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Welcome Chris, There are a whole bunch of us postwar Chrysler fans in the UK. I will drop you a private message. Hope to meet you and your Highlander sometime soon. Robin

I own a Plymouth and a Chrysler. I suppose one is an entry level car, and the other a high end premium car. I imagine a shoe salesman heading work each day in the Plymouth. Suit and tie on. Very proud. Taking his family out for a picnic on Sunday. He’ll get good reliable miles on the car. Enjoying ownership for a fairly long time. In the Chrysler, laden with chrome and comfort I imagine a bank manager driving to work each day. Or maybe he has an Imperial and bought the Chrysler for his wife. She doesn’t work outside the home. The automatic makes it simple for her to go to the grocery store. Or take the kids to a birthday party. On Sundays their teenage son and daughter have tennis lessons at the Sports Club. With plenty of room in the car for a hat and stretching your legs, the Chrysler owner is proud too. Every 2-3 years he upgrades to a new model.

So, i got my 51 Fargo to the point where i could get a safety inspection and get it on the road. It was last insured in 1965 to my knowledge. I havent taken it out on the highway til i was on my way for inspection. Will it even make it?? It did,and passed inspection. So, off for a cruise around town. I have never had something like this to cruise around,so its all new to me. Cold dreary day, never imagined it would bring joy to so many people seeing it drive by. Its a little difficult to drive,but its getting easier, and i really enjoy it. i have driven lots of street rods and classics, but never something i owned. Its truly a different experience. a sense of pride,maybe? so, to those of you in my situation,project to finish and wondering what its going to be like,its awesome! And thanks to you guys here on the forum, providing information and advice to make my vision a reality!

When I plug in P/N 915565 into the Napaonline.com search field I get this;

Interesting. I'm leaning toward the same conclusion. Anything 73 years old has earned the right to demonstrate some character. ?

To be honest, I read the thread title a few days ago when appeared. Thought to myself, there are many here that are 10 times smarter then me to help on this problem. I never read the actual thread. When I saw @martybose post I just thought would add a little to it. Why you need a working accel pump, & takes 2 seconds to check & see if yours is working. Growing up with carburetors we are just use to them .... may have been @keithb7recent video that inspired my response

trucks ride like high priced luxury cars today.....most of them are used in same manner and never see a payload that a real truck would experience. The Challanger....purpose built...not supposed to be comfortable in it...you got to stay alert and top of your game....there is no rhyme or reason for the ridiculous power many cars have today....other than...because they can and folk wanting what they don't need.

On my 47 Plymouth, the serial number/engine number is on the outside side of the frame about 6 inches in front of the gas filler neck. It begins with P15 (for the model of Plymouth) followed by some additional numbers. There is usually some paint and/or rust covering the numbers so you will need to do some sanding or wire brushing. Here is a picture of my frame....hope it is helpful.

Early Mopar engineering wins me over too. I'd rather drive it!

Thank you very much!

The oil hole is on the rod, that needs to point towards the cam side of the block. The piston manufacturer should have some mark showing orientation, an arrow/notch pointing the front of the engine or similar. If none then the orientation doesn't matter. Piston assembly video that might be interesting

The windsor had a 6.

Welcome Chris. I think I’ve seen your car before.. Skip to 05:43.

be careful to depress the spring loop just enough to slide it from the end of the shaft and not break this fairly fragile tang....

I enjoyed driving my old buggies around and would chew the fat with those interested in them...but I had to use my diplomacy skills on more than one occasion when approached by tire kicking vultures who were so enamored with my rides that they wanted to buy them, but only for scrap metal price, then wanted to make me feel bad when I balked at such a poorly negotiated low-ball offer. It was annoying, I got cussed at a few times by these a-wipes, but I kept my cool and stayed polite, even when I would tell them that their unsolicited offers would only make a fraction of the down payment for my licensed and registered rides. A couple of weeks ago I had 2 old blankety blanks roll up to the house, one was a self-proclaimed body man of 30yrs who wanted to buy the doors off of one of my trucks sitting by the house cuz his project had some rust damage to the skin...I tried to converse with that old bstrd about the project he was working on, but he quickly got short with me and stomped off before I could offer some spare doors I had at another location...bless his heart

Everything that I have read has pointed me towards 8:1 CR, 2bbl carb, split exhaust manifold for a definite bump in hp, as these improvements were noticeably done on later big truck flatheads...running a PCV setup with a 180°F thermostat helps keep engine compartment fumes to a minimum and reduce sludge formation, which kinda helps sustain those hp improvements ?

Best improvement you can do to gain HP on the flathead is ditch the direct drive mechanical fan. Those things are known HP robbers.

Some updated photos. Took the truck out for the first time to a local cruise night. I still have work to do on tailgate and other odds and ends. I brought her home on Oct 16th 2020. I’m a little beat up from all the sanding and sanding and sanding and it still looks like crap. But I’ve done the best I can do in my driveway with a HF paint gun.

OK.....Thank goodness for Brent, Tim and Mark to keep me on my toes.... COVID-19 has kept me pretty busy out here......and not with the trucks! IWOYTD is normally in the last days of May, so the International Work On Your Truck Day #9 is ALL WEEKEND AND MONDAY!!! No excuses from me, its awesome to know its still a thing nine years later. The Five Rules: 1. Work on your truck. Not Mark's, but yours...unless you are Mark, then work on your truck buddy. Its not done....it needs a working pass side mirror. 2. Report what you did to the Forum, not the girl at the post office, she doesn't care, she's just trying to get the junk mail sent out. 3. Post a picture of what you did. Its all good, sitting in it counts.....but at least hold a hammer or something. 4. Explain how you got the truck, what inspires you about it. 5. Try to share the days experience as soon as you can!!! Sharing is caring!!!.....Believe it or not, your story could inspire one of us to get back to it! Your story could help build another truck!!! Good luck!!!! ITS HERE NOW!!! 48D

OK, got several slightly better photos. Doors went on no problem. Driver's side sheet metal, aligned no problem. Passenger side sheet metal - PITA. And I have no idea why they want to post upside-down. Also finished my blinker wiring and cleaned up the wires under the hood. Very busy IWOYTD.

Wiped the dust off, pushed it out of the garage. In the middle of putting new wood in the bed, rewiring and hooking up the e-brake.

Well.....I decided awhile ago to make the race truck more "street"....so I could enjoy more during the year and not just at Bonneville. So I bought some nice "race style" seats to accommodate both me and my woman, instead of the full race seat that was just for me. Its nice to finally have a friend to ride with...lol. I also replaced the bracket for the tube style side mirror, with the stamped steel version I picked it up from Ed a few years back. The mirror part of it came from my parts box...minus the mirror...lol. Need to find a 5 inch mirror now. Happy IWOYTD!!!!!! You guys rock! 48D

Awesome Brendt!!! I was just talking about this with my son just two days ago. I've been so swamped with getting my house and home ready for my wedding day that every day stuff is falling behind! To drive the point home I said "I haven't had time to post on the BBQ thread OR even start the next IWOYTD thread!!!" I thank you kind sir....you can bet I'll be working on my truck this weekend...I have a bride to bring home from the church with it! (shhhh, if any of ya'all want to crash the reception, just RSVP the reception link under reception.....) http://mywedding.com/timandsteph2016 Or just leave an "atta boy" in the Guestbook. 48D

Oh.....and Stephanie claimed a parts truck for her new garden area. Its a parts truck that has been a catch-all of many different years of PH trucks. She plans on cleaning it up to a point where I can give it a satin paint job and except tools and flower boxes. The truck sitting in front of the garden isn't the one...but showing the location. 48D

I'm currently pulling the Lexan glass from "The Brick" and giving it real glass for the windshield....dare I say...putting it back to stock. Since I know the top speed I want at Bonneville, the weight of the stock set up won't hold me back. It also will lean it towards a more streetable look and use, which is something I've been promising Jim Shepard for awhile...lol. pics in a few hours. HAPPY IWOYTD !!!!!!!!!!! 48D

3rd Annual "International Work On Your Truck Day" 4/26/2014 Its a day like no other day....a day in which pro-crash-tin-nation has decided to stay home! Get your wrenches out ....the good weather is coming.....time to make it roll without the nieghbors pushin it to go! Power to the toolbox! Its a day we all make all stand together as one, and show everyone, that: "We love our old Trucks!!" The 5 rules: 1. Work on your truck....looking at it counts, writing "wash me' on it counts, washing, dusting it, kicking the rubber ALL counts! 2. Report what you did....and be honest, cuz its all good. 3. Post a picture of what you did....again, fresh finger prints count. 4. Explain what inspires you the most about your truck....it was your dad's, it was your uncle's, brother's, you found it,....... 5. Try to share as soon as you can.....!!! 48D 2nd IWOYTD

2nd International Work On Your Classic Truck Day 2013 March 23rd Time to wrench again!!!....To stand together, on a single day, and say "yeah, I like my old truck!!" "And when I'm done building it, someday, I may just love my old truck!" http://mopar.pairserver.com/p15d24ph_forum/index.php?/topic/28510-international-work-on-your-classic-truck-day/?hl=%2Binternational+%2Bwork+%2Byour+%2Bclassic+%2Btruck I will be breaking in the B-1-BQ on this day. Getting ready for all those summer nights ahead! 48D

March 24th....International Work On Your Classic Truck Day....... yea....I made it up. Ok, this is how it works: 1. Work on your truck....looking at it counts, writing "wash me on it counts, washing, dusting it, kicking the tires ALL counts! 2. Report what you did....and be honest, cuz its all good. 3. Post a picture of what you did....again, fresh finger prints count. 4. Explain what inspires you the most about your truck....it was your dad's, it was your uncle's, brother's, you found it,....... 5. Try to share as soon as you can.....it'll make it more fun This should be interesting........ 48D

Happy IWOYCTD! Had a blast with my kid today. We got the things we set out to do, done. Hope everything went well for everyone else too. 48D