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Looking for some expert help here. I would love to do the interior myself. I know I can order SMS fabric to match, question I have is. Is there anyone that makes pre sewn seats for our cars? Even if it is not the original fabric, just curious. I have redone several older cars, 1951 and 1971 and 1997 Chevy trucks. But I have rebuilt the foam and then simply put on a pre-sewn seat cover on it. This is one you hog ring on and not a slip on cover. I want a permanent fix. I dont' have the skills or the equipment to sew it from scratch. So curious if anyone any input here. PS car just turned over 41k miles this year!

OUTFXD, That metal rod, if I remember correctly, sits in the selector of the wiper motor (should be a flange looking piece attached to the motor and the other end has a hole in it that the metal rod sits in) then it slides up though the hole in the dash that the knob attaches to. If you push the knob to hard that flange will flex and the rod knda drops through. It's been years since I had the wiper motor out but I believe only gravity holds that rod in place. The Plymouth manual only shows the electric motors and my Motors manual only shows the updated vacuum motor with the vacuum valve sitting directly under the switch. The older Trico motors have the linkage from the switch to the motor. As stated above I believe it is held in by gravity or a rubber grommet on the flange. Joe Lee

OK, while I appreciate your point, I notice your location is Florida. I live just outside the snowiest city in the lower 48. I believe I know how good defroster function when I see it. The model 36 heater in my 46 coupe is not the model to follow. I have relatives who come up for the holidays who drive around in rental cars and complain that the windows are all steamed up all the time. I tell them to push this button so the light is off when driving. Please take this in the manner it was intended.

FEF's snow bird buddies

Nothing personal. This forum gets about ten new posts a day, is clogging up the main board really a big concern? Also who's going to police when someone is a newbie and when they have sufficient knowledge to graduate to the main board, you? Maybe you should let the site moderator determine and enforce policy. If you don't like a post topic just don't post back to it and move on. You've posted to this one three times already, helping to keep it on top.

Plumbing solder/flux is usually acid based, use electronic solder and flux. Yes, you want good strain relief to prevent this from happening again. When I rewired my 51 every connection was crimped, soldered and heat shrinked. Then the wire runs were taped together using cloth electrical tape for further relief.

My heart and prayers go out to you Bingster. My mom had the same and passed in 2017 (peacefully in her sleep with my Dad holding her hand). My Dad was a saint putting up with the "I'm hungry did we eat yet?" every 5 minutes. I live several hours away, so I didn't have to put up with that, as it can drive any person nuts in a matter of days. So when I see the inevitable "What is the best oil to use.?" From noobs who don't research, my eyes roll and the first thought is what a doofus. Then I have to remember, these new posters don't have our experience with these old cars that we do. Especially the budget builders. A lot of people that ask the seemingly dumbest questions come from the instant gratification generation and don't have the patience we do. Also life hasn't beaten the stupid out of them yet. (It still gives me the left hook from nowhere sometimes as well.) Now with all that being said, I haven't really seen a lot of stupid questions, just the repetitious ones like the oil use. 99% of the posters here are usually looking for the info not really covered in the manual but experience from those of us that have said "ask me how I know". You other 1% you know who your are you lazy social parasites Wait...did I just say that out loud? Joe Lee

I'll tell you what. It's with some reluctance and a good degree of thought before I post a new question on here anymore. There used to be a guy on this board when I first came on over ten years ago who took shots as well. Same deal. It kinda makes the hobby not as much fun to post a question and dodge the arrows. However, I can certainly see this is a valid point for some of you folks. My wife has dementia, and I'm her only caregiver. I get very impatient with her asking the same question three minutes after she asked it the first time and then a few times more. To the point of screaming. I'm not asking for any sympathy, just reality. If any of you guys came to me with questions on how to write a book, a song, journalistic photography, furniture making, etc. etc. I know from my own experience that with something as difficult for a newbie as restoring a classic car there are hundreds smaller questions that fall between the cracks from the major ones, and those are the ones that make or break whatever craft you are attempting to learn. I guess I would say that rather than chastise a person for his question just ignore it. It takes just as much time to diss somebody as to answer their question or point then in the right direction. My apologies to all of you nice guys and dolls because this little diatribe is not intended for 99% of you. Cheers!

Got bored (really liking this retirement thing!) and decided to hang the drivers door before closing up shop for the day. Overall it went fairly smooth although I have one issue to resolve. The bottom rear of the door needs to go up approximately 3/16" to 1/4". Any thoughts on how to deal with that issue?

Front nose is installed. Currently pretty much all of the mounting hardware is loose. Only a few are snugged up tight. The assembly is sagging quite a bit on the right front passenger side. Not sure what's causing that issue just yet. I can lift it up which tells me that I should be able to tighten things up in the correct position once the fenders and doors are installed. It definitely does make the truck look a lot different

Things have been kinda hectic lately so I guess it's time to bring this thread up to date. The first bit of news is effective September 6th I am officially retired What this means is I'm now struggling to figure out what to do each day to occupy my time! All kidding aside, it's been interesting the last week or so trying to figure out when to go to bed, when to wake up and what tasks to take care of first. I have so many projects that trying to prioritize one over the other is proving to be some what of a challenge. I'm sure I'll get this all sorted out in the near future, but retirement has certainly changed my outlook on things. As far as the Dodge goes, I've been mostly concentrating on it, because it does run and drive and it would be nice to be able to hop in it and go for a relaxing drive now and then. I have both doors ready to install in the truck. Both roll-up and vent window assemblies have been installed in both doors. For the doors, all that's left is mainly the decorative stuff. I hope to install the front nose yet today and work on installing the doors early next week. I installed the drivers side stone guard and was going to install the passenger side only to find that it is bent pretty bad on the lower inside corner. So that piece goes back to the painter to be reworked. I now have the drivers side splash guard installed and will do the passenger side this week. Here's a couple of pictures showing current status.