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OK, as I am starting to find and search things for TODD in a few years I figured a build thread needs to get started! For those who don't know, I've been planning FEF's brother for a bit over a year now. I'll stick in the bar coaster drawing of the original concept here as well as a picture that started my brain going down this road (tow truck). TODD stands for Turbo Diesel Pilot House (TDPH)...or TODD PH for short, or TODD even shorter. I've got a line on a 1994 4WD Ram 2500 with the turbo Cummins in it for a song, especially considering the tranny has a fresh rebuild on it. I also would get the performance enhancements the owner bought but never installed. The truch has ~250k miles on it so an engine rebuild is planed as well. I've been collecting random parts for the last year+ and need to decide if I should pull the trigger on the 2500. The picture below of the tow truck is on an 1990 Ram frame. I plan on a tilting hood like a modern semi to be able to acces the engine area (as the tow truck did) and extending the cab to have a smaller suicide door on each side for behind the seat storage. He will then finish out in a stake bed to use for hauling. I plan on roof lights, semi horns and a for "kicks" underslung train horn for those who REALLY piss me off onthe road (or at shows). I plan a '51+ main cab/front clip and use the older style doors to bring the brake line back further to accound for the flat suicide doors. About all the farther I've gotten on the overall direction. I called the owner of the tow truck today and he told me it was a pretty easy build, but he used a 1.5 ton cab/front end, and his is running on a 1990 Dodge frame. He had to cut out the firewall a bit (~4") for the longer engine and of course all the other stuff to acount for the pedals and such. I plan a trip out there (luckily "local") sometime this summer/fall to take pictures and measuements. Thoughs on the frame swap? Thoughts on my insanity? TODD: Tow truck:

My Spring Special is coming along, hope to have it ready for the BBQ at Tim's place. If not these Pic's will have to do. It has been a long process but will be worth it.

On the above toolbar there is a hot button titled "RESOURCES" If you park your mouse on this button a drop down box shows several options. One of these options is "DOWNLOADS". There have been several recent questions about distributor applications. Yesterday I added three PDF files that list all distributor applications for Mopars from 1933 to 1953. Also included in this information is setup data. Hopefully this will answer a lot of questions and can be a quick reference. It was easy to add these files and I suggest that anyone with other helpful files should post them in this section. The use of relevent tags (distributor, points, vacuum advance, etc) will make these files easy to find using the forum search function.

You could use an Ohm meter too, to measure continuity between the terminals.

Back about 50 years ago, when driving these things was common, it was a regular practice to prop a stick between the brake pedal and the seat to keep pressure on the brakes. It does tend to keep the cylinder cups spread out tight against the bores and prevent cylinder leakiage. Fortunately, old guys then would share secrets with new drivers. Ah, yes, I remember. it was a first series 49 P-15 I got for $35. Had about 90,000 miles on it and was pretty tired. An old guy I worked with at the time was a Chrysler employee in the 20's and knew all sorts of oddities. Like the '30 Chrysler "6" I had was actually a '30 Plymouth with a different radiator shell. Man, I wish he was around now,,,,,,,,,,,,,.

Bright gloss white is better than silver.