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Normspeed

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  1. That's the same light I have. I got it as a gift last Christmas.
  2. Lots of sources out there. Ebay, auto swap meets, folks like George Asche and others who modify stock components. When you can, post a photo or two, I'd like to see your 38.
  3. I have one of the crank type flashlights in my car. The crank drives a gear drive charger and it charges up in a minute or less of cranking. I like the idea that it will always be usable in an emergency even if I need to crank it for a minute or two.
  4. A scare like that can really help you to improve your diet and lifestyle. It's wonderful how many folks nowadays live long healthy lives after something like that. Take care and let's see some more pics of that project.
  5. Tim, that photo is enough to scare anyone outta the woods.
  6. Norm, yes, it will still tell you where you are. The LED screen will flash "LOST". Actually I think they will run off internal batteries or a source like a cig lighter.
  7. They straightened that out real nice.
  8. Don, you can use your GPS to check the accuracy of your speedometer. I'd like to get one myself, they are handy in boats as well. My P24 is original 6 volt but I did install a 12 volt step up unit to run my satellite radio, and I could run a GPS off that source too.
  9. When I was a kid in New Jersey, we had Esso stations there. Later, they split off.
  10. I had a great time at a local lake for the weekend. It was chilly and windy but I had a ball. The car, teardrop and folding boat drew a lot of curious folks. And stopping off at Bob Amos' shop in Riverside was great fun. Here are a few photos from the trip. I caught some trout and bass but I released everything. The used 3 speed tranny I installed is working just fine, but I'm anxious to get going on my overdrive rebuild.
  11. Bob, it was fun hooking up with you and the crew. Had a great trip to the lake, it was a bit colder than predicted, below freezing overnight but cozy in my teardrop. I'll post a couple photos in a separate post. It's amazing how many people from all walks of life will give you a smile and a thumbs-up when they see the old P24 barreling down the freeway with the teardrop following.
  12. Rodney, my buddy (pictured) and I were recruited to be "pit crew" help for this Stude a couple years ago at a dry lake called El Mirage. There was a big row of electric fans behind the rear window over the relocated radiator (not in use at the time) and the legend is that the previous owner drove the car from California to Bonneville, changed the tires, and ran some impressive speeds, then he put the street tires back on and cruised home! When the pic was taken, it was powered by a blown 560 pro stock motor. Deafening! And the owner/driver was approx 70 yrs old.
  13. You could check with Hollander interchange manuals. I don't have their later books but they do cover at least through 1989. My book shows a client services (interchange questions) phone number 1-800-825-0092. Sales is 1-800 761-9266. Hollanders is the type of book a wrecking yard would use to cross reference interchangeable parts. Very useful for this kind of problem.
  14. John, that sure is a pretty coupe in your profile. The motor sounds pretty complete. How much is the man asking? I'd look at the water jacket and thermostat housing with an eye for signs of unusually heavy corrosion, and ask if the gentleman has ever replaced the water distribution tube. The cracked manifold is minor, unless it got cracked from having the motor dropped. Save the pieces for that split exhaust setup.
  15. What a great piece of P15 history that photo is.
  16. If it were me, I'd leave the inner panels off for a while, so I could keep tinkering with the fit of the windows, regulators and channels Sometimes loosening and moving something at the bottom changes the fit at the top.
  17. After my rebuild I got a kind of clacky sound that got louder at higher RPMs, but mine would sort of cycle, louder, then softer, then louder. It was a bad (oversized) valve guide installed by the machine shop. It got a lot louder with the side cover off. Replacing that one bad guide took care of it. Hope yours is a quick, simple and cheap fix. Oh, also take a look at your valve springs. Sometimes a broken spring can make a racket at higher RPMs.
  18. Fred, try pushing the pins out from the other direction. They usually slip right out.
  19. I think the Studies used the Borg Warner R10 overdrive, so you might get a few bucks for that after the swap.
  20. I hear TheDahmer is thinking about a pickup. This would look great with the back torched off and a pickup bed in there.....Sort of a Travis McGee thing.
  21. Darin, both of the NAPAs in our area are really unpredictable on old Plymouth stuff. They vary from unwillingness to even open up their parts books, to finding a part and then charging obscene prices. I wrote to NAPA about it and they ignored it, so they are now my last resort supplier. Jon Robinson on the DeSoto forum works at a NAPA in Victorville and he's amazed at the crummy level of service our local NAPAs are giving. He has looked up part numbers for me when the locals said they do not exist. Don't you wish you had a business so successful that you could just blow off customers who are waiting in line with their money? Hmmm, come to think about it, that's kinda what Ford and GM were doing...
  22. I liked it when the OT stuff was part of the main forum, just marked OT. I'm lazy and most visits I only go to the P15-D24 page.
  23. Pete, while it's still in running condition, get one of those inexpensive mechanics stethoscopes and see if the knock is fuel pump related. I had one that sounded a lot like a rod bearing.
  24. Good story Pat, and all too familiar.
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