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Hello Gentleman, (and ladies) Update to my purchase of 1934 Plymouth PE. essentially I have purchased the car but believe it or not I have found a conscientious seller who noticed a (very small) trans leak after we returned from our test drive, he told me he could not in good conscious sell the vehicle that way, he also said he thought the battery had seen better days and wanted to replace the battery. both the repairs are being made with no adjustment to the negotiated price !! every now and then you get lucky and get your faith restored in man !! He is currently waiting on the required trans gasket/ seal and we will complete our transaction once parts are installed. he also removed the vehicle from the classified adds he had running . In my previous post reply's some had requested photos, well I only have one for now but will post more when I get her home.

Last year the weather cooperated and I was able to take a ride on Christmas Eve with no snow and mild temperatures. (-3 Celcius) This year I am not so sure as we have already had a skiff of snow that has thankfully gone and some colder temperatures. I try to run the car right up to snow so will have to keep a close eye on the weather. Today was around 6 degrees with only a light breeze so I headed out to inspect some of the SPOOKTACULAR creations around town. Caught this one as it was being set up so hopefully the halloween weather on Thursday does not include the rain scheduled for 4:30 local time. Happy Halloween everyone.

It's 87 here today. But that doesn't matter I drive my car regardless. I have even driven it in the snow LOL

Hello all, My name is Sean and I just sealed the deal on my second project vehicle. It is a 1952 Dodge B-3 Power Wagon. I have always loved these trucks and I am super excited that I get the chance to work on one. I am just starting my research on the truck and what is available, which is how I found my way here. The vendors thread caught my attention as it is exactly the kind of info I was looking for and I greatly appreciate that! I am sure I will pop in from time to time to tap into your wisdom as I tackle this admittedly rough project.

New made motor mounts are a crap shoot. Seen them fail fairly quick. I usually end up going with US made polyurethane mounts, if they are available for the application. If not, there are several companies that will rebuild yours. Might want to see if you can replicate the issue in the garage and inspect.

IF you shift manually to neutral is there any change? Is it a Hi or lo frequency vibration? What is the state of your drive shaft/u joints? Have you ruled out exhaust banging? I had a pipe contacting that passenger side under floor heat shield. ? .

I remember cars in the 1970's when a light bulb would burned out the other (good ones) would not flash Also if you plugged in trailer lights (or added more lights) thay would flash faster The timing was set by the amp flowing through flasher

Hi I just noticed that in my D24 picture, on the engine side of the cross frame I have a bow right next to the cross member which sets the location of the headliner at that point. In your picture the bow is just behind the cross member. The bow behind the cross member maybe too high or the cross member is too low in the center. There probably differences because you have a L version. The cross member is in the same position wrt the door pillar in both pictures. Not sure but is seems like your cross member is bent lower from the roof. Ed

Well, lets just say I'm diving in head first and hoping for the best. 🙄 First thing, I believe that since it was a construction truck .... the damage is from heavy equipment loading/unloading on the un-paved job site. Just too many damaged areas on the bed that was not caused by a normal fender bender on the road. So I would not use old construction equipment from the 40's to load the truck .... That would prevent the 3rd tear. I Had high hopes of welding the one crack up, then to cut the other repaired crack and grind to original metal and repair it properly .... I spent a 1/2 day on that and quickly switched to making a patch for it. That was getting me close but not very far ... I just could not get the right curve, even using different diameter of pipe. This is where I ended up with my home made patch. I was careful to repair the original edge so I did not have to recreate it, beyond my patience level. Then I used the patch I started to make, I had to cut it into 3 pieces and install them separately. Same time I had to put in 3 different pie cuts to get the metal to conform to all the different shapes going on here. There is no question I'm a self taught noob that only has welded in some simple patches in the past .... this is by far the hardest I have ever done. It is no way close to being finished, it is roughed in and now will take much patience with a hammer and dolly and tap tap tap .... weld weld weld grind grind grind ... I will get it close enough to match the existing bodywork on the truck.