Lou Earle Posted April 15, 2008 Report Share Posted April 15, 2008 Traced the problem of gas gage to the sending unit- anyone know where I can get one or a replacement 50 Plymouth single wire? Why named my 50 Fastback Fireball 1- 1-The paint is Nason Fireball red- 2The car is now Fireball red 3-In 1950 The year of the First Southern 500 at Darlington speedway was run (expected a crowd of 5,000 fans-25,000 showed up-) and won by Johnny Mantz in Guess what- A 1950 Plymouth fastback!! He won because he ran truck tires and had very few blowouts on the track. The Lincoln in the race has 21 blowouts in 2200 miles and dropped out. The original car is on display at Darlington speedway. The above information from article by Smokey Yunick in Hot Rod September 90 issue [/img] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob_amos Posted April 16, 2008 Report Share Posted April 16, 2008 Try J.C.Whitney. They have one that can be modified to fit and is reasonable at under $20. If you would like, send me your e-mail address and I will send you a copy of a recent article that I wrote showing how to do the modification. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob_amos Posted April 16, 2008 Report Share Posted April 16, 2008 GT... you read the article in the last Golden State Region newsletter. If you want, I can e-mail you the file for reproduction in the tech section. Let me know if you want it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fireball Posted April 16, 2008 Report Share Posted April 16, 2008 Nice car and even nicer name;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
builtfercomfort Posted April 16, 2008 Report Share Posted April 16, 2008 Try J.C.Whitney. They have one that can be modified to fit and is reasonable at under $20. If you would like, send me your e-mail address and I will send you a copy of a recent article that I wrote showing how to do the modification. Do you have the part number or something for this? I tried to find a sender on JCW the other day and they demanded a (modern) car first, and when I guessed (old Jeep) it told me the price was $70-something -- Tom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob_amos Posted April 16, 2008 Report Share Posted April 16, 2008 Here is a link to the JC Whitney sender. http://www.jcwhitney.com/autoparts/Search?catalogId=10101&storeId=10101&sku=zx128525u+&searchbtn.x=0&searchbtn.y=0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lou Earle Posted April 16, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 16, 2008 Bob Tim Adams and I concluded - just like u that the jcw one u posted would work with mods- is you can pleas e mail me the info- my email is in-my profile thanks Lou PS jcw also a a generic door seal for about a $1.15 a foot vs 3 bucks plus for steele rubber- it works just fine I just ordered another 75 feet of it to do some doors on my black and silver 48 4 door Lou Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob_amos Posted April 17, 2008 Report Share Posted April 17, 2008 Lou, I don't see the e-mail address in your profile. Just send it to me here via a private message and I will send along the article. Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T120 Posted January 18, 2011 Report Share Posted January 18, 2011 Why named my 50 Fastback Fireball 1- 1-The paint is Nason Fireball red- 2The car is now Fireball red 3-In 1950 The year of the First Southern 500 at Darlington speedway was run (expected a crowd of 5,000 fans-25,000 showed up-) and won by Johnny Mantz in Guess what- A 1950 Plymouth fastback!! He won because he ran truck tires and had very few blowouts on the track. The Lincoln in the race has 21 blowouts in 2200 miles and dropped out. The original car is on display at Darlington speedway. The above information from article by Smokey Yunick in Hot Rod September 90 issue ....Interesting history of the Darlington Southern 500 - 1950 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james curl Posted January 18, 2011 Report Share Posted January 18, 2011 Lou, I used an add on gauge on my 48 from Speedway and used their generic fuel sender which is a one wire and fit my tank. I think you could just order from Speedway, you have to adjust the arm length and swing to fit your tank. Took me about one hour to disconnect and remove the old sender, install the new one, run the new wire and install the under dash add on gauge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aero3113 Posted January 18, 2011 Report Share Posted January 18, 2011 I bought the one from JCwhitney and modified it. Follow this link - http://www.ply33.com/Repair/fuelsender.html Here are some pics of mine,I did it a little different. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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