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I took the 1948 Dodge D25 Club Coupe out for a run today. I always try to get one of my old cars out more or less daily when the weather is decent, but even more so with my least favourite season just around the corner. We have had a gorgeous and late Indian summer and the weather is forecast to stay decent for a while yet. However, it is cooler and by the colours and the lack of foliage on the trees, it is definitely fall. It is my favourite time of year although it leads to my least favourite.....winter. Anyway, had the old girl out today for a couple of hours just cruising the back roads and enjoying the day. I won't being doing this in a month or two so I'd better enjoy it while I can. Once the weather does become wintery, guess I will have to dream about the trip to Maui in the New Year.

got me a motivational sign!

Finally not too busy to get some pics. Here we go.

After a good thorough cleaning I used a very fine bead of paintable silicone seam sealer on both of mine. The welds were pretty much intact, but it did leak between the spot welds. I have no idea what they used when they manufactured the cabs.

when you are looking at combo's be aware that some company's have not matched the booster and the master well I have 3 friends and myself all who have brought so called matched combos that required some type of bullit type adapter between the booster and master they are using a deep bore master that allows to much space between the two and causes a delay in brake reaction time

If you have a choice between welding and brazing and have any thoughts of proper and complete repairs later, weld it. Welding after it has been brazed makes rust repair in that area extremely difficult.

1941 Buick 46S my childhood neighbor gave me the car. It was parked in 1956 when his grandfather blew the 2nd engine. My neighbor started fixing the car in the 19 70's, had a 1950 straight 8 rebuilt and never quite finished installing it. Eventually it got pushed back in the shed till I finally convinced him this summer to let me inherit it early. Hopefully I'll have it road ready in time for next year's driving season.

". Luckily once again God looked after a drunk and an idiot." The reason I'm alive. No kidding.

It's pretty hard to weld/braze thin rusty metal.The rust scale pops and then a small hole.

Nice photos, thanks for sharing. So far Maine is exceeding my expectations, including autumn. Different trees, different colors. Apparently we had a good rain at the perfect time to really liven up the fall colors this year. The red leaves of the maple tree beside my garage rivaled my red trailer. You have to be Johnny-on-the-spot to get good pictures, tho. I never seem to have my camera when the light is good, have to work on that. Attached a few photos, apologies for none featuring our D24, haven't gotten it out much with the trials and tribulations of moving, preparing for our first Maine winter, and going back and forth to Texas to deal with a family crisis. This counts a little, the D24 is in this garage. This is on Grand Lake Rd. heading east towards the north entrance to Baxter State Park. Mtns. in the distance are in the park. This is off of Grand Lake Rd., that's Sugarloaf Mtn. (the one in Mt. Chase Township, there are at least 4 Sugarloaf Mountains in Maine). And this is the Seboeis River. A 24-mile canoe/kayak Class I-IV river trail starts here.

RobertKB, Thanks for the great photos., Fall is a beautiful time of year for sure. Here are a few photos that I took on Wednesday and one I took just as the leaves were beginning to turn

the old plym is back on it's feet (wheels) and moved to the other shop. but now i've got to switch over to the dark side and get some work done on my camaro before i put it away for the winter. new ignition and carb, and if i'm not too lazy a 4spd conversion. i've got a bunch of parts ordered and on hand for the p15 to keep me busy through the winter.

Not sure if it is a "pilothouse", but here's a place to start on your own Dodge:

And got some nice pictures in front of the old Logan Cave Community building. In the time that I stopped I ended up with half a dozen honey bees buzzing around in the car with me, thanks to the bumper crop of clover.

There is a listing on ebay of a "water transfer pump" that has the Chrysler engine with the exhaust very similar to this one, as far as I can tell......