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Nov. 2: One more picture on our way out. The previous picture was when we got back. I had stopped for coffee and a donut on the way home. The coffee was glorious as I was kind of chilled after putting the car away. ?

Nov. 2: Pretty much all of the leaves from our trees are on the ground.

Nov 2: Mack likes to ride along. I had the heat going as it is only about 25 degrees and Mack hardly has any hair to keep him warm. ?

I would check that the gas cap is venting. With only a few gallons of gas, the tank is like a large vacuum tank, if the cap is not venting. Eventually starving the fuel to the carburetor. Condensation had stuck my vent closed, a dab of lube and I pushed in the spring loaded vent at the inside center of the cap. Start the car with the cap loose, and see if it runs longer.

Another baby-step. 2 actual working headlights! Been decades I’d wager. Hi and low beam. Both lights! In unison! Yes!! You may bump into me in a dark back alley somewhere. A welcome sight, as seen here hopefully.

G'day All, This is my 1955 DeSoto Diplomat Regent. I bought it recently and got a Roadworthy Certificate yesterday morning, and got Club Permit plates in the afternoon. Previous owners have thrown a lot of money at it and all I had to do was replace a defective hydraulic brake light switch. It is a SP25-3 with a 250.6 cu in motor (3 7/16 x 4 1/2) and 3 speed with O/drive. The carby is off a Falcon with aftermarket air cleaner. Electric fuel pump next to tank. It has been repainted at some time and the engine fully recoed. Recently the head has been shaved .050". Now to drive the wheels off it.

Pretty cheap, in good condition and delivered right to the door.

You should do a series of seasonal shots with your Meadowbrook in this location - it's so idyllic and nostalgic!

There was a heat shield available for these cars also. None of my 37 or 38s have one. I will try to find a photo of my original fuel line at the fuel pump.

Nov. 2, 2019: Warming up the Meadowbrook to haul recyclables. Why use a truck when I have a big back seat? ?

Well, that looks good to me Keith. I don't see any reason why that wouldn't be just fine. If you're feeling crafty you could always put together an aluminum heat plate that helps block the manifold even more. Just throwing that out there.

Got the back of the door patched; now for the front

I definitely prefer doing frame, suspension, fuel, and brake work without the body and engine there. So much easier to get at it really good. I've been using 120 grit flap discs and 3" wire cup wheels on the grinder. Makes a mess, but gets it done on budget. The sheet metal is all pretty solid with some expected areas on the cab front floor boards, and some areas on the bottom of the doors. Otherwise in great shape. The orange will come off with a DA and get smoothed out. I do have a couple areas of concern with farm life cutting it here n there, along with some dings that will get hammered out on the rear fenders. For most part though, very solid.

Knowing that those disks had to come off made all the difference.... afterwards it was easy peezy. Boot done, now shocks installed, suspension painted, all greased up, new bearings and dust seals, shoes adjusted, and all nuts torqued to correct values. Only things left to do on this side are make sure the axle nut is tightened correctly, install cotter pins, get a copper washer for brake hose and install/connect to hard line..... then do the other side of the car

I suppose it depends on what you are into. I read Nova Chassis and 350 engine and tranny, and you lost me. $5K gets a pretty decent stock old Mopar to tinker on and learn. The old Mopars make great cars for developing your skills. I am like you. Cost conscience, zero bodywork skills, getting there on my mechanic skills. More to go. I can't complain about the $2,600 (US dollars) 1938 Plymouth I bought. I am quite enjoying reviving it. Decent body, was running. Just needs care, time and some money. Like you, I am not looking to win any awards. Just go out and cruise, meet people and chat about old cars. You found the right home for support for old Moaprs. Plenty of help here from a great group of people.

I agree with getting it checked out by a good mechanic. It could be almost road ready or a complete nightmare. If you’re not really looking for a hot rod, the 5k should get you a good running unmolested stocker which I believe will be more reliable, less expensive and more fun in the long run.

Sorry no only have the one full flow engine they are rare in this part of the world. I have a quire regarding oil flow. Restricting oil to the cam bearing to me is not going to send more to other parts of the engine. These engines are running at 40-45 psi and this is governed by the pressure relief valve. Restricting oil to one place is only going to send more oil through the pressure relieve back to sump. Granted over sizing holes and galleries to the crank potentially will increase flow, but without larger bearing to crank clearances oil flow is not going to increase. Increasing pressure to me is the way to send more oil to various parts. This is of course relative to engine RPM but these engines are known for there long life in day to day operation even if you like to push them slightly over their red line limit. If you want to push these long stroke babies to extreme RPM ok things will require more flow. Back on the original forum there were stories of the guys pushing these engines racing in the day. 5500 RPM was not to much of a problem, 6000 and you went around and picked up the bits you left on the track, went home and started on your next engine rebuild. Lack of oil did not seem to be the problem the strength of the parts spinning at high rpm was their down fall. Tony

I will just have to perform the ole smoke test on this beast and see what I can come up with. I agree that I should've started this thread in the truck section. Unfortunately I do not know how to move it now, but maybe I can get an assist. Thanks for your input Dodgeb.

got some work done yesterday before the trick or treaters stopped by. Making good progress removing sheet metal without major issues of cutting or breaking bolts. Plan is to remove the engine and transmission and sell it(will post this in the correct area) but a question about engine removal, it looks like in the rear mounts of the engine may be wedged in or just removing the 4 horizontal bolts, and corresponding 2 bolts up front, will allow for the engine to be removed? I have a manual coming on Monday but thought Id ask this group as well. Ideally remove the engine and trans together so they can be sold as a pair. Here are some photos of the partially disassembled front, will add here from iPhone, havent figured out how to downsize photos on Windows to upload yet

I really appreciate that feed back. I have not written it in stone yet, but playing with the idea of two tone red with black fenders and running boards. I think my truck would hate me if it turned pink I started this thread because I was really disappointed in the finish from my first attempt. Pretty sure at this point, it was me mixing enamel paint with lacquer thinner. Which led me to buying the rustoleum. I am glad I did and will be more confident with it, instead of the Ace hardware brand enamel. With that being said, I am going ahead with the Ace paint on the frame. I put some on bare metal and was just a test spot .... later when I went to sand it off to replace with the new Rustoleum. It was bonded solid and was difficult to remove .... I decided to go ahead and use the Ace enamel on the frame and under parts that wont be seen. I am applying it by brush, so it is going on thick and a couple coats. Right now at this rate, I may use more then 1 gallon for the frame and undercarriage. The prep work for the frame, is get everything I can with a grinder flap disk or wire wheel, what ever I can with a wire brush and sand paper and scrapers. Cleaning with simple green and then spraying with ospho. Not ideal, but I do not have the means to strip it down to bare frame and doing the best job I can from this angle. The body parts are going to bare metal using muriatic acid and protected with ospho. Then red oxide primer and Rustoleum enamel paint. Hoping this prep work will be enough. I just have some minor body work to take care of first, then will wipe down and clean the metal etc before primer.

...And we all hope that is indeed the case, (in the event due to circumstances),should we decide to part with a vehicle at auction. ?

Twenty four thousand dollars for a clean fargo 1/2 ton?!?! There must have been two rich guys there that both wanted it.

It's been 5+ years since the last time my B3 saw daylight. Yesterday after work I pulled it out of the garage so I can wash it down to get rid of 20 years of grime from being in storage all that time. This also gives me a chance to clean out the garage to make it easier to actually work on it. For the last 5 years the garage has a accumulated way to much junk. That will soon be remedied! Brad

Inspired by @Worden18, today I idled to the end of my driveway to capture a couple 2019 fall foliage pis. Now I'll go take my more-door out now for a real cruise...

I'm having the same problem. Every where I look it's different part numbers with no reference to left or right. Some are listed by long rod and short rod.

Reading back a few posts, I mentioned towing my Chrysler to a car show. I forgot to post some pics. It was a great show. The parade the night before was a ton of fun. I had a blown alcohol big block dragster behind me the whole parade. People were gaping yelling “holy crap”. Grabbing their kids to pull them away from getting sucked into the blower. It was quite a parade. Never to be forgotten. I met some real nice Mopar guys who thanked me for bringing the Chrysler out to be seen. That felt good. These girls dropped by and let me take a pic in their period correct attire.

The 6V headlights lights doing a good job on the way home tonight. Radio on. High beams on. Heater blower fan on. The generator doing a fine job.

My Mrs. and I went out for cruise on this wonderful September evening. We toured the old neighborhood where we lived for 15 years. Raised our boys there. I was nice nostalgic ride in the old Chrylser. The big old car knows how to bring in the lookers. She’s big, but darn classy and oozes character. What she lacks in speed and acceleration she makes up for in big curves and big chrome. The wire spoke rims say “I’m not your average old car”. I pulled up to my regular favorite gas station tonight. Other side of the gas pump pulled up a roaring 1958 Corvette. Lean and gleaming in the dark like a stealth fighter. Driver got out and surrounded my Chrysler. Walked around all sides....Paused and said to me “Pretty F’n clean man. Pretty F’n clean!” I laughed...Here was the one and only car in the entire universe that my wife actually drools over. A ‘58 Corvette. She really has zero real interest in cars. Sure she likes riding in the Chrysler, however I could tell her that I just installed a brand new Hell-Cat engine in the Windsor. She’d say “That’s nice dear” as she turned to stir soup on the stove. So imagine her drooling over this Corvette while the owner is “show judging” our Windsor. Wife was sitting in the Windsor’s front seat with a big smile on. I had a good laugh. Corvette guy and I chatted for a minute about the Windsor. He loved it. I said “I think my wife would like me to ask if you’d be interested in a trade”. More laughs. I got back in, about to hit the starter. I thought “come on baby, don’t crank over for 5 seconds like you often do before you flash up.” The corvette guy is looking now, waiting to hear the engine. I hit the key... The crankshaft never made a half turn and she was purring. I patted the dash and thought, “Right on. You show that Corvette how classy you are.” We turned the heat on for the first time since summer. Its cooling off here now quickly after the sun sets. We went for dinner. It was a fun night out. Here’s the garage door going down as we are just about to head out.