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Thomba48

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  1. To the content: Well one thing is clear - and my little internet research success is supporting this note - the subject matter especially in regard to a convertible has not really found the level of interest for the market to really offer a sound solution. I will need to further my hunt and happily keep you posted. Thom
  2. FIRST OF ALL - HAPPY 4TH JULY CELEBRATION TO ALL OR AT LEAST MOST OF YOU :-)
  3. Thank you all for your help and inspiration. I decided to go down that route and agreed to purchase one unit. By the way - for me it is not a matter of driving faster at all. It is more a question of when driving on the motorway in my previous Plymouth just doing 65mph (which you honestly have to in Germany in order not be thrown off almost) felt being a very noisy and almost brutal exercise for the car. We shall see and I will leave you informed.
  4. Hi and hello to to wizards out there :-) By law I am required to install a retractable seatbelt in the rear bench in order to take my son along. Hence i shall install one each side. Certainly makes sense from a security point of view. Now, any recommendations from where to buy and most importantly any pictures available to show me how you have done it. After all being a convertible there simply is no upper door post. Not to mention that fact that with benchseats make it more complicated also. thanks
  5. Hi to all of you - having a vintage car is somehow different than owning a modern car. In the latter case I would never even consider to optimise or change what I have. In the first - so vintage car case - it feels like it would be almost just tooo boring to not make changes of various kinds. Well one change I was considering is to possible add an OD. After all especially on motorways the flathead six (with little abilities to be really tuned up a lot) comes to its limitations, also in sound terms. So what is your verdict - does an OD really help? Are there any downsides - besides the price obviously - to install an OD? Looking forward to hearing from you.
  6. Thank you. That certainly looks better. I might look into this option instead. Thom
  7. Hi - have already listed this "query" in the classified section. With no success sofar. There I am moving this topic to this section: "I need an NOS like Mopar outside mirror for the passenger side. It is required to replicate the one already installed on the driver side - henceforth one that is being installed directly on to the door." Anyone an idea where I could find one? I know ebay is always a nice location. But currently have not found one :-) thanks
  8. Hi - I am interested in a heater duct replacement and have obviously found various offerings for example in ebay. i.e. this one http://www.ebay.com/itm/Heater-Duct-for-1949-1952-Plymouth-Dodge-DeSoto-Chrysler-/222297120742?fits=Year%3A1949|Make%3APlymouth&hash=item33c1f0dfe6:g:t7sAAOSwhDdXDmim&vxp=mtr To me they just look, well cheap with all the visual tags, not really original enough. Has anyone got any experience with those offerings or maybe more appealing ones on offer? thanks
  9. thanks Don. Will you keep it chromish or paint in it black?
  10. Hi knuckleharley. I would never ever feel offended by any of you guys. :-) By the way - not that easy in Germany. Hence I was thinking about planning slightly ahead.
  11. Thanks - I completely understand your message. Do you know of a medium route with Champion being on the low end and e.g. the brassworks? Thanks
  12. That is actually the plan - the collect everything that I need or might need and ship together with the car to Germany. :-)
  13. thanks - any relevant alternatives. Besides an NOS one which? (have to find it first and you have to be willing to pay the price).
  14. Hi - I believe I could be in the need for a new radiator for a P18 model. Searching around I always bump into the champion offering. Has anyone ever made any experience with this product? thanks
  15. Thomba48

    Carpet

    Interesting note: I have almost purchased - finally :-) - a 1949 Plymouth convertible that is almost perfect. Some minor things like the flooring needs to be optimised. Has the rubber flooring - which is original - but the material is cracking in many parts already. So I have decided to go down the carpet route - no idea where to get the rubber floor. Also not to keen on the look itself. Initiated a few inquiries - obviously also ended up finding Newark Auto company (dreadful website, but nice service, reasonably priced, quality? I don't know) and approached them. When you go to JcWhitney is them also. That we all knew already. I also approached stockinteriors - slighly more expensive then JcWhitney so maybe better? Well having approached them their response was "You already contacted our production facility hence you kow it all. Thanks". Or in other words - Newark Auto is their production facility. As I had approached them already, stockinteriors did not see the need to help me any further. Now we know :-) The strange thing - they offering is roughly 40 USD more expensive. Well, well, well. So they could have slightly ripped me off :-)
  16. Thomba48

    Carpet

    Please let us know what the quality is like. Thanks
  17. Thanks for reading - I was recommended to go the service checkup way and ordered a visit through lemon squad. Shall see what the result is. :-)))
  18. Thomba48

    Carpet

    This might not be very representative but I used stockinteriors a couple of years ago for a P15 model. It all went very fine. The quality of the carpet (I did not choose the most expensive quality option) was very good. The fit very fine - but then the fit is not a problem anyway thanks to a trick: The carpet comes in two pieces. The actual overlay takes place underneath the front seat area, hence the overlay is not visible, hence adjustments towards the front and rear end of the floor can be made very easily.
  19. Hi and Hello, I have spotted a nice 1949 Plymouth that I am really interested in the West Palm Beach area. On paper - saying through emails and interactions - all looks good. But then - as good hearted as any seller might be - can you really trust a book by its cover? In other words, I once bought a car in the US without having it being checked by someone else. That was a bit of a mistake I do not want to do again. My problem - I can't simply just fly over from Germany to have a look at one car. That is from a timing and financial perspective just not a feasible act. Hence my question: Would anyone know a person that could stand in for me? That could check this car out for me and let me know his or hers objective point of view? I am not looking for a professional type as such, a simple check up would certainly do. And obviously, all occurring costs would be covered by me. Maybe you happen to have a name that you could pass on to me? Thank you very much for any thoughts and ideas that you might be able to pass on to me. Thom P.S. Thanks also to all those that I have contacted already directly and that have been so keen in helping and supporting me :-) You know who I mean :-)
  20. Thanks and good luck. Do come over one day. I shall be your guide then, even though you wouldn't need one anyway. Thom
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