Jump to content

48 Dodge Guy

Members
  • Posts

    22
  • Joined

  • Last visited

Reputation

10 Good

Profile Information

  • Gender
    Male
  • My Project Cars
    1948 Dodge D24 Town Sedan

Contact Methods

  • Biography
    Actor/Writer/Director and Undergraduate Professor - Musical Theater
  • Occupation
    Semi-retired

Converted

  • Location
    Weedsport, New York
  • Interests
    antique phonographs, records and autographs

Recent Profile Visitors

The recent visitors block is disabled and is not being shown to other users.

  1. Thanks for the kind words. The house was built in 1877. Been a big project this past summer. It took a front seat (pun intended) to my driving the Dodge as much as my mechanic had asked me to. I don't think I've even got 25 miles on it yet since the rebuild. It's still below 48,000 orig miles. Next is some cosmetic paint work, a couple of mechanical issues yet (speedometer is jumpy, water pressure gauge needs to be replaced or "shocked" back into working order). But still a really nice ride and gets some approving glances from folks in my tiny town outside of Auburn, New York.
  2. Ha! I've been working on the house all summer. It's no longer that color (and still not finished!) I'll have to take Bessie's picture in front of the house again come Summer.
  3. Hey Everyone A couple of updates regarding my D-24 Town Sedan. It's been up and running for some time now. I get it out when I can and have found it a great pleasure to drive! Kinda tricky to learn how but once I have it in third I pretty much leave it. It's a lifelong dream come true to finally be behind the wheel. I found a local guy who rebuilt the engine for me and got it running like a top. I used the recommendation for the clutch repair and that worked out great! Thanks! Turns out the heater works just fine and we didn't have to replace the part my first mechanic thought would need doing. Here she is in front of my house, new tires and her first bath in forty years! The good news is - just tonight I finally found that mystery switch! On a fluke I went browsing on Ebay and thought I'd try, yet again, to land a switch for the dashboard. FOUND IT! It was pricey but it's original store stock and it is indeed a switch used to activate the backup light. Further evidence that it indeed is what some of you guessed it was. I hadn't seen this site until this evening. Thanks for all the help initially and the enthusiasm. I'm sure I'll have other questions as I keep tackling new issues. Hope you all have a great holiday season! Bill
  4. That would be kind of a neat feature if that were it, Marc... but it's a turn switch... on and off... which had a red jeweled cap. I think what my dad was guessing is probably what it is. You use it to turn on the back up light and turn it off when it's done. Since that wasn't standard equipment, and neither was the windshield wiper fluid button, it stands to reason that those are the two auxiliary features along with the starter button.
  5. Ha! Thanks Jim. That would kinda go without saying... especially since, when I put my foot on the brake pedal, it went all the way to the floor. We used the parking brake to stop it and secure it during the towing. Since then there has been a rebuild on the master cylinder and new brake lines installed. Once the tires go on we'll know more about the rest! Thanks for your concern, but my mechanic is pretty diligent about things
  6. Thanks for posting Donald. Looks like that required some ingenuity on your part! I'm looking to keep everything as authentic as I can on mine. I have a call out to a place that might be able to do a rebuild on mine. Fingers crossed!
  7. Hey there... Thanks for posting the detailed photos. I haven't checked to see if it flashes on mine or not. My heater looks pretty much like this one. And pictured below is the heater valve unit that I need to find a replacement for OR I understand there was a guy in California who at one time did a rebuild on this thing.
  8. This is pretty much it... although it also doesn't have the windshield washer fluid pump button which mine does. And I found these on Ebay not too long ago... hoping I could use the red one on my existing socket/switch but it didn't fit even though the seller said that it would.
  9. Hey Dan Thanks for the welcome. I spoke with my dad last night. He said that he only dimly recalled the switch being there and having never used it the handful of times he drove it. I guess, in part, because it wasn't working. But he seems to think that it was a switch you would turn that would glow red and trigger the single white back-up light by the trunk on the rear right-hand side. Since most cars didn't have back-up lights, he said, at that time this was an option or an after-market addition, likely. And if you turned it on and it glowed red, you would know then to turn it off once you'd backed up. Sounds plausible to me!
  10. Hey Frank Yeah, I've seen the different colors in the graining of these dashboards. Even though I love my car, I'm not crazy about the grey/brown color. Much prefer the walnut look.
  11. Thanks... I think so too. Mostly because I have such a history with it. I used to sleep out overnight in the backseat when I was a kid. Or sit in it and turn the headlights on and pretend I was driving down the highway late at night in our garage. Till the battery died! It was mostly just covered with sheets and eventually a custom car cover and was just something I would visit once a year when I went home to Missouri and peak underneath to see and to breath in that musty old car smell I remembered so well as a child. I appreciate your appreciation!
  12. Hey Busy I thought that, too, at first. But it's actually a turnable switch. On and off. Back and forth. It's been referred to as a dashboard light... but it's still a mystery to me at this point.
  13. Andy Thanks for the welcome... and glad to know that you appreciate this car as much as I do. It's a handsome car and I can't wait to drive it. I've driven at least once a week in my dreams since I was a kid. Tires, clutch and re-cored radiator and we're in the final stretch! I'll post more pics once I get it back from the shop and looking good. All the best!
  14. Also... has anyone had any problems going with G78-15's as opposed to 710-15's. They are appreciably less expensive in the wide whitewalls and a couple "tire guys" said they were interchangeable. I'm about to order and I believe I'll be going with the Royaltons unless anyone has had a negative experience with them. Thanks!
  15. Thanks for the recommendation, Don!
×
×
  • Create New...

Important Information

We have placed cookies on your device to help make this website better. You can adjust your cookie settings, otherwise we'll assume you're okay to continue.

Terms of Use