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recently I drew a diagram for a rear fuel tank bracket .... feel free to share it.

Post your art. Maybe you draw, paint, weld things, woodworking, etc. I did this 1930s gangster today in acrylic abstract.

Okay time for some really heavy proud parent time Nicholas is going to be a Nittany Lion. He was accepted to (and is going to) the Engineering College at Penn State, main campus, University Park I suspect you'll see him at the Hershey auto show a few times over the next few years.

I painted these from scratch, and did the grip tape to match. Various sketches for boards.

Im thinking of these (or ones like them) tower to cowl struts.

Maybe because I'm OSD.... I was working in a plating shop at the time, and they let me do my own stuff after hours, at no charge. Also did the intake & exhaust manifolds, and a lot of other parts. Stripped and replated most of the bolts, lug bolts, etc. Same for the backing plates, because both bead blasting and acid soaks (to remove rust) would remove the cad plating that was originally on certain parts. There are some smaller parts that were originally only plated, no paint, that I wish I had done instead of some of the things I did do. (Like the hood latch. That is originally only cad plated, and I missed taking it in.)

Installed the seal yesterday, will see what happens this spring when it comes out of hibernation.

With that kind of damage to your truck I’m surprised that they were able to drive away. It had to cave in the front of their vehicle quite a bit to get the center of your bumper and the fender, unless that was 2 strikes.

the thing I would like to mention is careful with vehicles with doors and glass removed and the seatbelts and their associated mechanicals are exposed to the elements.....

Thanks Tim. Hadn't even considered that but they should work. No thanks Eneto, I believe I found what I need at the salvage yard. Just got back from the salvage yard. The seats I found that seem to fit the bill the best are in a 2006 Colorado, 2003 Trail Blazer, 2000-2004 Suburban. The Colorado seat is a split bench type seat with a folding armrest but it does not have the belt built into the seat so I would need to purchase two sets. It measures right at 48". The retracters are 2-1/2" deep and I have a total of 53" from pillar to pillar. It may fit but I will have to take another look at it. The Trail Blazer and the Suburban both have the seat belts including the retracters built into the seat. The Trail Blazer looks like it will fit including the console and to top that I found a Trail Blazer where the seats are already unbolted. But the Suburban will not fit if I include the console. I would have to build something probably out of wood. But the Suburban seat is more cushy and comfortable. Where the top belt goes into the seat also looks better on the Suburban. The Trail Blazer has a small vinyl dome right beside the headrest where the Suburban's seat extends up beside the headrest and has a slot where the belt comes out. The only car I saw that might work was the 02 Buick Le Sabre. Looks like the seat and console will fit and the seat belts are built into the seats. Only thing I didn't like was the way the belts came out beside the headrest. Looked like a balloon. I'm still shopping. Today I spent trudging car to car, truck to truck, opened a lot of doors. But I did narrow it down. Looks like trucks and SUV's are offer the best options for what I'm looking for. Have to go back tomorrow and just compare the three. At least it won't be looking all over vehicle by vehicle, row by row. I like the Suburban seats. All the consoles I've seen are mostly vinyl anyway so I'm going to take another look at those. When I measured the seats it looks like side by side they will take up about 48". So that should give me about 4-5" in between that maybe I can fabricate a piece of wood. Cup holders is what I'm shooting for.. I asked for some ballpark figures and they told me around 100-150/seat with belts, retracters and tracks. Depends on the condition which mechanicals is all I really care about. I'll be putting new covers on them. Didn't get a shot of the Suburban seats but here's one of the Le Sabre: Here's the Trail Blazer: I could have snapped a few more shots but got to busy opening doors. I'm tired... but it was fun!

I don't do visual arts, but how about listening arts? I've been playing around with musical instruments since I was about 10. I've yet to master one. However I do like to mix it up, trying many types of instruments. Sometimes, especially in the winter when we experience long cold nights, I'll sit in front of my Mac computer and record something. This came out of me last week. I perform all parts except the drums. It's good clean fun. My number 2 hobby after my old Mopars.

Bryce, sent you a pm

Shoot, I don't fool with them new fancy fangled engines.

I ran into the same issue with my 46 gauge into my 56 head. I had to go to the plumbing supply shop to make up an adapter. The 56 head had the electric sender. It doesn't look good but works. The other option would be to drill and tap the head to accept the larger gland nut. But that would besrt be tackled with the head off. I discovered this last year when I replaced n after market gauge and sender for a stock 46.

Your engine may have a later head on it. I have the same problem, because I have a 55 model engine in my 46, and the P15s had a capillary temp gauge, and the 55 had an electric one. (The hole there on the late model block is much too small to take the fitting for the capillary bulb.) I do not know when they switched to electric for the temp gauge.

Is the reconned motor the original? Is the temp unit you are working with the matching one for the car and/or the engine? Regardless there is probably an adapter fitting that will marry the two together

The front of the Windsor frame is shorter than the NewYorker frame by over 6-8". Meaning you cannot stuff that longer eight in your Windsor six cylinder chassis. The unique shaped eight radiator is huge compared to your Windsor rad. The NewYorker front radiator support and surrounding sheet metal is also completely different so that too won't swap. None of the suspension parts, wheels, driveline or rear end are the same as a six car either. None will interchange. On a good note the transmission will. Eight cylinder Chryslers have the big heavy chassis. That straight eight has three valuable parts....IF....in real good condition.. The radiator, starter and exhaust manifold. That New Yorker also has dual heaters with the very hard to find delicate heater control valve at the back of the head. Don't break it.

Someone hit my truck today while I was out for exercise . Hit and run , no note left behind . I do carry insurance for uninsured motorist .

I had put a whole lot of work into my engine and the head, too, for that matter - had it all together again when I realized that the temp sender hole was too small. At the time I figured maybe I could fix it into the freeze plug hole on top of the head right there. But I'll probably pull the head back off and get it reamed out & tapped. (Either that or convert to electric temp gauge.) I do have another head, but I had vatted, bead-blasted, and cad plated this one - hate to loose all of that work.