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I would like to take a minute here and extend a Happy Holidays wish to my forum members and express a heartfelt thank you to all of the folks here who have shared their knowledge and time to help me in my effort of working towards the restoration of our 46 Plymouth Club Coupe project. Many of you have helped on occasion, and a few have really been generous with their time and knowledge helping me work through issues and concerns. I'm sure just like many of the members here on the forum, I want the very best for this old car, and that pertains down to each and every nut and bolt connection, piece and part. However, it is without a doubt obvious that I am way on the upper end of being obsessive compulsive about it all. In all honesty, if I could change it, I would, it's more of a curse than anything else...anyway - at 62 yrs old I don't suppose I'll be able to have much change on the way this old mind of mine works for the remaining years I have. That said, I would like to express my appreciation and sincere thanks for many that immediately come to mind, here on the forum, that have hung in there with me, and obviously have gone above and beyond to always try to help answer the many questions I have posted here on the forum, over the past few years.....Plymouthy Adams especially has been second to none, (as I have pm'd him so many times, even called him direct on the phone, etc...as I value his knowledge so very much, and also many others immediately come to mind, Young Ed is another that always helps and is quick to share information and knowledge with others, he has helped me many times,..DB4ya is another, Andy down in Australia,..Don Coatney is another,...and certainly over the past few years there have been quite a few others who have been good enough to share info and help me out...again, thank you all for each and every minute you took from your time to try and assist me...I am extremely thankful for your efforts, and so very thankful for the day that I found and joined this forum. Steve

So when you shave the deck lid on your Plymouth what do you do with the brake light lens? Here's the stained glass window our daughter made with mine. Reuse, repurpose, whatever. Just never throw parts away!

Took these pics of various Mopars at the New England Rod & Custom Clubs Smoke & Iron Rod Run over the 1st/2nd December.......based in the city of Armidale in New South Wales this area is known as the New England area and is about 3hrs drive from my town of Grafton.......anyway these were a few of the mopars I found there, the channeled 34 Coupe runs a small block mopar, that front end is from a Peugeot, the 37 Plymouth Coupe is an ex US car, this body style was never sold in Oz, the 48 Plymouth 2 dr is also an ex USA car, it has late model GM Holden front suspension and Holden V8 and was painted by the owner, not sure what is in the Oz sourced 1949 Plymouth with the chopped top, the black chopped top pickup I am unsure whether its a Fargo or Dodge, from memory it had a small block, the red 1946 Plymouth Coupe was an ex USA car complete with about a heap of Bonneville and a Montana Dodge Boys decals on the drivers side rear window, it ran a twin carbed 230 and the final pic a 46-48 DeSoto was a strange one, it was RHD but supposedly an import tho it may have been an original 1948 import, it was a Fluid Drive car, lowered but otherwise a stocker..............Andy Douglas

My goodness you work fast - you're my hero!!! I was thinking about Los_Control's suggestion that a resilient "T" gasket would take the curse off the bed / floor gap and thought that a trip to your closest big box home improvement store might net you some flat gasket/weather strip material that you could route flush with the wood (my turn to sketch!)

I think my '97 Dak is getting nervous from my interest in both your build and Radarsonwheels'! Looks great - keep the updates coming!

I also cut my rear fenders apart again and widened them some more They are 14.5" wide now

Radarsonwheels, thanks for the info on the brake booster set up. Will look into it. ggdad1951, i was figuring about 400lbs more than a small block. Made some progress over last weekend. set the cab where we thought it might be happy, tacked in some mounts to hold it steady, then lifted it all off and set the motor and transmission in. We made some cuts in the firewall for clearance, and determined that we are gonna have to raise the body about 2 inches to give adequate clearance for the wiper motor and such. All in all, a good productive weekend. Now that i have an idea of what we need for mounts, i can purchase the metal for the fab work and get started. Chassis handled the weight of the cummins and transmission well. I did find the heavier moog front springs, so those will get ordered pretty quick and installed just to make sure all he clearances are good before final weld in of the brackets.

steering wheels have a slight tapering and what makes them so secure when affixed. I would not space the steering wheel with a washer....and yes 99% of addon devices look just that....added on.... the inability to see the flashing indicator light is pretty much the rule on a stock steering wheel....relocating the light operation to another installed indicator in plain view would be the best all around deal in my opinion. If you wish not to do a mod in this manner, at least install a sounding device like a beeper out of sight that will alert you to the fact you still have an active turning signal. The angled out of normal positioning we are so used to will add to the in your face look of the aftermarket device..

Just read a story today, a local radio station is bringing it back! And in the SF Bay Area of all places! There still is hope!

Thanks for all your support gents. Nicholas really appreciates the encouragement. Nicholas has decided on a color that goes perfect with his favorite suit so he's all set ?

I’ve pulled many a seal with sheet metal screws through the metal flange area. Some with a slide hammer tool, and some by gripping the screw with Vice Grips and prying against the pliers. Or tapping on the plier with a hammer.

well, that is not a real truck....a real truck would not have a fuel cell with access through the bed floor......I am pretty opinionated, and often this does not sit well with folks but I have zero respect for any fuel cell outfitted build that IS NOT 100% a track vehicle.... it reeks of pure shortcut and no matter how trick it may look, the real trick is to have a functional fuel fill that flows with the body...but remember...this is just my opinion and has nothing to do with the name on the title of your vehicle...?

how many weeks you think that adds to the build? Not my intention, but when you get a tatoo artist and say "dont do this" I suspect radaronwheels is ready to kick us off the forums

Nick, I love that you love it. Everybody here respects your opinion. I admit to being old enough to know better, but I also may just paint my truck black as it came from the factory. I get a bit of a pass, I have a truck and if it is loaded with lumber and dirty at the same time, they not going to hit me as hard as a car with dirt on it Paint it pink if you want, one poster here used the chalkboard paint so people could write on his car. I really like this idea. The most important thing here, Take your time and enjoy the process. One thing I worry about, I see it happen to others, you get to be too much of a perfectionist, is going to cost money and project is delayed and eventually abandoned. JUST GET ER DID! and then move on to the next project. ..... girls, they are often sneaky and sometimes a bigger project then first thought .... building a 32 ford coupe could be easier. Keep us posted.

just grabbed this off of facebook more food for thought

Geez, Don. What else are doing in your shop. Is that blood on the ground? I know, I know... what happens in fight shop stays in fight shop.

12V 6bt runs about 1100 pounds w/o trans...I likely could look up to the tenth of a pound of I got the itch to do so...

Here ya go. It’s a corvette style dual diaphram booster off ebay that came with a bracket and swinging pedal for the inside of the firewall. My firewall is not stock but I originally put this same setup in this truck back when it was on it’s 54 chassis with the flatty- search my threads from like a year/year and a half ago-ish? The key is the dual diaphram booster it’s much smaller diameter and worked fine with whatever vacuum my hotrod 230 flathead made. There is a lot of room to put it where you want under the hood but I did extend my toe board up and make more room before the pedal is floored- a smaller bore master will have better feel but need more travel. Fingers crossed the big stroker idles tame enough to suck on the booster but I can always go manual brakes if I have to later. I welded the stock 54 brake pedal pad onto the bottom of the aftermarket pedal arm so if would look right in the old truck. I might be welding a wide pad on it like an L now so that it reaches under the column more- the new hacked firewall didn’t have much room so I put the pedal swinging to the outside of the column instead of to the right and it fits because there is no clutch pedal but it feels a little far left to hit with my right foot. Likewise when the floor/tunnel is done I wanna tweak the gas over to the right some more.

if I can continue to help as you go about this process....a quick PM to me on the forum is usually the faster way to reach me...

sounds like a great time,