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After 5 months since the last drive of 2021, I got the Meadowbrook out today for the first outing of 2022. I changed oil, topped up the tires and fired it up. The Meadowbrook fired off quick and ran better than I remembered. I forgot how much of an improvement the new pistons and rings made. We took it on a 35 mile round trip parts run. We got a few things for the Corvair we picked up over winter. It's a bit dusty, but it sure is nice to see it in the sunshine again! 2022 will be a big year for the Meadowbrook. 1,539 more miles and it will roll over to 100k. This year will be its 25th year being back on the road after sitting in storage for an unknown number of years. Looking forward to another season of driving memories.

I had a good govt job. The last year i was there, i hated it. I decided i had enough and just went home. Started a shop at home and paid the bills. 8 years ago. Longest i ever held a job.

I just bought this for $50. It matches my truck.

Not big but hauls tons of wood every winter...

Beautiful car! Keep racking up the miles!

We went to the beach today, a 120 mile round trip. My Chrysler really impresses me on drives like this. These truly are some well engineered cars. That Dodge is handsome; I hope it gets to really eat up the miles this year.

Quality tools get the job done fast and last many years too! That's a really nice air hammer.?

Orlando from Escalon a.k.a. "OD" with his 1992 RAM w/ 6bt Cummins.

Thank you Tim for "The Key". I am humbled and grateful.

some pics.....

The journey.... This is the James Dean Intersection... Bako, straight. Fresno, left. A minor hiccup....

Dan, NY State for most of its life . Southern Maine where we had very little snow all winter and 54 right now.

Keith 216 CID inline 6 cylinder L-Head Power: 82 bhp / 3.600 rpm Production: 1,239 Curb weight: 1380 kg Just bought the car new.....1934. That is my father sitting on the fender.

Thank you for the kind words, as we all know, this is a great deal of work for all involved. As to the questions, the car was originally black. The blue green you see here is a standard color for the 40's Dodge trucks. My father always liked that color and so many years ago the car was repainted. There is indeed the Free Wheeling vacuum assisted clutch and it is activated or suspended by a central dash pull. The whole affair works as designed but is really quite dangerous and was not offered for long. The clutch is drawn in when one's foot comes off the accelerator...not what one would want when driving down hill and want anything that ever comes close to engine breaking. This is the only year of the body type with IFS, 1935 came and it was gone again. It also has the ability to crank all the window frames into the doors and, along with folding forward the windshield, the waistline of the car is the top of the dash. He are some more pics over the years.

Ooh! I'm good at this! First replace everything with new components that have nothing to do with the problem, Then ask for help and totally ignore all incoming advice, then when you are well and truly frustrated, Fix whatever small thing is the problem. Works every time!

Just added a Coil and Condenser testing to my collection of tools. Nice to know if the supply of condensors will be good for my 39 desoto. I tried this on several of my NOS Autolite condensor and had a great reading of approx .4 MDF's Tested a newer condensor from one of the major distributor of MoPar Parts and it registered at .2 MDF's Purchased the unit for $21 plus shipping from ebay another one that looks to be NOS is selling for $150. Got a great buy. Rich Hartung

Just a couple things to consider when going with a paper element. A paper filter's efficiency is based on the media and the velocity of the air passing through it. Ideally you want to keep the velocity below 100 feet per minute to minimize the pressure drop across the filter (lower pressure drop means a better breathing engine). A 230 ci engine at 3000 RPM will need about 200 cubic feet per minute to pass through the filter. That means you need at least 2 square feet of filter media for good filtration and a low pressure drop. A commonly used 6" diameter chrome filter that stands 2" high only has about 1 square foot of actual media area and at above 1500 RPM it will start to starve the engine of air. The paper filters used in the conversion of the oil bath filters have about 3 square feet of media area.

Pete........thats some real nice woodgraining......whoever did that did a fine job.......as for the yanks commenting about the variations that mother mopar inflicted on the non US market, my 1940 Oz assembled & made Dodge is a classic case............Plymouth chassis, Oz made body shell in the Plymouth vein with Plymouth fenders, hood, head & tailights, bumpers & steering wheel but Dodge badges, grille and dash and other odds & sods........as far as I'm concerned its a Dodge as yours is......nice body colour also..........andyd