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    1940 plymouth business coupe

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    Nashville TN
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  1. I have a 1950 special deluxe ply, with 1953 Chrysler 331 hemi need to put rear end in it . Any thoughts?

  2. Great. Just need to work up the nerve now.
  3. Okay the. I'm thinking about extending the plate well beyond the necessary are for the repair. What gauge steel would you suggest.
  4. I've borrowed a pic from another forum members post because I'm not able to take paid of my car right now. I'm looking for input from you all to help me in how to approach this problem. I've got rust in the front crossmember just above where the lower control arm bolts thru the member. My plan is to cut out the rusty area and weld a plate in its place. As much as I would love to make this a stock looking cross member when it's all send and done my bigger concerns is that the rust be removed and the piece be sufficiently strengthened to handle the load based on where the repair site is. I've circled where the rust spot is.
  5. Don that's what the diagram from langdon shows as vacuum. I have both of mine hooked up and routed around the block to the advance. This may be overkill as I've hear you can plug one and run off of one. With my current setup it sputters a little and won't maintain idle but I'm not 100% sure I've got the engine up to operating temp yet and the chokes may be causing some issues. Also beginning to believe my intake may have a leak.
  6. Confirmation that the 40 is silk screened I took mine apart today to check and see how bad off it was. Nothing is etched into the glass just screened on.
  7. I'm cringing as I write this because I'm probably going to order my offy intake a few days and don't want anyone to grab up the one he currently has in stock....but anything for the p15-d24 family. So here goes.... Exeter Auto Supply is an official Offy dealer. They can get anything offenhauser makes. They have the offy intakes for the flathead sixes at $264.91. Also if you join the HAMB alliance through jalopyjournal.com you can get an additional 5% off the retail price. Please try not to ruin my day by ordering the one I've got on hold now. Langdon also sells offy intakes, and I know he gets fenton stuff for stovebolts and may be able to get fenton for flatheads sixes.
  8. nope that's definitely not a 40 park light.
  9. I'm in the process of getting a similar setup running. Langdon may recommend the carter/weber setup instead of the holley/weber. I think for the smaller displacement sixes this is his standard offering. 201-218 probably go for a dual carter/weber setup with similar if not better fuel economy that the stock single. Anything larger 230-251 and greater holley/weber may be better. One thing to consider is the air cleaner options are limited with these setups due to the shape of the top of the carbs. Langdon sells all of the parts you need to make this a relatively simple bolt on affair.
  10. Well I'll be there....Can't enter my car but I can sure walk around and check out all of the nice stuff. I'll take plenty of pics.
  11. Shel, Is this a yard that sells stuff if so, I would love to find out if they have parts for my 40. The pic you shot is definitely a 40 plymouth. Obviously difficult to know how much of it is there but, if you could find out I would appreciate it. Rodney and I will have to fight over what might be available:p ....I'm not sure I want to tustle with him though. BTW if it is a selling yard....I'm calling dibs on the front trim and emblem. Thanks Omari
  12. Anyone showing up. I'll be there on Sunday morning bright and early. Let me know if I should look for any of you all. Omari
  13. Don, I was using one based on some information I had seen on a couple of the stovebolt boards. I'd also remembered Langdon himself mentioning I may want to think about using one. Unless something else develops to indicate that I may want to use one, I'm not planning on running it with one. Are you in town this week if so thursday or even possibly tommorow after 4pm would be great. let me know. Thanks Omari
  14. Finally got the problem diagnosed and licked. Changed the spark plugs. Poured a little gas into the front carb. The engine hit almost immediately but would not keep running. Then I decided to check for fuel at the carb inlets yet again. This time when I checked.....NOTHING....NADA.....ZILCH. The Fuel pressure regulator was the problem. I had installed it between the fuel pump and the carbs. It seemed to work fine at first but must have either been faulty or installed improperly. So I removed the faulty regulator, and ran a direct line from the pump to the Tee fitting. Turned it over a couple of time to get fuel up to the carbs, pumped the gas a couple of times. It hit and turned over and kept running. Anyway it now runs again and sounds great no smoke and no unusual sounds. I've got to adjust everything starting with the carb linkage. In its current configuration, its holding the throttle slightly open. I've also got to adjust the idle. Input from anyone who has run this setup would is greatly appreciated. Don Coatney if you're reading this I'll definitely need your help getting this thing dialed in properly.....as it seems to be idling too high. Next steps are to drop the tank and clean it out really well to make sure I don't have any problems, then run my fuel lines, and rebleed the brakes. Then I should be able to get the car off the jackstands. and start hanging sheet metal. Will keep you posted.
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