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Hello all — friend Jerry and I set off Thursday for another run up to the Northwest Territories in the rusty trusty '47. Dubbed the Northern Forts tour, we are following the footsteps (tire prints?) of some of the first Europeans in Alberta and the North. If all goes well, we will pass through the fur-trading outposts of Fort Saskatchewan, F Victoria, F McMurray, F MacKay, F Chipewyan, F Fitzgerald, F Smith, F Resolution, F Vermillion, F Assiniboine and F Edmonton. Time permitting we will take an extra day on the way back for Fort Dunvegan up in the Peace River country. It will be a quick trip — we have our local club meeting tomorrow evening and the club executive meeting one week later. The 202 miles between Fort MacKay and Peace Point promise to be some of the most interesting... this is Alberta's Winter Road, open only from January, usually, through March, usually. Unlike our 2012 trip up the wide and flat ice road to Tuktoyaktuk, the Alberta Winter Road is largely overland and narrow, with lots of up and down and occasionally quite rough. I'll be shooting lots of photos on the way, and posting to the forum most evenings as long as we have the 'net. Photos below: Bing map of the planned route. Google maps does not recognize winter roads; 13"x20" Frost Shields (double glazing) on the front windscreens; At JiffyLube this morning as Rick-the-old-guy wows the next generation with the wonders of postwar Mopars; Draft-dodger Jerry applying a little more weatherstrip; Vintage thermometer (with a very vintage 'phone number) mounted under the roof rack.

This may or may not be helpful but it worked well for me. I bought a waterpump for my '67 Fury and the outlet ports (3) had threaded Allen plugs. I did not have a wrench large enough to fit ithe bigger one ( 9/16 Allen). I tried inserting a bolt with the same head size and turning it with vice-grips with no success. I welded a nut onto the threaded end of the bolt and attempted to remove it with a ratchet and promptly snapped the bolt in half. I could not find an Allen wrench that size locally but then suddenly got a brain storm (rare). I went to Home Depot and purchased a turnbuckle nut of the proper size ( two for $1.20 plus tax) and using a 1/2 inch drive ratchet and some pressure, I succeded in removing this stubborn rascal. Why it was tightened that much is a mystery to me. I hope this helps someone in the future. John R

Dean and his P15 sedan get a namecheck in this report... http://www.vhra.co.uk/VHRA/News/Entries/2014/5/10_ATOMIC.html

nurse...the 5/8" box wrench....

Here is my heater box in the 55 Fargo, not a "Mopar Truck Master", did not have one in complete or decent form sso used this. The defrost is not overly powerful, the heater blower out of the box is. I also made a 3 dollar voltage reducer for it, it works great.

I agree with you Jeff that it can be 'therapeutic' working on such a project, but I hope Dad isn't listening too hard to the words that I have been uttering during the process so far! Why is it that there is always only 1 nut or bolt that won't budge and has to be forcefully removed? What a lovely thought to spread your parent's ashes at Big Spur - I can say that I have been there recently and it truly is a lovely place. I made a little more progress on the 'Pop' truck in that I now have the front clip removed (apologies for poor quality of photos as it was dark at the time). I plan on disassembling the front clip so that the whole front section (including hood) can go to be sandblasted, and they will then go to be painted in 2-pac primer before being beaten back into shape. My next plan involves removing the engine and gearbox, and then the truck body. The body removal is a little more difficult than your trucks in other parts of the world as we have what you call a 'mono-body'. I plan to have the rolling chassis completed as soon as possible as I already have a running motor, gearbox, front brakes etc (thanks again lloydiie) to install. The front axle will need to be replaced with a spare that I have in my shed as the blocks that it was sitting on in the paddock for many years had sunk into the ground.

Looking good DD. Can't wait to see your old truck up and running again - it's been a while now!

I'm really stoked over the effort you've put into these. I'll bet they both drew a lot of attention. I'm sure your model did. ;D

Those large lights really add to the appearance of a '30's car. I have similar ones, not quite as big, on my '38 Chrysler and use them as turn signals.

some friends sourced some original marshal headlamps (PRESUMEABLY FROM 30´S O 40´S) for the front..loving them

It sure would be nice if all threads about this engine build could be combined into one thread. Much easier to track progress with all the eggs in one basket. Perhaps a moderator could combine them. Even though your engine builder knows what he is doing I suggest you print the information in this link and show it to him,------------------------------------------------------>http://p15-d24.com/page/p15d24/tech/tech_tips.html#installing

Hope this works

Good luck with the build I have a D11 coupe and live in the UK .