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Got the chance and put this in my 54 yesterday. I'm having trouble putting the video on here, but if you go find me on Instagram(@manifoldsbymoose) you can see it in action.

I've owned my '49 for about 3 yrs now and its a daily driver. I absolutely love it.Between it spending its entire life in the town I live in here in SE Arizona (Benson) and the fact that the previous owner was meticulous and maintained it really well mechanically, I am very lucky. it is extremely reliable and I can take it anywhere, anytime and know it will get me home with no problems. Its not a build just a series of projects and improvements. As many of you know because I mentioned it probably more than once. My Dad had one just like it when I was a kid. He taught me how to drive in it when I was 10 going on 11 on deserted back roads in out in the middle of nowhere. He would move the seat up and put a couple of phone books behind my back and off we would go.Years later I drove it after I got my license when I was in High School. I drove it every day until I got my '69 Charger R/T. Unfortunately Dads truck is long gone and sadly my Dad passed 15 yrs ago. Dad was my best friend and we spent some of the greatest moments in my life together going on adventures in that truck. Over the years I had seen the PO driving what is now my truck around town and I remember wishing it were mine because I just loved it and after Dad died it reminded me of him. Years and years later when finally I had the chance to buy it I jumped on it.The day that I bought it and pulled it into my driveway I started a list of things that I felt needed to be done in order of priority. I have debated since I joined this forum on whether to start a thread about it because I didn't want to bore anyone. I started to think about how much I enjoy reading at and looking at pictures from other peoples build and progress posts. Because of this Ive decided to slowly over time post and share pictures and such of the projects and progress Ive made since buying it. Eventually as my health allows I will paint it like Dads which was dark green with a black bed and red rims. Well here goes.... my first couple of posts on this thread. if they get boring or irritating please let me know. My first pic will be of Dads truck taken on our farm. its not a real good one but its all I have.

my 47 turns clockwise.

Ok last one for a while. I started to experience a couple of problems once the days got well over 100 . While I was driving everything was fine because of the air circulating.The first time it happened when I stopped after going to Tombstone at the store, when I came out it started ok but when I drove away it ran for a minute or two and died . I looked at the fuel bowls and they were empty so I poured my bottle of water on the fuel pump and it started right back up and ran fine as soon as it filled the carb back up. The other thing I noticed was that when if I parked it when it was hot the fuel in the carb bowl would peculate and flood the engine badly. I lowered the float level and it helped a bunch, it still happened but not as bad as before. The fuel pump heat shield was missing to I made one out of aluminum and while I was at it I decided to make one for the carb as well. I wanted to find a clean way to mount the shield to the intake and after pondering it for a few days I came up with and made the ones in the picture.it works really good. Between the two the problems during the summer are pretty much gone .

The first thing I wanted to fix was the floppy gas pedal. While Dads truck suffered from the same thing, just like Dad's the constant pushing the pedal to the side with my foot was no fun. The good thing is unlike when Dad had his truck there is a abundance of reproduction parts available so I bought one from DCM and installed it. While it was much better it still had a lot of side to side play. After removing the clevis pin that attaches the shaft to the linkage I found it was the problem so I put a new one it from Ace. That helped but it was still sloppier than I wanted to I looked thru their bold selection and saw a bolt with a machined surface. I installed it and that took care of the unwanted slop.Nothing Earth shattering by any means but it works great.

I'm putting this thread on hold for a few days...some name calling, personal attacks and plain old childish behaviour on MULTIPLE fronts from both sides. Cool off time.

I've used one of those tools to remove broken sprinkler risers.

Three ring pistons were used in Canada in 57, 8 and 9 Engine number prefixes K ,L, and M. These were 251s, 3 7/16 bore. I cannot remember the piston part number but the ring sets were Hastings 663. The distance between the piston top and the top ring was unusually large. Possibly this contributed to longer top ring life but they still broke up as the bores wore out. Most Chrysler Method rebuilds of these blocks that I have opened up used 4 ring .pistons. I did obtain several sets of 3 ring replacement pistons # P240 but these were .050 short of being level with the deck ! I got rid of one set by having .050 taken off the block. Worked OK but it has implications for valve seats and spring pressure.

Nice work! What is the round rubber piece for?

Very nice work and color! DJ

Was sitting in a barn most of the time. My father bought it, drove in parades mostly. Then he parked it and I bought it. Unfortunately I was overseas (Corps of engineers) between 1984 and 2014. I bought it probably around 2000, but still couldn't do much with it, so it sat in Pop's barn. He died 2013 and I finally retired and came back July 2014. Had the car hauled to my house last month. Needs exhaust, brakes, fuel lines replaced and the engine knocks.

Jay Fisher, in NJ, 732 388-6442 has original style door hinge pin rear view mirrors for the '39 Plymn's, very pricey, last I heard about $450. a pair. I used the aftermarket "Swan" style of mirrors on my '39 Plym conv coupe, they look look like original equipment. The right had mirror is basically useless, however, I glue a 3.5" "fish-eye" mirror on top of the mirror, gives me great field of view and most people don't notice the mirror overlay.

Look at the 3rd pic. Replacing the horn emblem (already bought). PO left his kid in there back in the 60s. Must have seen how to use the cigarette lighter. Would have worn his a..s out.

Last week I got myself a barn find Plymouth 1953 from an old man that thought it was a 51' dodge, real cheap deal, it's got the flathead six and most parts, lots of metal work to do yet. This is how it arrived at home last weekend.

US Army 240th Assault Helicopter Company Bearcat, RVN 6/67 to 4/69

Meadowbrook resting in the garage when we got home. Ran flawlessly, no problems whatsoever. When we stopped in Lansing at the BP station for fuel, a gentleman in his 70s (I would guess) asked me, "Is it a 49?" I told him it was a 51. He said he owned a 49 Dodge with Fluid Drive back in 1963. He said some guy sold it to him for $15! He said it was $15 or it was going to the junkyard. I guess they were cars that nobody wanted too badly at the time, so they were cheap if you went that route. There was nothing wrong with the car. The guy told me he now owns a 55 Pontiac, a 55 Buick, and a 57 Chevy. He admitted they keep him busy. I forgot to ask him why he didn't have any of those 3 cars out on such an awesome day. Maybe he's waiting for the weekend He stepped over to my side of the pumps and checked out the interior and everything. He bid me a good day and then we were off. Still averaging 17mpg. We drove 167 miles today. We passed over the 2,000 mile mark (somewhere in IA) on the engine rebuild.