cheap route and hit my horn ring with rust-oleum Wish I would have asked PA first but, it was good enough to sneak me into “back to the 50’s” this time without being laughed at ? LC, Please post the results short and long term

sent you some pictures of Argent in action by PM I also used it here when I repainted my Eagle Vision TSI

if Joe would leave six packs alone his budget for other wants and needs would increase...upgrading to electric is just the next step in this hobby and will continue through anti gravity vehicles or whatever kind of drive system that ever gets developed. But, regardless of what comes along, bread is still sliced.

Almost all packed up and ready to go... Well, I’m all packed and ready. Waiting on my better half to finish packing, then we’ll be off on our next Ol’ Dodge road trip. If anyone is going to be there, keep an eye out for me.

I love the fluid drive, I wouldn’t swap it for anything. If you feel like being all “farmer brown” and stuff, you can run her through the gears... but if your working on a burger and shake driving her around town, it sure comes in handy. And synchro shmynchro... I feel very noble and at one with my late Granpa when I take ten seconds to double-clutch coax her into the next gear.

Installation... without scratching the paint. ?

let me run my flag of qualification up the pole.....

And a few more from the event that took us from SoCal to Victoria

A few more from Ed's place

You don’t know Mark very well.

I am back in California. Arrangements have been made to bring the coupe here on Friday. Then I will know what I bought. I asked the seller if I needed to bring a good set of tires. His response was no, the tires are new! Sure curious what “new” looks like. My car is like the back car! LOL

looks two tone to me...light rust, dark rust...?

I agree. The plate says 1975, but the true year is 4413. I think that is March 4, 2013.