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This is my '41 Plymouth that I've had since about 1969. My father got it in a trade for a mid '50's Chevy truck on it's way to the junk yard. It yard drove at the time but was nowhere near road worthy. I started working on it in the mid '70's but with kids coming along and work (construction) it kept getting pushed a little deeper into the "I'll get around to it" file. Retired now and moved into our new home it's time to get this project moving again. Bodywork guy's coming so I put the sheet metal together for fit and to give him an idea how it all goes together. Thanks for looking and being a carpenter by trade I'm gaining a lot of knowledge and information from this forum. Jeff

Thanks @DJK when I purchased the vehicle a little over 18 months ago, I had a mechanic go through and fix the whole undercarriage- brakes , new master cylinder, steering, wheel bearings, ball joints, shocks, rear pinion seal (though I think it started leaking again), and I even had the undercarriage power washed and rubber coated . that was all base work to make it road worthy - that leaves the running gear and the electricals. @keithb7 @ratbailey my carb base seems pretty good and no sucking in . I’m learning to hate the accelerator pump though - the design is inane - why push down when the suction is on the upstroke - I had to futz with it so much as well as getting the float just right. an update from yesterday - I replaced the homey wire the PO put in with a real hold down spring and guess what - it’s different . The float floats slightly in the space at the bottom and the float can be lopsided if the hold down is uneven (argh!) In the end 5/64 does the trick IFF you have original equipment. Here is the money shot (silly iPhone upside down ?

Yeah, last year I wanted to park next to the cool trucks also… but, it was suggested I park next to the other parts trucks ?

Matt, my apologies. I got side tracked after work yesterday and forgot to look for the info. I will look this evening....

When I was up against the same task on a, well, different brand of vehicle, I found a red match up in the spray paint selection at home depot. Then I just sprayed a little on a board to puddle it up and then used a fine tip brush...Worked perfectly. Five bucks and done.

It's .0185"...thick. Some pics with dimensions...

My addy had gone defunct, so I have a new one set up now, thanks.

Christmas last’s three days minimum at my house, because we have my family over the day before and Judy’s family the day after. I have 2 young married granddaughters and nothing is obvious yet, but I thought it might not be long before we get “the news”. Now my wife’s half-sister and half-sister’s daughter have both passed on, but the granddaughter was there with her children. One is now about 22 & announced she was pregnant. They will soon be naming my wife’s half-sisters great great grand child. 4 generations beyond us. Will I have a half-great-grand-cousin-in-law first? Or a great-grand child? My bet is on the former, but as one of the few men in this family I am the last one to know when anybody gets pregnant.

If you go the Pertronix route and you have the semi auto trans make sure you search the threads on here. If you don’t add a resistor you’ll burn up the module. Mine worked three times. I’ll stick with points for now.

Congrats. That's how many of get it done. Trial and error. Best end result is when we study theory a little bit before, during or after the fix. Let it sink in. Then we retain it and become better troubleshooters!

some pics of my most recent purchase....I call him "Parts"

Beautiful picture! Nah, no interest in flying anywhere anymore. I flew all over the country and the world from the late 70s through the early 2000s and flying today is not really flying, it's just a modern form of torture ? I will admit I'm a little nervous about having my truck next to the creme de la creme but it would be nice to see it parked side by side with the best of them

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YmMNpbFjp0

It doesn’t matter what brand you buy. You’re not gonna make money without a whole lotta labor that you’re not getting paid for. If you love old cars build an old car. If you’re interested in making money open liquor store.

The value is what someone is willing to pay and what the seller is willing to let it go for. Just looking at the pictures I would not pay more than $2K but would try to get it for somewhere around $1200 (or less). Take a look at a Hemmings pricing guide. You can easily pour a lot of money into these cars trying to get them back to their original state. But I guess it is a labor of love. If you are looking to fix it up to enjoy ... go for it. If you are looking up to fix it up and flip it ... you will probably lose your shirt. These old MOPARs don't command the same value as Ford, Chevy, or other GM platforms. If you like it ... buy it, fix it, drive it, enjoy it. $15K can easily disappear working on a car like this ... especially if you have to source out some of the work.

additional information - Burton L Norton distributor repair when I talked to BLN, they told me about the limitations of testing a distributor in an engine, and how they used a Sun testing machine to accurately refurbish distributors. On one of my distributors that I sent them on a truck that had been parked for decades, the springs had oxidized and no longer had the same K-value. They replaced springs with new, cleaned up and lubricated the mechanical advance, replaced the vacuum advance, etc and adjusted to specs...those flatheads came alive with that investment.

Stock bore 1.25” on one piston. dual master 1” on two pistons(theoretically) more fluid is displaced with the dual port master cylinder. Im presently using 15/16 dual with vacuum booster from a pt cruiser. Im happy with the brakes.

The transmission is a Warner T9. Variants of the T9 were used on a variety of trucks from the early 30's through the 50's. You should find diagrams in older Chilton's manuals for trucks as well as proprietary (Ford, Studebaker, etc.) shop manuals. It won't be practical to get higher ring and pinion sets for your rear end. The highest made (lowest numerically) were in the 4.5 range, and most are in the 5.n range. Best bet for modern cruising is a Gear Vendors overdrive. Costly, but the best. Second best is to replace the transmission with one that has an overdrive. Discussing that will open a can of worms, but I favor the A-833 or NVG4500 conversion. Whatever you do, try to keep it as original as possible. What a great truck!

Went to see my cancer doc today. Missed the last 3 apointments due to being hospitalized. She told me that either my Lymphoa had returned and gotten MUCH more aggressive,or I have a new form of cancer to deal with. Either way,it works out to me spending more time in the hopsital and having less time and energy to post. If you have never had cancer,I can tell you it makes you as weak as a kitten. Plus the pain pills cause me to keep taking naps. Anyhow,I go back into the hospital again next week so they can take more tests to determine exactly what type of cancer is causing the trouble this time so they know how to treat it. Not that it matters a whole lot. My cancer surgeon told me she was going to do her best,but chances are nothing is going to work,and for me to make sure my estate is in order. I WILL be posting photos and "for sale" ads for both my 37 Dodge 1.5ton 4x4 pu and my restored 31 Plymouth business coupe,though. The Dodge has to be assembled after the body work and paint are done. It is sitting on a 79 Dodge 1/2 Ton 4x4 chassis with a new Mopar crate 318,rebuilt auto overdrive,ps.and PB. The 31 Plymouth coupe is stone stock,and I sincerely hope that whoever buys it will keep it that way. I will probably sell the 33 Plymouth coupe "50's hot rod" I was putting together when I got sick. The 56 DeSoto 330 hemi,2 speed auto trans,6 carb intake,and everything else I have collected will be for sale with this one. As the ads sometimes say "Some assembly required". Right now it is at a body shop to be blasted and primed to preserve it. The body is complete with fenders,running board,and rumble lid. Wish I could hang around and respond more,but I just don't have the energy anymore.