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In 2001 I purchased my 1939 Plymouth pickup for $1600. My wife said I could buy if I could find a place to store it because I couldn't bring it home until I was ready to work on it. I found a storage lot that would let me store an untitled and unlicensed vehicle. That was 2001, it's now 2018 the truck is still in the storage lot, I don't even want to think what I've paid in storage fess but it's at least 4X what I paid for the truck and I still have at least 2 projects in front of the truck before I can bring it home. Now my advice, if it's not your dream car you've always wanted and could never find, file away the farmers name and let him store it for free. Check back every year or so to see if the price has come down or when you are closer to being able to start the project. Chances are it will still be there in a couple years in the same condition it's in now. If it's not then there are other 51 Plymouths out there waiting for you. Rich H

Hey i use to drive as a daily my 41 dodge luxury liner coup, it’s more a 2nd car now but i use it in all weather conditions, all original, engin run like new, 3 on tree no fluid drive and bias ply tires make it a real confortable car and now i just buy a 42 chrysler windsor, this car need to be serviced before taking the road again but body in very good shape paint need to be polished i’m gonna use it like my dodge. both with the original flat 6 engin from factory

Here's my 42 D 22. The engine number starts with D 22. Maybe the D 23 was used for the later blackout models.

As rare as those are i would definitely go back original. Really a cool car. Odds would be in your favor you wouldn't run into another one at a car show, cruise in....most anywhere really. That's something that makes it cool in itself.

Just returned from a trip around Arizonia through California from Oregon. It would look cool but on the freeways no one would notice. Most were posted 55 when pulling a trailer. I ran about 60 with a pickup camper. Big rigs ( and lots of them) were running and least 65, cars 75. Things slowed down on secondary roads. Route 66 was great in Arizona. Your car can handle it but avoid the freeways if possible. There are more cars than there were in the 50's and folks sre in a hurry. Rural America is great if you can take your time.

2 freeze plugs recommended in that hole......let some other freeze plug pop out where you can get to it easier.

I know of a nice T& C sedan locally 4 sale if anyone is interested. New chrome, fresh interior beautiful wood and rebuilt engine.

Drive mine also about 20 - 25 miles a week

OK guys, thanks for the comments. My research has shown me that a D23 is a car produced from late 1942 to1945 that was built on a war assembly line as a war time vehicle. I have found a serial number for this Deluxe Business Coupe and it shows to be 1,317 from the last production car built by Dodge in 42. It's not Canadian built, but made in USA D22. It was 1 of 5,257 business coupes built that year, which is the second most rarest dodge business ever made. It had some stainless steel trim that could have been painted to match the front and lowers, but I have read that many employee purchased cars were taken from the factory with whatever they had to put on them before closing production. I am still missing a driver's door, so until I find one, I will have to sit on this project for a bit.

Pistons are a modern design and use modern rings. They just happen to also fit a Chevy Once the engine is assembled, nobody would ever know, unlike an S10 frame swap.

New laws in my area. On cell phone without being " hands free" texting and a whole list of distracted driver items. Automatic 3 day license supension on the spot. 2nd time 7 days suspension on the spot. Fines on top of this 200 then 500. Im so sick of texting and frigging distracted drivers pn our Roadways.

I love looking at your '48 as inspiration for my '47. Time is the big obstacle for me at the moment.

Looks sweet! I always thought putting the chrome back on was the home stretch in a project.

Are you going to weld/braze in a plate, inside the manifold, between #3 & #4 placing the plate closest to #4 to avoid the heat riser plate when it's open? I'm hoping to see the step by step installation of this adapter. Thanks DonPal

appears to have a VW front suspension, everything else is probably local homogenization..run it through a crusher/shredder a couple times...

Yeah,it is. I have had bad luck leaving cars or trucks where I bought them after paying for them. Parts tend to end up missing. I can't be the only one this has happened to,either. You can probably rent a storage container for 100 bucks a month,and it will be locked out of sight and nobody will be buying or selling parts off of it.

Package deal, Car and trailer ? Would be silly to buy an empty trailer.

Since I give the worse "should I buy it or not" advice in the known universe,I am going to do you a favor and not make any suggestions on this.

so, sitting right here now. Need more eyes at some point soon to finalize where things are for sure.

A 383 Dodge Newport takes the place of a Fiat? Was the Fiat pregnant?

My lil bro lives very near Bde Maka Ska. He's almost as much a Dylan fan as I am.. This version of Highway 61, posted on YouTube by Elston Gunn ; is one of many of my favorites.. I'm never sure which other guitarist Bob worked with that I liked best, Bob Margolin, Mike Bloomfield, Mick Ronson, Larry Campbell, T-Bone Burnett, Robbie Robertson... I give up!!

In 1956, I bought a '36 Plymouth coupe almost identical to the one pictured here. Mine was a rumble seat model and cost $25.00 Also pictured are my present vintage '67 Plymouth Furys. Not as vintage as most listed here but they are 50+ years old. I use them year round unless there is heavy rain or of course, salted roads. John R

Each cylinder average: cylinder nr 1 :86,25 cylinder nr 2: 77,5 cylinder nr 3: 82,5 cylinder nr 4: 85 cylinder nr 5: 77,5 cylinder nr 6: 82,5 Total average:86,25+77,5+82,5+85+77,5+82,5=491,25 491,25:6cy=81,9psi. Cylinders nr 2 and nr 5 are with valve leakage or other problems(worn rings).I do not know which is the correct compression ratio nor compression pressure for mine IND-251.

I like a good build story but I cannot and do not read build threads here on this or any forum as they incorporate the remarks and views of readers and not just he builder. A good build thread to me is the daily or weekly compilation of work done, how he did it and maybe a few pictures to show his technique or end result. The comments from others detract from the build completely, like a commentator during a sporting event or even a DJ...that is noise I can do without. I good build thread would be locked from comment, a read only if you will.

it is only a chevy part if it was removed from a chevy otherwise it is a brand packaged part say by TRW or the like......

Miss Indiana paid me a visit in Chemo this morning.

Fiddy; I drive my 52 3/4 ton daily in relatively heavy and fast moving traffic here in SoCal. As you are already aware these trucks are from a completely different era of traffic and road conditions. I knew as I began my build of this truck that there were some serious upgrades required to handle the traffic conditions it now faced. Good reliable and predictable braking was at the very top of the list. Some people will tell you that the original brakes are more than adequate. I don't agree. The folks you share the road with these days have no idea and don't care if your pride and joy can stop as quickly as their new whatsit can. I get constant reminders of this almost daily. I went to the extra effort of putting 4 wheel disc brakes in my truck and I am very glad I did. I have had to use them to their full capability more than once. As a bare minimum I would suggest putting discs on the front of any of these trucks that anyone intends to use in regular traffic. It isn't that expensive or complicated. And done carefully it may just save your day...... Jeff