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merry christmas to all.thanks for all the information and the good reading on this site. hope everyone has the very best christmas this year.

No work on the 1938 today. Hauled steers to the butcher n Hotchkiss with the 1974 Dodge W100 Pickup. Hauled wheels from the 1967 Dodge D500 Pickup to C&R Kustom Powder Koting in Delta to be sandblasted and powder coated. Worked on the trim for the 1989 Dodge W250 Cummins Pickup to finish the restoration by Christmas, but don't tell my wife. It's her Christmas surprise. No, Judy didn't let me keep the hood ornament from the Gunnison Colorado Car Show in 2017. https://www.gunnisoncarclub.com/

Merry Christmas to all.

May the memories of Don sustain the Coatney family during this this time. I felt that I knew him through this forum. And thanks to Don, to this day, I'll really, really search through the forum before posting a question. And when I do search, a lot of the times, I'll find some contribution that Don has made.

Little cars are more fun if they fit in a panel.

Made a small change this week. The Fiero pedals worked ok but were just a little short. I got the pedals from a Jeep and was able to make them work in the Fiero pedal assembly. I also got this propane furnace several months ago and just got around to tearing it down, cleaning everything up and rewiring it. It fires great, just need to put the flue on and no more torpedo heater.

Hey! Hey! Hooray! May have discovered how to load photos onto the website! Look out now! I have a lot of photos of Dodge Trucks. Might as well start out with the earliest. 1938 Dodge RC Pickup found in Greely Colorado on March 20, 2016. Photos is as-rolled-out of the shed in the background on an old farm that is being surrounded by new subdivisions. Outbid a guy in Wyoming who failed to realize that whatever he bid, I was going to bid more. Most potential buyers are light weights with thin pockets. True Dodge truck lovers will pay what it takes when they find what they want. On a deal like this one, couldn't tell what was there until I got it home and unpacked it. Grill was on the bottom in the bed. Brought it to the top and wrapped it for the 300-mile ride home. After the truck made it home, the parts were laid out for an inventory. Missing one headlight bezel, two hubcaps, one outside door handle, and of course, the rare and elusive crank hole cover. Flathead-6 engine was from a 1952 Plymouth according to the engine number, transmission origin has not been determined. The truck has been resting in my barn waiting it's turn. Decided this year it's turn is due. Purchased a 2014 Dodge 5.7-liter hemi engine, transmission, and rear end from a wrecked Charger. Plan to build a street rod this coming year. Surprise to some of you, but the wife is insisting on this truck as our next build, including being willing to invest her own money in the project. Now that I think I know how to load photos, might as well start a website build thread on this excellent forum. Thank you. Tom Anderson Paonia Colorado

It saddens me to inform the forum that Don Coatney passed away on the 2nd of December. It is also his wish that no service will be held. Let's all take a minute to honor this man and his dedication to this forum and count our blessings as life is short. Don was a great friend, they are far and few these days.

Who said the next generation isn't interested in the hobby- my 7 year old granddaughter asked me the other night if she could help me "work on the old cars". We immediately went out to the shop while I was frantically thinking of things for her to do that would be fun and not dangerous. I got some 1/4" bolts, washers and nuts and had her tighten them on the intake manifold of a 218 I have on an engine stand. I showed her how the open end wrench works, righty-tighty,lefty-loosey, and how a lock-washer works. She did a great job..Needless to say, I am getting her a set of tools for Christmas!. Any suggestions for projects that she could "help" me with?. I have 2 Suburbans (a '52 and a '56) in various stages of destruction.

Hey nick, As far as a new rad, I remember something about a flow rate, but I can't remember the rate for our rads. As far as your original, I would leak check it now and see if it holds water. Just plug the ports fill it up and see if it holds water for a day or two. When you let the water out (assuming it does not leak) check the flow rate by using the manual to check for a clogged radiator (page 75 para, 4 fig 19 in the Plymouth manual). Then inspect for scale and limestone and rust in the rad. If it has some this is the cleaning method I used. I used about a gallon of CLR and a gallon of hot water and let the rad soak for about 45 min to an hour, rotating the rad from the front to the back then top then bottom and then side to side. Got a lot of crud out of the rad. Flushed it out and then used dawn dish washing soap and water (recommended by the rad shop) and soaked it for a couple of days. Temp runs at 175 degrees now and it only cost me about 5 bucks for the stuff from dollar tree. It's been working fine now for over 6 years since I did that. Remember these old cars use a non-pressure cooling system so no pressure on the rad or hoses. Joe Lee

When I got my 51 B3 back in 1996 it had a non-pressurized cap on it. Also the radiator has the little dome or cap on the top that has a tube running down to the ground. I believe that also indicates a zero pressure system. Brad

I found the receipt.... NAPA Balkamp # 615-1605

The clutch seems to chatter a bit, so today I took the inspection cover off. I was happy to see it was dry inside and didn't look bad at all. I was worried the rear main might be leaking. Next I went to the rear to see where a noise was coming from. The stud to retain the spare tire arm (goes under the spare) was loose in the frame. A flat washer and lock under the nut fixed that. Last I decided to go at the chrome hub caps. They were covered in small pitting, as you can see from the before picture. I used a metal polish and 3 inch foam pad on my drill to get rid of that. Didn't pull the truck out of the garage today, since the wife got home while I was finishing the second one on the drivers side. That will be done maybe next weekend before we go for a drive. Almost like new

Stant sells a 10308, with a lever to release pressure and a 10208, that is a regular cap. Both 4 lb. Or a 10203, that is a non-pressure cap. As an edit. The earlier radiators with the larger flange, use an R-4 cap.

This is my 1951 B3B

That's right, the older mechanical speedo housings are becoming very scarce these days. I recently found out about Modern Driveline providing new housings, but they are super expensive at over $600 per unit. The link below directs you to the GM page, but only Ford housings are being shown there now. Not sure what's going on.... The guy that built my T5 reported that he's now sending off the electronic housings to be converted to mechanical, because it's a lot cheaper. I don't have any information on what's required or where they're sent. https://www.moderndriveline.com/product-category/transmissions/5-speed-transmissions/t5/gm-t5/

I believe that the output shafts are different widths. Some have different locations of the machined surfaces to accept the gears depending on the shifter location. There are aftermarket adapters for these available, a quick Google search brings up a lot of information. I can't recall encountering any strife when dealing with this area, and will look for photos. The Driven gear (that the cable engages) might be different between Ford and GM too, not entirely sure. The same goes for the housing. However if your T5 is going into a truck you will need the S-10 tail shaft, and thus, a GM speedo housing and driven gear. But it sounds that you just need to replace the driven gear based on your truck's setup. Figure out what you have, calc it, and install the correct gear. More on speedo gears, here: https://lugnutz65chevystepside.weebly.com/t5-drive-gear-and-driven-gear-combinations.html EDIT: Check out my post #30 on this topic for a photo of the exposed output shaft with blue speedo drive gear....

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Here is my '51 pickup at the local Cars & Coffee; it was the only Dodge pick up of any era. Lots of people told me that they often see Ford or Chevy '50's pickups, but, never a Dodge. They were very complimentary.

What a great weekend! As mentioned the weather cooperated for the show. We had a blast and are very grateful to our Minnesota hosts! (also grateful to our Wisconsin electrician.) I do enjoy the “fly overs” So weird, looks like we were missing another green one ton for this group photo (MIKE!) ?

Hmmm, i’ll Keep an eye out.... i only saw this Plymouth today (saw ALOT of pilot houses)

We made it! Sooo happy.... we all parked in the same “general area” I ‘m keeping a close eye on Merle and Ed. ? Hey and there is Joes route van right behind us!

I thought the North Dakota state tree was a telephone pole... Pete

Made it to the half way mark last night Billings MT. Ate at “the thirsty turtle” in “ big timber” Got 12.7mpg coming over the mountains in the 3500. beautiful country though ?

mirrors in "work" position, packed and loaded up, pulling out in the morning. taking I-90 to I-94 (Spokane to Billings to Bismark to MN) if you live on the route and see us passing thru, give a honk and a thumbs up so I know it's someone on the forum.