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John Reddie

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  1. I would also check your distributor cap inside for carbon tracks or cracks between the electrodes if you have not done so. Good luck. John R
  2. When you own a car like this one, you cannot do anything wrong when driving. It's got to be the only one like it on the planet. John R
  3. OUCH Frank. That is scary stuff for sure.? John R
  4. What I would do in this case is to run a new wire and connectors in place of the damaged wire you now have and see if the fuel gauge works correctly. As was mentioned too, be sure you have nice clean grounds as well. Good luck to you. John
  5. Hello and welcome. The coupe looks nice with plenty of potential?. How are the floors, rocker panels and trunk floor? Does the car run and drive? Keep us updated on your progress and thanks for posting. John R
  6. Joe, you are right. Very often a simple connection can create a problem that seems to indicate a failed part. I have learned from reading test procedures that testing for power reaching the components is the first step. Believe me, I have been through what you have and so have others. Learning experiences John R.
  7. Hello and welcome. If this were my car, I would remove the engine and replace all of the freeze plugs. Much easier to set them in this way. As was said, these plugs can be a headache and if one is leaking, the others probably aren't much better. With the engine out and all the plugs removed, you can flush out the cooling passages too. On one of my Plymouth's, I changed all the plugs and cleaned and painted the engine before putting it back. Good luck to you. John R
  8. Hey Moose, Great score. That will be a rewarding project when you are finished?. John R
  9. That oil looks normal to me, no coolant mixed in. Was the car running okay and then suddenly began to put out the white smoke? Good luck to you. John R
  10. My first Plymouth was a 1935 rumble seat coupe that my mother bought for me in 1953 when I was 11. It didn't run but we tinkered with it. It had been a stock car at a local oval track and was painted silver with black fenders. Both doors had the number 44 painted on them and on the back, the spare wheel and bracket had been removed and a nice painting of Daisy Mae from the 'Lil Abner comics was displayed. Before too long, a young man stopped by and wanted to trade me a '37 Packard rumble seat coupe for the Plymouth. He had raced it earlier but went to Korea. I agreed to the trade but have always regretted that I never went to see him race the '35 Plymouth. Since then I have owned a '36 Plymouth rumble seat coupe, 4 P15's, a '48 Dodge and a '49 Chrysler Windsor club coupe. After that I had a '62 Dodge Dart slant six with the push button shift and I now own a 1967 Plymouth Fury III convertible and a !967 Plymouth Fury III 4 door hardtop. The convertible I have had for 46 years and the hardtop for 11. I drive these cars year round as long as there is no salt or rain going on. I still do most of the work on them myself but it isn't as easy now in my late 70's. John R
  11. Back when I was young and had a few Mopar flatheads, they were pretty worn and tired by the time I got them and behaved as you described. Oil pressure was usually pretty low too but I kept topping up the oil and didn't push them very hard and got by okay. Fun times back then. John R
  12. The town dentist that was our neighbor and had an office in his home had a '49 or '50 fastback Pontiac with a rear window wiper. I know that some of the old bathtub styled Nash cars had that feature as well. I always wondered how well they actually worked. That vacuum had to travel a long way. John R
  13. Yes, this is way too low. Even with an inflated tire, the clearance would not be increased that much. If this car was mine, I would remove the lowering pieces and install the correct length u-bolts so the springs are positioned as they should be.. Having owned one of these Dodges before, I know what nice cars they are to drive. I hope you can get it back in roadworthy condition with either the existing engine or another similar flathead 6 of the same vintage (rather than a Chevrolet). My opinion of course but in any event, good luck to you. John R
  14. Yes this is true. It most likely was ordered without a radio. My '49 Windsor had a radio and in the seven years that I owned it, I had more trouble with that radio than anything else on the car.?
  15. Nice looking Chrysler. Interesting that is has no radio. All the ones I've seen before did have radios. Good luck. John R
  16. One quick way to identify the difference in the town sedan and the other sedan is the placement of the rear wing window. On the town sedan, it is located in the back doors as is the car pictured by Imperigal where the other and more common model had the rear wing window behind the rear door and separate from it as in to pic I posted. Plymouth also offered a town sedan but only for '42 and I believe some of the DeSoto's and Chrysler's did as well. Great cars, all of them. John R
  17. Thanks Dave for your response. I do know that from reading various posts on here, those 8 cylinder Chrysler parts can be hard to come up with sometimes.. I have found items on ebay that I was shocked were available. I would keep watching there if you are unable to score a muffler from the places listed. Good luck to you. John R
  18. Hi Dave and welcome, I'm sorry but I don't know a source for your muffler but I am sure that someone here can help you. I just want to say that a 38" long muffler is pretty impressive?. Is your '41Buick a two-door? John R
  19. Hello and welcome, Your Dodge looks really nice. I had a '48 Dodge 4 door (not a Town Sedan like yours) and I really liked it. They are great dependable cars and a pleasure to drive. The Fluid Drive was especially nice in heavy traffic. Thanks for posting the pics. John R
  20. For rear window glass, you might want to check this place. They appear to have a lot of older car glass available. It's worth a shot. Good luck. John R http://www.ebaystores.com/Bobs-Classic-Auto-Glass/Plymouth-Glass-/_i.html?_fsub=885652018&_sid=79341138&_trksid=p4634.c0.m322
  21. Hello and welcome, These cars are not as plentiful and the other '49 Plymouth models but they are neat for sure. You have your work cut out for you but it will be well worth it when you are through. Good luck to you. John R
  22. That will be a great time. Thanks for posting this. John R
  23. JohnS48plm, I was at that 1993 Meet in Plymouth MA and I remember your convertible along with other P15's. It was then that I joined the Plymouth Owners Club and am still a member. I am hoping that they will have another meet locally in the near future. John R
  24. Good question. I don't know but I too would like to know how many are still around and which one would be the earliest number. My dad bought a '46 Plymouth two door sedan in 1948. It was a Deluxe model with the plain dash, no arm rests or horn ring and the dash colored panel where the ignition switch was rather than chrome. I remember once when he had it repaired, the mechanic told him that he had to special order a part because it was an early '46. I know that a lot of P15's were produced and like the fact that so many are still around. John R
  25. keithb7, Watch out for this little wire in the distributor that I have highlighted. It carries juice to the points and if it is close or touching the distributor housing as this one is, it will rub the insulation through and short out and cause the engine to die out due to the movement of the breaker plate when the engine is running. It can drive you nuts when it happens if you are not familiar with it. I leaned this the hard way on a winter night at 5 degrees. (I am shivering just thinking about it)? John R
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