40plyguy

I’ve used these before with good results using a butane hot air”pencil”. The center ring is the solder, the outer rings are a sealant that activates with the shrink tubing to keep out moisture and salt water. The thing I like is that the wiring and connector remain flexible.

Thanks for all the input. It will help when rebuilding the engine for my Plymouth.

Thanks for the info. I will have to compare the gaskets. I thought the heads were pretty much the same.

Thanks much for the advice. I’ll have to get some of the Permatex then.

I picked up about 1/2 doz. Old engine gasket kits at a swap meet some years back. Some are Victor. Some OEM Mopar branded. I noticed some of the head gaskets are copper. Some steel. Wondering if there’s an advantage of one over the other? Another thing. Years ago I remember a machinist friend of mine would always spray non-coated head gaskets with aluminum spray paint when installing them. Is that still an accepted practice or is there something else popular nowadays? Tks much

Thanks for the reply. My knowledge of computer and this phone stuff is minimal. I was able to send a pic to old daddy at rustyhope as I think it’s his kit. Awaiting a reply. Thanks again

Picked up a front disc brake conversion kit for my ‘40 Plymouth off FB marketplace. Need help identifying the components so if needed at some point I could get replacement parts. Thanks much….unfortunately I tried to add a pic but the file was too large if that makes sense. Anyway the kit has an aluminum hub and ahat appears to be a GM single piston caliper. The caliper mounting brackets look to be red anodized. Hope that helps.

Sorry. Typo in topic heading. Monticello Iowa.

Wondering if anyone has gone to this in the past and if it would be worth a 3 hr drive? Used to go to the fall swap meet at Hawkeye Downs in Cedar Rapids that took place in early Oct. Haven’t seen a listing for it this year. Tks.

Thanks for sharing that. I could watch it over and over. Thanks again.....

Ever since I was a kid I wanted a ‘40 Ford. I still have a picture of one from a mid 60’s Hot Rod magazine that I was enamored with in high school. Unfortunately I couldn’t afford one. By chance I found my ‘40 Plymouth for sale. I had money burning a hole in my pocket from a boat I had just sold and the rest is history. That was over 25 yrs ago. Still working on it every once in a while. I think I made the right choice. I very seldom see a ‘40 Ply. at car shows whereas there’s always a Ford. Actually I very seldom see any pre 65 Mopars at any of the local shows.....

Some years back a local guy had a ‘40 Plymouth with a small block Ford and a 3 sp standard trans. So it is for sure doable.

Great looking car. Love the coupe body style. Looking at your user name I’m guessing you’re fr Cudahy,Wi.?

There’ll be a couple nuts and bolts left for you. Lol!

Sounds like they may be helping me as well. Planning on picking up a complete frame from them. Never heard of French lakes auto til Young Ed chimed in. Thank you, thank you, thank you....

never used them but WWW.autocolorlibrary has the color listed. You can search for the year of car you have and they will show a color chip. Not sure how close they can come to the actual color of your car. Might be worth a try. Another thing you could do is go to an auto paint store or a NAPA that does auto paint. They have fleet color chips that come in all shades of colors grays included. they can give you a set of color chips in advancing shades of gray. one may come close. Hope that helps. Don't do base coat/clear coat. I think I would do a straight enamel unless you're painting the whole car.

Tks Young Ed. I’ll contact them. Any possible lead is worth pursuing.

I already got a modern daily driver. So i want to keep the 40 closer to what it was in the 40's if you know what I mean. I know I have to redo brakes and suspension. That's not a problem I can't justify moving forward with that stuff til I have the frame issue resolved. unfortunately the crossmember isn't just riveted in place. It looks like the frame rails would need to be spread apart or one frame rail removed befor the new crossmember could be installed then put the other rail in place and weld everything back together again keeping everything aligned. The pictures below may help a little. At this point hoping to find a whole frame . Thanks much for the input.

Thanks for the replies. Wondering if after doing the Fatman conversion you still used the flattie engine? Thanks again.

Thinking of my on again off again project 40 Ply 2 dr sedan again. Anyway the front crossmember on the frame is rustedbadly on the bottom and rust is creeping up the sides to the top of it. The rest of the frame is fine. a couple years back when I removed the eng and front end I thought just the bottom of the crossmember was bad and was planning on making a new lower piece out of steel stock and bolting it in place. looking at it more recently I've discovered the damage is more severe. I've found a possible source for a rust free front crossmember. I'm thinking of getting the crossmember with about 2 ft of the frame rail on each side. Any thoughts on how far back on the frame rail to make a splice between the old and new pieces. Any ideas or thoughts would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.

I had a tarp over the car and apparently that's illegal. Had to take it off. It doesn't have a current license on it. I thought that putting a hobbyist license plate would take care of the issue. That won't do either. It has to be a fully functional vehicle. I have a utility trailer in front of the car. They will allow the trailer but it can't be tarpped or anything in it. I asked about putting up a Harbor Freight style portable garage. That's a big no-no. Seems kind of stupid, I can line the driveway with a boat, a camper and a utility trailer plus park mine and my wife's daily driver there with no problem. The city considers the Plymouth a junk car. It's over 100 ft from the road and can hardly be seen when passing. I'm guessing some neighbor is complaining. Mind you this is no gated highly affluent gated community it's in solid blue collared Cudahy, Wisconsin!

I'm toying with the same thing. I've had a 40 Plymouth for many many years. Just took the drivetrain out abt a year ago. Had the block, crank, head machined. Now the damn city wants it gone by the end of Sept. I've tried selling it years ago with all sorts of interest in it. All dreamers. No one ever showed up. I even tried giving the thing away for free at one point to a guy who claimed it was his favorite vintage car. He "always wanted one". Another dreamer. Anyway I finally started working on it about a yr and a half ago. I'd like my son to take it but I don't want it to become his problem. I envy those who can pull off a real father/son project. In this case I think the enthusiasm of my son would start to fall off after a month or so. I'd hear the complaining about how the car is in the way (he has a 4 car garage) and I'd be right back to square one. The city considers it a junk car. Apparently they refuse to realize that some people do work on old cars as a hobby and get some satisfaction from doing so.. I'm hoping for a miracle. Hope things work out in your favor as well. I feel your pain.

I think a good look would be old school luggage carriers that mount to the roof with suction cups and straps. Wooden crossbars would give a good support for anything you'd like to add to it.

I tried searching for "pcv" and nothing comes up. I also tried searching for posts on putting a t5 trans behind a flathead by searching "T5" and got virtually nothing. What am I doing wrong? I've been using the "search" box at the top right hand corner of the page. Thanks for any help.

Very cool! Is that with a stock flathead eng. ?