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We just held our 5th Annual P-15 Picnic in England and were delighted to welcome a record number of owners and cars for two days of Plymouth-filled fun. With Mark joining us from the USA, Tommi travelling from Finland, Martin from Sweden and cars gathering from all over the UK, it was a very special weekend. The weather wasn't great, but the atmosphere was superb, with cruise-outs to two local museums and a lovely dinner and dancing at the hotel. The line-up of cars was truly impressive, with a total of fifteen P15s or derivatives and several 'guest' classics. We'll be doing it all again in September 2020... you're all welcome to join us! Here's the roll of honor: 1946–1948 Plymouth and Derivatives: 242 UYE - 4-Door Sedan - John & Elly 424 YUJ - Business Coupe – Simon & Julie 562 YUG – Convertible Coupe – Chris & Rebecca 763 UYX – 4-Door Sedan (D25) - Richard & Karen 774 UXB – 4-Door Sedan - Garry & Gaynor 782 XUL – 2-Door Sedan - Dean & Joyce 977 XUP – Club Coupe - Colin & Liz ESK 523 – Club Coupe – Mel & Sue MSJ 674 – Club Coupe - Ian & Marie UVS 437 – Club Coupe (SP15) - Dusty & Deb WXG 507 – Business Coupe – Tony & Dawna WXG 932 - Business Coupe – Alan & Annette XAS 458 – Convertible Coupe – Robin & Colette YVL 306 – Business Coupe - Terry & Amanda YWG 566 – Club Coupe - Steve & Hayley 1946–1948 Chrysler: 268 XUR - Club Coupe – William Guest Cars: 1927 Ford T Hot Rod 1937 Plymouth – Russ & Steph 1938 Ford 1939 Dodge – Simon 1940 Plymouth – Nigel & Jan 1947 Nash – Bob & Irene 1948 Chevrolet – Richard & Lynne 1953 Buick 1953 Plymouth Convertible – Paul & Rita 1953 Chevrolet – Rob & Sue 1975(?) Dodge Truck – Spud & Katie

I am interested in learning why some exhaust valves are whiter in color than others. I assume they are running little hotter? Maybe from a tighter valve clearance? Maybe other cylinders are a little lower in compression, leaving more residue on the valves, so they are darker? Or maybe the darker cylinders are burning a little more oil?

Sorta what I did. I have the 6v pump near the tank but I still have the mechanical pump in line. I can prime the carb with the 6v, engine hardly rolls over and fires off. And, If the 6v pump goes out, the mechanical pump will pull fuel through it.

Finished my indoor chores, so I get to play for awhile in the garage - took some pictures of the sanding blocks I'm using. The black blocks are on the hard side, but the curved faces and long lengths were indispensable for getting the long lines straight on my '66 Satellite (available at Eastwood, but I got mine on ebay). The blue teardrop shaped block is slotted to hold sandpaper (I got three lengths from Eastwood). The red and black block is the go-to block I described above - available in auto parts stores. The small black (because I've been using it on black paint) block is actually a white vinyl eraser - I use that on small areas, especially if there is a body line nearby and I'm afraid to burn though the paint. Hopefully the Satellite will be painted by next spring. The "shiny" pic is my P12's deck lid - starting the polishing last night.

Lookin’ good. On the sticky throttle, I like to use some dry lube spray and spray it liberally on all of the pivot points of the throttle. Pay special attention to where the cross-over link runs behind the block, where the rod runs through the bracket. When these get dry and rusty they cause a bit of drag on the linkage movement. Some also add an additional spring, but I find that if I keep things lubed up one spring is fine.

So cool you guys! AND a truck crashed the party? ? When does the calendar come out?

I also lowered the upper windshield brow down 1 1/2” to even it with the rest of the openings.

Looks like 4 lug wheels, might want to upgrade before installing a v8

There is a railroad museum in a state park near us that has an operable Plymouth locomotive in their collection.

For years I worked on Swedish and German cars, I never had to adjust the pedal push rod. Then I rebuilt the brake system on a Morris Minor. I was shocked that the manufacturing tolerances finally caught up with me. Happily I knew what to do. After that experience I got a little more fussy about that adjustment. Apparently the Chrysler engineers who wrote the shop manuals I have were fussy about the pedal adjustment too, because they describe what happens it each point in the pedal depression.

The 53 tube radio fought me all the way, but I won. The radio is now working, still need to do some adjustments and fit the correct speaker with the correct impedance, that should fix the higher volume distortion. Should be fun to have a 53 tube radio in my 53 truck ?

LOL! I fired my son. After 8 years of promises, I told him if I waited for him to get the bodywork done I would be too old to drive it, so I finished it myself. The headlights and fender tips are 53-54 Buick. I actually had a blast doing those. Did I get the grille from you? It’s been so long, I can’t remember anymore. ?

Here's the glovebox notebook that everyone got as a souvenir...

Just for giggles thought I would throw this out. I have a 48 pilot house I'm building and my step son is working on a 51 Ford pickup, both have similar front spring set ups. Took a few rough measurements and looks like the axles are very similar in width and mounting. Ford has more of a drop in the axle just wondering if a person could swap the Ford into the Dodge? If it would work it looks like that would give a whole lot of options for power brakes and I believe the Mustang stuff mounts to the spindles plus it looks like it would be an automatic lowering for the Dodge? I am by no means any kind of mechanic in regards to how things fit but visually it looks right. Any one every try anything like this?

Paul wouldn't want to accidentally get some paint on his truck!

As for the gas tank sender lock ring tools.... Here are two of the gas tank sender lock ring tools. I use the tubular one all the time. The 3 D printed one is for removal of under the car access to the sender lock rings for later Mopar cars 1955 up. . The tubular one is for the sender ring removal on top of the tank through the floor as on the trucks and through the trunk floor on 1949 say trough 1954 cars.

took some more pics last night before it got too dark...footing is treacherous in the field as we're in the worst drought on record with no end in sight. The black dirt (aka dark brown clay) crumbles/collapses under a moving load, and I've turned my ankles every time I roam out yonder...taking a few of these pics took several attempts as the ground would shift as I would shoot--YIKES