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Very cool find! Like to see more 49's surfacing here.

This morning I was watching a recorded episode of Rick's Restorations and caught a quick glimpse of this Dodge bus as he walked by to meet the owners of a Bimbo Racer he had just restored. It sure would be fun to find one of these shorty's and bring it home. Anyone here have one ?

If you were to buy it you would..... Build/restore it -say its kinda cute just as everyone else would. Get tired of it and sell it to the next person who thinks it's a kinda cute little bus. Then two or three years later we would see it for sale and say... Wow what a cute little bus.

25 foot length of chain and a D6 crawler..it will come out... do document the process as going in will be almost reverse of coming out...certain things must be done in order..else you back up to get it done and cause more time and being on your head to begin with..adds to the frustration

Gotta love those 49's!!!

Another 49 Windsor Awesome .Best of luck if you end up buying it.

It is a MoPar oil filter housing. It fits for sure 1946-8 Chrysler Royal and Windsor plus maybe other Mopar long blocks up through 1948. Bob

Looks like some screws in the housing over te speedo. But don't know if actual speedo would come out from front, or back side of dash. The dash knobs probably have either regular screws or allen screws on the bottom side that cinch down on the shaft. Radio knobs may have set screws.....then remove chrome collars,,,,,,,probably thin nuts under collar on threaded shaft of radio. It may have a brace behind dash too.

That steering wheel is in the best shape I've seen outside of a museum. Jealous. I have a C38 ('46-'48) engine you can have for $100 if you pick it up here in central ohio. I recently disassembled it with intentions of rebuilding it but ended up rebuilding a different engine instead. It was rebuilt in the '80s and I have the invoice from the machine shop. It shows little evidence of wear since being rebuilt and I was told the car was parked shortly after the rebuild. The cylinders are 0.040 over and the crank journals are a little undersize as well; I forget how much. This engine was originally in a '47 Chrysler with fluid drive. There is a pit in one of the cylinder walls; either a casting flaw or corrosion from sitting. Comes with two heads. PM me if you're interested. These engines and the fluid drive transmissions periodically turn up on eBay as well.

Here's a video of one running. Kinda sounds like a bunch of flatheads running at the same time.

Cool Bus! Is that just like the one you rode to school?

Looking good, and sounding good. Congrats on getting up back on the road.

I have that same Exact Gas gauge in my 46.. LOL Only took my 3 times running out of fuel to figure that out.. Sounds NICE.... RLP

Car sounds great Mark. Too bad you had to be towed home.

80 0r 90 wt gear lube, but not the new stuff for hypoid gears. It has stuff in it that doesn't like bronze and brass. Check at Tractor Supply Co for regular gear lube.If you can't find the old style GL3 or lower, look for a new synthetic multi weight in the same neighborhood but read the label to make sure its compatable with white metal. I believe royal purple has one that will work.

I installed the headliner and back panels this past weekend. It went pretty well, definitely a job for 2 people. I had to do a little cutting, trimming, drilling etc., but all in all, everything fit really well. The holes along the back ended up varying just a little. In the center it measured 3/4" up from the bottom edge. As you move from center to the left and right the 3 holes on each side progressively get higher. The far left and far right holes measured 1", so only a 1/4" difference overall. I pushed the headliner up and marked the holes as I worked from center out. The distance front to back along the center seam is 38".

Thanks Merle, that's very helpful. I'm finished with all my Dyna-mat and insulation, now I'm ready to start installing the headliner and panels. In an earlier post I was curious about the holes in the top of the headliner, then I realized there are no holes pre-drilled in the headliner for the sides or back either. Your picture above and explanation eases my curiosity.