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BobT-47P15

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  1. 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.
  2. I got it with some other stuff one time. Have looked some on ebay but really have no clue what make or model it fits. An oil pressure gauge. Has a flat place on one side from being knocked around over the years.
  3. I think the pickups used a little smaller visor that attached to the drip channels . Something like this, without the louvers.
  4. This is my current collection of similar looking tools. No canvas tool roll yet, however. 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.
  5. In the parts manual, they show the license plate bracket and jack on the same page as those tools.
  6. Gary, that Chevy tool set is similar except for the pouch.
  7. BobT-47P15

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    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.
  8. 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. It was a long vehicle. Wonder if they have made many of those. You could definitely take the whole crew with you.
  9. So, if we avoid posting current auctions here on the forum - does anyone have any objection to the posting of an occasional closed sale just to show how much a person paid for a certain item.....which is sometimes a pretty ridiculous figure.
  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.
  12. Norm, I sometimes put in my "Maximum Bid" as offered on ebay. Of course, even that can run up the price when someone else starts bidding one at a time. Each time they bid, they get zinged by the "you have been outbid" notice. Then they go again. Up to a point where they don't want to pay any more for the item. So, now your $10 bid is up to $18 or $20. You may get it for that....or the next bidder may have more spending money to work with and you then lose anyway. I like the sniper thing (have used it maybe 3 times) as it does not run up the bid in the meantime. However, if a couple of sparring last minute bidders run the cost up too far, you can still lose based on your max limit. Nothing is foolproof except for being willing to spend a bunch of money sometimes. Like the current Playstation3 craze. Saw one with asking price of $1500. They claim one sold for $10,000 the first day.
  13. OK.....maybe I won't post any more active auctions, nor tell any sellers what they really have. I agree, after listening to others here....probably just need to let everybody shop for themselves. Or pass on things of interest via PM or email person to person. It always amazes me how many people are now buying old Plymouth parts - after all the years the old Plyms were ignored. Still see very few at shows and events in this area. Judging by the constant buying of parts, I guess that all of a sudden about 5,000 Plyms are gonna pop out of the woodwork someday.....all restored to A-1 shape.
  14. .....that unit with the Ford rolling down the street on its own. Hope his chains are stout. Think I might even use a couple more of those boomers for security. Well, maybe he's not going real far.....like only to town to a body shop or something. Nice rotisserie - doubt I will ever have occasion to use one, but certainly would be handy.
  15. I just stay logged in. That eliminates -- having to log in each time. Far as I can tell, it doesn't hurt anything by doing that. I don't usually attempt to answer or comment on certain questions (like fluid drive) since I have no real knowledge about them. I do occasionally see fairly simple questions asked, which are seemingly ignored. They may get read, but no one responds. Maybe everyone is tired of answering that certain question at that moment. So I occasionally jump in and try to evoke a reply even though I may not know the answer. Especially if the one asking is a pretty new participant. Hate for them to become disheartened right off the bat. All in all this group is more than generous with their time and answers....taking on the same questions from various newcomers. The guy that just purchased his first old MoPar normally has a few questions since they sometimes have different features than a Ferd or Shivvy. Just my "dos pesos" worth.
  16. If I really want some part, I would first check the For Sale list here. Often times the desired item is not listed here. So, it's "e-baywatch" time. I have gotten a few respectable deals on the bay, and have had to drop out on other things I wanted due to escalating price. I don't know if some of those hi selling items were ever mentioned on any forum, or were just also spotted by shoppers like me. So it's truly hard to know if a mention here is detrimental to other bidders or not. I think everyone SHOULD keep watching ebay along as our needed items do keep coming up from time to time. You want stainless trim???---it comes up and prices vary. Need voltage regulator, brake stuff, fenders, etc, etc....it will appear sometime. **There's one guy listing P15 parts right now, and I think he's starting too high on some things. * Eventually someone lists the same thing for less. And, the auto supply stores do have SOME old stuff available---may have to order it from their warehouse, but certain things are still obtainable from them. (I'm getting a voltage regulator from an O'Reilly Automotive store. About $31. Need to go by today to pick it up.)
  17. Ed, they now actually have a Bass Pro shop in Branson, at the new place right down by the lake, downtown, called Branson Landing. The Landing has high end type shops, mostly, as compared to the discount malls out on the strip. It also has apartments and condos in amongst the stores.
  18. Man, Tim. That was the kind of thing I always hope for.....yeah, I've got a bunch of P15 stuff back here....just didn't get it put out. Ya did good.
  19. Went to Branson to catch a couple shows at the Dick Clark American Bandstand Theater this weekend. The Friday evening show was Paul Revere and the Raiders, and Bill Medley, the surviving half of the Righteous Brothers. The Saturday afternoon show was The Comets, 3 of whom actually played with Bill Hailey waaay back. Two guys were 73, the drummer was 82. All fun shows for fans of the oldies. They have a collection of all 1957 model cars in the basement of the theater. We took that tour last trip -- they are all nice. Out front this time was a 57 Chevy stretch limo street rod. The better half looks pretty good in front of that car. Then, in his show, Paul Revere (who is a funny guy) uses this Nash Metropolitan front end as a keyboard stand. Another car out front was this Austin taxi with Corvette engine and other streetrod items.....done for the fellow who owns all the old cars. I reckon this would get you to your destination real quickly. In the background is the ever present Branson Highway 76 traffic (the main drag of town, where many of the music shows and businesses are located). They have the "Branson Wave", which is given by one driver who stops and motions in order to let another get into the line of traffic off a parking lot or side road. Pretty courteous drivers there for the most part. One of the main attractions of the town is Silver Dollar City theme park.
  20. I don't mind some posting of auction items.....I sometimes do it. It is some people's contention that by posting the auction here or elsewhere, it can help drive up the price by presumably inviting more bidders. Lately, I have simply posted some pictures of cars I found interesting, with no link to the ad. Therefore if anyone is interested to see more, they can go hunt it up on ebay. I have occasionally sent direct e-mail to an individual forum participant when I know they are looking for a certain item. Hopefully they find it helpful. It is hard to stay on top of the 'bay 24/7. I put one item in the "parts for sale" portion of the new forum and it was purchased by another member. So, that feature should be used when possible. The easy way to view all the 1946-47-48 parts on ebay is to put in a search this way: (1946,1947,1948) Plymouth. You can put this into your favorite searches section also.
  21. Tim...are these the type swan necks that go on the cowl, or do these attach to the door like the ones Robin has?
  22. Hi Zack. Sounds as if you are studying up on the car, which is a good thing. If you don't have any shop or parts manual for the wagon, consider buying them. Available in original, reprint or CD most of the time on ebay "Dodge for sale" section. Where do you live? I owned this 54 wagon back in the 1970s. It was in pretty good drivable condition then. Sold it to a fellow who just parked it and let it go to ruin over the next 25 or 30 years. It wound up at this oldies dealer in the area, then went north to the Kansas City area according to the seller. Hopefully someone will do something with it. It had the original flathead engine, and standard shift with overdrive.
  23. It appears to have about 1960 DeSoto tail lights/fins grafted on. Looks like a 1950 or 51 Dodge when it started. Looks like he cut the back edge and left the wing windows as part of the body, then made doors open at the front. That's going to a lot of trouble to produce a fairly ooogly car.
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