Jump to content

BobT-47P15

Members
  • Posts

    12,895
  • Joined

  • Last visited

  • Days Won

    17

Posts posted by BobT-47P15

  1. The fellow who installed my carpet this summer made a split on the drivers side, so it could be pulled back to allow access to the master cylinder. A rather good and handy idea, I thought. And as some certain old timers may notice, my pedal pads are now going the proper direction. (they used to run from side to side).

    100_3581.jpg

  2. It seems someone sells new rubber mats for these cars, but can't recall who. I bought a new old stock mat several years ago....put it in.....the fit was ok....but due to age, it split in various places fairly soon. Finally replaced it with carpet this year.

  3. Ed, you could like they do in some of those Carribbean ports we've visited. They use small diameter trees as uprights to support boards like 2x4s & 2x6s. Had a picture but can't find it right now. Rather scary looking stuff, but I guess it works for them.

  4. Yes, if you have a fairly new digital camera with the movie capabiliy it will work just fine. I have a Kodak Easy Share camera, and it will do movies with sound. The problem with movies is often the loading time for people with computers on dial-up. Pete's place might be a good thing to use.

  5. Robin, there usta be some really neat old custom cars back in the 50s and 60s. I read those books at the drugstore magazine rack when they were new. It was pretty amazing what they could dream up, and sometimes used such items as drawer pulls and other sorts of household items.

  6. Hi Bob V. First go to your photo album and copy the url line for your photo.

    Then open the reply or thread box. Click on the little yellow envelope icon at the top, towards the right....looks like it has a mountain on it. That will open up a box in which to paste your url. When using the reply box, i click on the 'advanced' command at the bottom, which should open up the post including the photo. You can also go down to 'preview post' which will show the whole thing. Hope this helps. Might have to experiment with it a few times.

    p-15rudolph-1.jpg

  7. This is my current collection of similar looking tools. No canvas tool roll yet, however.

    000_0162.jpg

    Just things found in my tool boxes in the garage. Had those tire changing irons made from a piece of rear auto leaf spring. I need to scare up some wrenches that are open on both ends. These were just handy at the time I went looking.

  8. I have gotten a few important things off the bay....like some rear wheel outer grease seals. Plus other non-essentials like literature. The auto parts stores around have many things I have needed....just bought a new 6V voltage regulator for example. Got shocks at NAPA. Have also gotten stuff from swap meets. So it's mix and match for me too.

  9. When I was driving down the street yesterday (they wouldn't let me drive down the sidewalk)......I looked over in the next lane and there was a biiiig Ford pickup with a 6 door crew cab. An F350. Guess I had not seen one of those before.....just the usual 4 door models like this.

    d47e_3.JPG

    It was a long vehicle. Wonder if they have made many of those. You could definitely take the whole crew with you.

  10. If you look in the 1948 Dodge for sale section on ebay, there is a black sedan for sale that has a very good, original looking interior. If anyone wants to see what appears to be either original or a very good reupholstry job....just look it up.

    The only thing that does not seem original is the fact that there is matching carpet in both the front and back. I'm thinking these cars had rubber mats in front and horsehair carpet in the rear, just like a Plymouth. Putting this out as an informative item.

  11. Hi. I usually hang out on the P15-D24 forum. Sounds like this truck is indeed the nightmare type. I was in a local resto shop here in the Joplin, MO area a while back. They were restoring a 50 Chevy pickup of the same sort. The fellow I know who works there said you can buy just about every panel needed for a Chevy cab new reproduction nowadays. Probably won't be that lucky on a Dodge though. It would seem to me that a person could go out and find a more solid vehicle to buy for less money than repairing a bad one already owned. But then there is the nostalgia factor......"I bought it new", "it belonged to grandpa",etc.

×
×
  • 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