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No more restorations for sure ! I picked up a beautiful red 1968 dart GTS convertible . Loaded and all numbers matching. I'm going to cruise the country side with it in my retirement days. Having Fun Now !!

SOLD .............. Well , I was sorry to see the 1954 dodge pace car leave , but I had a blast restoring her. Enjoyed every moment of the restoration. Went to a Great guy that Loves Mopars .

Thanks Pflaming !

Well, I decided to sell my 54 dodge royal 500 indy pace car convertible . I'm moving onto other interests. Price is $65K negotiable. email me dodge59@wi.rr.com or call 414 464 5831 for more details or offers . Thanks ! Located in milwaukee wi. 53225

couple pics where I met Dennis Gage ." My Classic Car " @ .Elkhorn car show & swap meet .2016 .

ok. makes sense .

yeah,,,, there is a bunch off posts about installing my 10.1 high compression pistons in the 241 hemi. The pistons made a huge difference. don't know if I was being video taped when dennis gage was talking to me. I did not see his cameraman anywhere.but then again I was looking and talking to dennis.

Dodge City "under the lights" car show is aug 19th 2016 If you can make it .

very cool Merle ! Say Merle , I'll see you at dodge city "under the lights " . john

Hi Merle I was at the huge elkhorn car show near east troy. saturday. where I met dennis . He was out riding around with one other guy and it looked like a tripod camera of some some sort in the back of his golf cart . no footage was shot . his camera man I did not see around . dennis drove away by him self in the golf cart afterwards.

update : august 9 2016 . my 1954 dodge royal 500 indy pace car is running great ! The hemi is running stronger every time I take it out..Huge improvement with the updated High compression 10.1 venoila pistons . I met at the show , MY CLASSIC CAR host "Dennis Gage " . He loved my car and said he never seen a car like mine before . come to think of it ................I've watched quite a few of his shows and I never seen a 1954 convertible dodge either. let alone a pace car like mine .

Time to get the old girl out for 2016. here are a few more pics .

Greetings ! You could register with Facebook........ there is a special site there called "1953/54 dodge cars" . You can post your wanted items there also . check it out .

UPDATE ON THE BACK UP LIGHT SWITCH ............. well ............that is another thing checked off the to do list .. That is what was wrong >>> faulty switch on the trans. All good to go now.

One more respond about my powerflite at the forwardlook site ........... Comment >>>>>>>>>I've run across several examples where the casting dates and part numbers don't agree. I believe (and I'm just spitballing here) that this is due to parts room replacement transmissions being built at a later date to replenish supplies of earlier transmissions. IOW, the transmission plant used a 1955 casting date case to build a replacement '53-'54 transmission. Thanks ALL ! -----

I posted my question about my powerflite on "the forwardlook.net" and got some good answers..... here they are. dodge59 - 2016-03-12 6:20 PM Got a partial case number off the powerflite ..............1408 .. could not see the remaining other numbers with things in the way. According to the 1954 parts book, case part number 1408 308 was used on the following - 1953 Chrysler (C-58) Custom Imperial and (C-59) Crown Imperial (Powerflite assembly 1486 117) 1954 Chrysler (C63-1) New Yorker, (C63-2) New Yorker Deluxe, (C64) Custom Imperial and (C66) Crown Imperial 1954 DeSoto (S19) Firedome. 1954 Chrysler Imperials continued to use assembly 1486 117 while the DeSoto Firedome and Chrysler New Yorkers used 1539 789. The other case part number for 1954 was 1530 796 and was used on 1954 Plymouths (P25), 1954 Dodges (all 6 & V8), DeSoto (S-20) Powermaster and Chrysler (C62) Windsor Deluxe. All 1955 Chrysler Corporation cars used a Powerflite with case number 1619 333. So, it looks you have a 1953-54 Powerflite for DeSoto and Chrysler V8 models.

Got a partial case number off the powerflite ..............1408 .. could not see the remaining other numbers with things in the way.

I'll see if I can find those numbers on the trans.

mopar mike .... yes that is what the switch looks like . I have a 54 dodge royal 4 door also and that trans has the switches as you described , both on the drv side. take a look at your trans on the convertible and see where your backup light switch is when you get under there again mike.. mopar sure did some wierd things back in the day.

OK ... I won this item on ebay ... This is Identical to the one in my powerflite trans... Should work fine. but........................ I do wonder why MY 54 powerflite is a little different . maybe because it is a pacecar and mopar intalled a little stronger trans in it. It is even different than the shop manual pics . also ..........it''s not a 55 powerflite because it still has shift linkage not cable like 55 had . just don't know .. maybe somone will chime in..

mopar .......... my powerflite is a little different for some reason .. both the neutral and back up light switch are separate switches . on my powerflite the neutral switch is on the drv side and the backup light switch is on the pass side. The pic is the switch that is used for either or. the one I need has a 1/4" pipe fitting on one end. It screws in bu the reverse servo on the pass side of trans .

Hey guys ...... working on another problem I have with the dodge ........... The " back up light switch " in the 54 powerflite trans is faulty ! here is a pic of the one in need. anyone know of any sources that sells this item ? going to try to win this one one ebay. there are two bidders on it already.. Thanks !

Thanks Niel !

march 2016 .. Gee .. that was a long winter. But spring has sprung and it time to get out in the garage again. First thing on the agenda is to find out what is wrong with my speedometer . the needle will not move when moving . question is for you guys out there , I want to check and see if the cable is spinning in its casing. with a drill... do I spin the cable forward or in reverse rotation at point of the powerflite trans conncection? I have to get up under the dash still to lubricate that oil wick that screws into the back of the speedo housing . I'll do that first of course. Thanks for opinions !

My baby's are hibernating. DEC. 24 2015 . Merry Christmas to All !