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Robert Horne

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  1. This is when I installed the TK5 Ranger trans... Ranger trans, Explorer driveshaft, Ranger rearend..
  2. I flushed my 38 rad with rain water many times one summer a few years ago. It had not run hot, but needed cleaning anyway. "Soft water", (rain water or from a water conditioner), makes a good cleaning agent. I only added coolant, no water. Several years now since, and the cooling system looks very good.....
  3. Yes, I used an Explorer driveshaft, that bolted to the Ranger rear, working great...
  4. The windshield looks to be a 36, sharp bottom corners. I think Dodge or Desota had headlamps like that.
  5. I will be 69 next month. I drove my first vehicle when I was 10, a Jeep truck on a dirt road. My two Uncles traded a 36 Plymouth Coupe back and forth over 40 years. I got to drive the 36 when I was around 12, on a dirt road also. I bought my pair of 38 Plymouth Coupes in 1986.
  6. I used three of my stock 3 speed transmissions before I went to the 5 speed Ranger trans. I am very glad I did. Now I have a lower than normal gear for first, great for coming up my steep driveway, and I have a 5th gear that is my overdrive gear. The 5 speed's 2nd, 3rd, and 4th gears are very similar to the 3 gears in my old 3 speed transmissions. Consider the cost, $50, and $75 for two Ranger trans The driveshaft (Explorer) cost about $15 at the junk yard. The Ranger rears are very cheap to buy. No adapters needed, only a little machine work on the trans front cover to match the 5 inch hole it the bell housing. My 38 is a lot easier to drive now, than when I had the stock trans..
  7. I have been in the search for one of these, FC Jeep.
  8. I have two 38 Plymouth Coupes. One is a P5 Business Coupe, and the other is a P6 Delux. The P5 only has one windshield wiper, the P6 has two.
  9. This 50 model belonged to my long time friend Charles in Ohio...
  10. My little white 38 Coupe on a rod run...
  11. Do keep up the updates, we are all here to help each other keep these old cars alive. Often, it is hard to find information on modifications. I kept the brake system original on my 48, except for the MC modifications, worked good....
  12. Here is another photo from someone on here using a bracket attached to the frame, and still leaving the original MC in place.
  13. Several people on here have used the original MC as a bracket. I did on my 48 Dodge, using a Mustang II as a MC. Worked great. Do a search on here for this system for more brake projects like this......
  14. My 48 Dodge had the best brakes of any of the older cars I have owned. I installed a Mustang II master cylinder, the rest was stock, worked great.. My 38 has front drum, and Ranger drum rear, Ranger master cylinder, has worked great the past few years..
  15. If you drive in snow, or wet roads, you will discover not to lock up your brakes, or you may go in a direction you do not want to go. I prefer my non power assist brakes in winter, less chance of hitting the brakes to hard. My modern daily driver truck with the power boost/ABS is a scary ride. The brakes will not lock up, even when I try. Pulling a trailer that does not have brakes is very scary. My neighbor's truck is almost as bad. He limped into my driveway with no brakes, from a bad rear line. The proportion valve did not kick in. These modern brakes systems, even when new, are not always what they should be...
  16. Yes, I believe this is the reason for "anti lock braking systems"..........
  17. The green blanket headliner came out very good, and still looks very good today. Shortly after I installed it, a friend gave me a very nice tan seat, and another friend gave me tan carpet. I bought a couple of tan blankets to replace the green headliner, but after several years the blankets are still in the bag,,,,,,,,,,,maybe work on it soon, maybe, "put off today what you can do tomorrow".............
  18. I used some of the bubble wrap on the roof, along with the roof insulation I saved from a Mustang, and a Mercury. I attached these with windshield urethane. I used a quality blanked for my headliner. The blanked has two layers back to back, with seams about every two or three inches, easy for installing the bows...
  19. This is one reason I went with the TK5 Ford Ranger 5 speed trans, where I did not have to use an adapter. The TK5 front retainer had to be machined to match the bell hole, about 1/16 difference.
  20. I was just guessing that a 83 to 87 TK5 was just as modern as any 82 to 87 S10 Chevy T5......
  21. My 36 and 37 transmissions have the parking brake with the handle coming up through the floor. My 38s have a cable to operate the parking brake. All my 36, 37, and 38 transmissions would attach to my 38 bell housings. I used one of my 38 bell housings on my TK5 speed install.
  22. Many people on here have installed the T5 trans in their cars. I installed a TK5 5 speed Ford Ranger trans, 1983 to 1987, in my 1938 Plymouth, still doing great.
  23. Very good job on your air filter assembly. I made one from a cookie tin, for my 48.....
  24. In the stock setup on my 38 Coupe, 80 hp 218/3 speed trans, stock rear (around a 4.00 gear), I was getting around 15 MPG. After I installed the 5 speed trans, 3.73 rear, I was getting MPG in the 20s around town, and to the cruise ins... On the club rod run of 100 miles, I used around 3 gallons of fuel. The speeds were mostly 40 to 55 MPH. My 300 Chrysler with the 3.6/250Hp engine/8 speed trans, gets about 22 MPG around town, and 32 MPG on a trip.. I would guess at 50MPH, my 38 has as good a wind design as my boxey 300...............
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