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Bob Riding

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Bob Riding last won the day on March 18

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    Male
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    Sanger, CA
  • Interests
    Vintage cars, fishing, camping, history, geneology, film, travel, winemaking (and tasting)
  • My Project Cars
    1940 Plymouth Suburban
    1952 Plymouth Suburban
    1954 Chrysler T&C wagon

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    Grandfather, married 45 years (to the same woman), have 2 grown boys
  • Occupation
    Retired from a major electric and gas utility company

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    Central California
  • Interests
    Old cars-have 6 Mopars (2 Dodge B1Bs), 5 Plymouths from '40-'51

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  1. Turner's Auto Wrecking, Fresno Cal. Lots of 50's cars. The owner Jerry Turner is in his 90s and is still working everyday. Jerry is amazing, and has helped countless customers looking for parts for their vehicles for at least the last 50 years. It's a family-run business with his grandson Kyle pulling parts and working the front desk. All here in dry, sunny, central California. Here are some pictures of his amazing Disneyland for car guys:
  2. Finally changed the 16 year old tires- went with 16R-7.00 in the back and 16R-6.00 in the front. Did a toe-in alignment. Took it for it's first ride and it seems to track well. I plan to take it to an alignment shop before the "Woodies in the Valley" show in late April in Visalia CA.
  3. I was wondering if there are still "new" flathead 6 (or 4 or 8) motors out there, and pulled up this thread from @PT81PlymouthPickup. If so, probably military surplus?
  4. I found this clipping from the Feb 1948 Fresno Bee. Apparently Crocket Bros. had enough 1947 engines to offer the service. I wonder how many months at $3.71/mo it would cost to take home one of these beauties?
  5. You're welcome. You'd be surprised how many are still operating, I assume since many hot rodders, street rodders, racers, etc still use manual transmissions.
  6. My throwout bearing was about that much $ on eBay. In addition, you also get original gooey grease in a waxed paper wrapping! Here's a link, if you don't already have it...Clutch Release Bearing 1946-1963 Plymouth DeSoto Dodge Chrysler I did as @Loren suggested and had my flywheel resurfaced and checked for true, replaced the worn ring gear with NOS and had a local friction shop clean up the clutch and disk, add new springs and give it the once over. Even got to use the original clutch disk. It looks new, everything works as it should and it's quiet.
  7. I did a search for thinner head gaskets a few years ago. Fel Pro and all of the eBay sellers who responded listed their head gaskets for the 23" head at between 0.079 and 0.081 inches thick. I was looking for 0.07 or less to increase compression. Never found one that thin, so I went with a stock copper sandwich gasket.
  8. Here are some photos if the movie film doesn't open...
  9. Here is the proportioning valve. It's stamped PV2-B. I think it's GM.
  10. Just finished installing the clutch pedal and brake pedal. Pressure feels good on both. I was able to find what looked like the correct clutch-fork pullback spring at a local hardware store for $2.89. eBay seller wanted $15 plus $5 shipping! Next, onto installing the proportioning valve on to the chassis, then connect up the brake lines. (I am running disks on the front, drums rear).There are no holes on the new dual master cylinder, so I plan to mount it to the frame below the MC. Any suggestions for mounting brackets? Also, what's the purpose of having multiple size fittings-9/16-18, 1/2-20, 7/16-24, 3/8-24 when all the brake lines are 3/16" diameter? 7806EA8D-2B45-45CE-BF0D-A79A9F714B90.mov
  11. That's the way I've always done it.
  12. I'm installing the clutch on the '52 and purchased what look to be hard nylon clutch pivot bearings from AB. After disassembling the old clutch, the metal bearing halves look good. They don't look like bronze - maybe white metal? The plastic ones are the same, except they have a groove in the back, I assume for lubrication. I know plastics have come a long way in the last few decades, but are they better than the originals, or does it not really matter as this application (clutch pivot) is low-heat and stress? What would you use?
  13. And the finished patchwork of holes is solid again!
  14. This is what I found on my '52 Suburban- looks homemade to me, but probably worked OK as a draft seal. Notice on the backside, how the pedal shafts are not centered, just like yours.
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