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  1. Hello all, this is my first post. I was given a 47 deluxe special a few months back from my wife's uncle, and I have enjoyed taking it on. This car is very foreign to me but it's been fun. I consider myself good at working on cars boy I don't know a darn thing about this baby. Anyway, the car has a really bad vibration over 35/40 and after looking everything over, I see that the rear of the drive shaft has what I have researched and found to be a ball and trunion style. The boot is ripped and I can grab the drive shaft and wiggle it left to right a good 1/2". I'm guessing that's not how it should be unless I don't understand the design beyond the boot rip itself. My question to you fine folks is what's the best method of attack? Should I try to find the parts to rebuild or is there an upgrade to a better ujoint style setup? I've looked around and can't really find anything online as far as parts so if you have a suggestion, if you'd be so kind as to let me know where and what to get I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks all! I spent the day cleaning her up and she came out really nice.
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  2. Part of the delay in this bed is I've been having too much fun with my new "project". However this one doesn't need much. Picked this up end of May and haven't done much other than drive it. I had to replace the battery cables and I swapped to some plymouth division hubcaps. 318 with push button auto and power steering
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  3. It's been awhile maybe 5 since I've posted? Had a 39 dodge coupe and wound up selling it. Anyway life, the shop, other projects...and time flew by. So me loves me Mopars! I've gone through 5 (39-46) dodge trucks and 2 (1.5 ton) COEs in that time. I still have a half ton dodge truck I'm currently building. Anyway it's been too long since I've had a running car to scoot around in. I own a rod/resto shop but always focus on getting customer rides done. That changed this last weekend when I picked up this sweet 41 Plymouth deluxe coupe. It's to solid to go chopping and all that, but I am installing disk brakes and doing the ol' shock relocation thing. I've drooled over this coupe since the previous owner mentioned he may sell it. Half a year later and its mine!
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  4. Hello Folks, I am considering installing AC in my 1947 Plymouth Special Deluxe Club Coupe, and I am looking for recommendations for an aftermarket AC kit. Has anyone here successfully installed AC into a P15? If so, what vendor/kit did you use? Thanks in advance.
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  5. Also cut off the warped exhaust flange and installed a new one. No exhaust leak now.
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  6. She's ready for cruisin weather and cruisin the coast! Radiator made a difference in the running temperature. The old radiator would let the temperature creep up as the car got heat soaked even though I had a 160 degree thermostat. Eventually the gauge would be at the red, and every now and again, into the red a little. Never boiled the coolant. I took the car for about an hour in different driving conditions from hwy speed to creeping along and could not get the gauge no higher than 180. I didn't realize the old radiator wasn't dissipating heat as good as it should. This new one sure does. As soon as the thermostat opens you can tell the air from the engine fan is hotter than before. Supper happy I decided to change the radiator. I got another thread I documented modifications needed to install a ec52ply radiator in a d24.
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  7. I don’t have a picture for you but mine goes to the bolt directly behind the thermostat.housing.
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  8. See my '53 265 engine here. Positive cable goes to the LF corner of my block. Not that it matters much, the differences just caught my attention.
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  9. Are you trying to preserve the stock look and parts? If not, cut the metal tube that covers the wire. I cut mine close to the back of the key switch. Remove the metal tube. Splice in a new piece of wire. It travels to the coil, correct?
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  10. https://fortwayneclutch.com/product/1948-dodge-plymouth-d24-custom-replacement-rear-propeller-driveshaft-assembly-sku-1948_d24/
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  11. It's running!!!!! I taped up any areas I saw broken insulation on the wires, cleaned connections that looked suspect, put a little starting fluid in and it fired up after a few tries! I couldn't have been more shocked LOL. Some adjustments to the choke and throttle kept it running on its own. I need to look at the starter because it did slip a couple of times. I noticed that it also feels a little loose as I was wiping grime off of it. The motor itself sounds great, which was a huge relief. I spent enough time turning it over by hand, lubricating the cylinders, and making sure it had fresh fluids before starting it. I forgot how much different a flat 6 sounds than my usual V8. I love it ? Next I will address the tranny. Fluid change and then we'll see where we're at. I know my biggest challenge will be brakes because there are absolutely none right now. I've never owned a car without power brakes so this will certainly be another learning experience. I'll try to post a video this afternoon ?
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  12. It is a fact that in 2019 our privacy is under attack. Personal data is a commodity that has value to those who can figure out how to sell it. Usually it's not the person who is the subject of the data who profits from it. That said, I've come to the conclusion that I do not own my cars. I only have stewardship of them. I am only a small part of their history because with care they will out live me. Once I made that leap, I started taking even better care of them! Some day somebody's going to know and I don't want to leave behind an embarrassing legacy. It's kind of like "Do the right thing even if you think nobody is looking." Everyone is proud of a clean shiny car. Sometimes it takes real courage to keep an original, original. There's a sign on the wall at the Harley-Davidson Museum that explains this: "You will see within these walls vehicles which are not as presentable as you'd expect. These have been determined by the curators to be originals. A vehicle can be restored many times but an original is an original only once."
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  13. they cut school the day the drivers education class explained transmission, shifting and the reason the front glass is so large......
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  14. Trying to finish up this duct. I thought I’d post the method I used to close up the duct previously pictured. I was going to use fiberglass but decided to make cardboard to match the original to my best ability. I happened to have some watercolor paper that is 135 lbs. 1st I glued the edge of the cut duct with wood glue. After it set, I trimmed it to allow for about a 3/8” lip, which I then glued. I followed up with 2 more layers of the same paper but trimmed flush with the corner. The 4th and final layer was glued like layers 2&3 but trimmed similar to the 1st layer but after the glue set up, I was able to wet (dampen) the outer portion to form so that it didn’t need to be sectioned. Then a bit of flat black. (Sorry I don’t know how to change the order of pictures - they aren’t in the correct order)
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  15. Took it to town, all seems well except the exhaust flange has a little leak, I'll fix that later. The old girl will have to sleep under the car cover tonight, got the challenger on lift/in the shop.
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  16. One more. I just looked thru all 12 pages, I love these old cars!
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  17. Another Sunday drive after being gone for 2 weeks. It looked like this when we left, picture from dad following me. Looked like this a couple of hours later. All in all put about 100 miles on the cars yesterday.
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  18. I drive my 48 P15 every weekend, except in the rain. Its got antique auto tags on it - so weekend driving only. Satin blue paint with pin-striped ghost flames (fuschia colored) and pin-striping in a 50's style. Dual Carter carbs, 218 flathead, with an Offenhauser intake. Smitty muffler. 4" lowering blocks. Leopard skin fabric seats. Runs super and sounds great! I love her!!!
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  19. I drive both of these every weekend ,unless its snowing!
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  20. Of course I do but it’s not a new car and I drive accordingly so. I drive it to Walmart sometimes and to local car shows where it always gets allot of attention. Jon
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  21. Here in Vancouver BC me and the wife have had our 47 dodge coupe out a coupe times this spring already ! The weather has been really sucky lately and I’m going threw withdrawals lol
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  22. I purchased this 1941 Royal from a gentleman in Yakima, WA in December 2016 and had it delivered to me in the Tampa area of Florida. I drove my 1941 Chrysler Royal from Tampa to Connecticut in May 2017. I drive it 2-3 days a week during the Spring, Summer, and Fall while I am in CT. When I attend car shows, it receives as much or more attention than restored muscle cars. Once I get the issue of the FluidDrive not holding the high range shift (possibly lack of adequate vacuum), I want to drive it to Hemmings Motor News in Bennington , VT for one of their Thursday night cruises. The car is all original and sorted out just enough to keep it on the road.
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  23. '51 in to many pieces at this time. hope to have it complete in spring 2019. Until then I will have to settle for driving the 72 challenger.
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  24. Back in ‘64 I sort of inherited a ‘46 Town Sedan. It was just an old car that didn’t run so I tore it apart to fix it. I had no idea what was wrong with it. Dad got tired of it sitting around and one day it disappeared. DOH!!!!!
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