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Thanks very much for that all of you!

I see where Bernbaum sells pre-formed brake lines and maybe fuel lines as well. Anybody had experience with pre-formed lines?

Thanks!

There is a substance over the metal on the inside of the rear wheel wells that looks like fine concrete and scrapes off like same. It isn't road grime that I can tell. Maybe deadening coating"

Actually, I do have mice. And those nests! They got back into the lower door where the hinges are, and I had to make a tool from a coat hanger to pull it all out. I get those green blocks of rat killer and break them up into pieces and spread them around. What's worse is a bird's nest up on the rafter over the windshield. I also think some large animal with horns or sharp nails put a deep gouge in the paint of the driver's side door. Wow, a lot of layers of paint on the car.

Is Metro Rubber still in business?

Bernbaum Body Mounts. Seem to cover a lot of years/models. I have no idea of their quality. I would definitely look at Steele first. https://www.oldmoparts.com/parts/b-exterior-rubber/body-mount-set-1-upper-1-lower/

Might try Steele, Bernbaum, for the body mounts.

My car is in stages of restoration and the paint is not a factor. It's in a metal building and it gets dusty. I mainly wanted to prevent the gauges from getting dust on them. I have plastic sheeting taped to every window. The cover is from CarCovers.com. Basic. $87.00. Should do the job.

I bought a car cover, but I've wondered if covering your car would trap humidity inside and do more harm than good.

I mainly want to use it for rims, smaller sheet metal parts, etc. I have a larger compressor that I use for painting but it's by no means equipped for commercial blasting work. I could take stuff to a local sandblaster I guess, but it's always outsource vs. buying a tool to do it yourself. I would have a lot of use for the blaster as I move from section to section with the car. You know what I started with? You'll laugh. That little hand held unit that you fill up with sand and off you go. The media stream was so small that it took forever to clean stuff. But it was perfect for blasting a fuel pump body for rebuilding and stuff like that. I guess there's a place for a tool like that as opposed to setting up the equipment for one little part. But if I attempted to do a fender panel, I reckon I'd be done in time to go into the house and put up our Christmas tree.

I've been looking at sandblasters on You Tube, and of course Harbor Freight is a popular cheapy. Hard to say what's good for the price because some guys are very pleased while others aren't. Anybody recommend a sandblaster?

Maybe I'm lazy, and I am, I like the idea of not having two leads to content with.

Saw a guy on You Tube using a Power Point 3 Multi-Tester that beeps when it touches a live circuit. I can't see where it tests 6v. Anybody have one?

No it's not, and he may be retired as I am now, but have had to work all of those ten years and unfortunately had little time. I'm amazed it was that long ago that I got the car. I'm not sorry I did, but now that I'm putting my wife in a care center I'll have a whole bunch of time. Helluva way to get it, thought.

Having a 47' De Soto myself that is, no offense, in far better condition, I understand what IvanB is saying, but something you said caught my eye. I'm 70, and have had the car a little over ten years. Thought I'd have it done by now. By saying that you might not be alive to drive it, you may be alive to find a car in better condition that takes less time to restore. You can still have the same amount of fun and bonding with your grandsons, and I'm sure they would like to take that drive with you.

Great segue! I was waiting until I had more informative information so as not to bore you people, but since you asked, the starter is on my kitchen table being masked for painting. After four trips to and from S & H Electric in Des Moines, Iowa, (almost four hours per trip) I have a repaired and working starter, at least it worked when I was at his shop. Turns out that the solenoid relay that I bought from a guy on ebay who said it was tested and worked didn't work. And as we all know, these particular solenoids on this starter are harder to find than, well, anything that's hard to find. The owner of the shop - Tom - happened to have one of the solenoids in the back room that had a working relay and swapped it out for the bad one on my starter. He said he had to make a modification to make it all work and didn't charge me for the repair. That either means he's a damn good craftsman or he isn't sure the modification will work for very long. Seriously? I think this guy knows what he's doing. But as I said, we tested it on the bench and it fired right up using the proper terminals that are supposed to fire it up. Previously, I couldn't get mine to work no matter how many combinations of terminals I used. So I thought that in itself was promising. On the strength of that I debated whether or not to bolt it in immediately or paint it first and install it later. I couldn't resist the paint job. So I figured instead of boring you with what I've just written, I'd wait until later to bore you after I can report that Tom has really solved the starter problem. It was 70 degees here today, but the weather is supposed to turn like it was February. I'll have to wait until I get another warm spell. Hey, what happened to the thread from the guy who circled items on the wiring diagram that already said what they were? He probably fell for the "air grease" like I did.

Thank you Los_Control. I can always count on you for an informative, straight answer. I must admit, however, that it took me about thirty seconds to realize that I was being put on. After all, is there really a grease for elbows? Are spoons really greasy at a greasy spoon? And do people really grease your palm? Why shouldn't there be an air grease? Maybe like epoxy it is activated by air.

What type of grease should I put on my starter flywheel and gear?

Would they have made special sheet metal just for 3500 cars? I would think that economically speaking, pulling fenders and such "off the line" wouldn't have mattered to those who bought the cars and would have saved the builder a lot of money.

Laughter? That's very cool!

Will there be condensation issues between floorboard and the insulation?

And we'll leave it at that. The moderator undoubtedly would like us to move on.

Oh, I don't know. We often talk about lacquer on here.

Now, that really is a heartwarming story. A young girl on her first date is so proud of her new Mary Janes that she proudly shows them to you, and the two of you dance the night away. Touchin'! Just Touchin'!