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As I noted earlier in this thread, I generally plan to have the ol' Dodge out in May. Roads are usually clear of salt and the weather is cooperative. For the past several years, the first sojourn has been to take the missus out for the Mothers Day breakfast at the Houlton Lodge of Elks, and this year, after always thinking "gee, that would make a nice picture", I actually finally took a picture. This Lodge building was already 40 years old when our car was new, oldest original Elks Lodge in the State of Maine.

The cause of the backfire. The guy who came over gave a convincing explanation of how the carb could be the cause and it def needed a rebuild. In any event, the carbs back in, I've put in new plugs, cap/rotor and she's starting right up and running smooth with no issues so far.

I rebuilt a 383, from the family '70 Dodge Polara, in High School shop class. As far as we knew this engine had never been apart so we were surprised to find the rod journals 0.010" undersize. We then discovered a stamping in one of the counterweights "R010". We speculated that it was ground 0.010" under from the factory.

Been awhile since I last posted.... The first race I saw was in 1965 as a four year old kid...many of those old jalopies had this painted on the rear deck lids... Finally got the lights to work on the old girl... Cobbled up a 1951 Ford rear view mirror.... Found an exhaust kit on Amazon... Did a lot of pipe smoke on this stuff...way too many cups of coffee too... I added these little sheet metal wings to the old hood I had cobbled up earlier in the build...I was not too fond of the master cylinder not having any cover over it... got it fire up too....put some really cool glass in the windshield...had it shipped from the state of Oregon to the state of New York... I am taking a break from it as I grabbed this old guy for a quick flip and then back on the Plymouth... Life is good....

SURVIVOR: inspected this workhorse at the corner of a big empty parking lot in Borger...the key was still in the ignition

Bump. With my recovery from my '68 going on 20' broken ankle actually going well, I was able to get out yesterday and put on some miles. This is at the local BP station where the DuKane ABATE chapter held their Motorcycle Awareness Day shindig. It's pretty much a bunch of old bikers holding up signs telling drivers to put their phones down...and cops writing tickets for the same.

SURVIVOR: another old Dodge at that weld shop in Pampa

just wanted to say thank you for the previous posts about steering gear box adjustment. the cap unscrewed easily and the star washer lifted right off. it is even marked this side up. we adjusted it to just a nibble of free play. it made a huge improvement. we filled the steering box with really good quality grease. thank you again for all the posts that help us all fix our cars and trucks.

SURVIVOR: caught this B-1 behind a high-fence surrounding a weld shop next to the bowling alley on the edge of Pampa during the start of the 1st snowfall of winter

Passing along some research info. I looked at various bolts to replace the oe cylinder head bolts, all seem to use a smaller hex head. I wanted some with the stock size head 11/16, necked down like the original style. I've found an option for the cylinder head bolts that have 11/16 hex size. Original application was for an olds 350 v8. Dorman part number 675-060, sold in sets of ten per package - about $20 at Summit. Slightly longer than original, but work perfect even with a .070 milled head. Only a minor mod needed for the three bolts that go into the intake ports, grind to shorten them or use a hardened washer. Hope this is useful to others.