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Hello everyone. I'm dropping in to say hi and introduce myself. I live in a suburb of Tulsa, OK and have a 1947 Plymouth Special Deluxe. I bought the car in April 2022. I've entered it in a couple of car shows so far, but haven't used it too much. I love classic cars & trucks of all sorts, but have to admit, I don't know a whole lot about them. I'm always learning, though. It is just hard to remember it all. I have a few friends that are walking encyclopedias on cars and it baffles me how they retain all of that information. Anyway... as for the car itself, to my knowledge I'm the 3rd owner at minimum. The gentleman I bought it from only had it 2 years. The PO before him had the car redone, but I'm not sure how long he owned it. I had the generator rebuilt last summer. I need to replace one of the rear door windows as the previous owner cracked it. I just had a blowout on one of my front tires and have some replacements that I need to get installed. I added seat belts to the rear seat, as we have 3 kids that want to ride along and they still require car seats. From what I was told, this car is "original" with a repaint. To be honest, I don't know if it is, or not. I was told it has the original motor/transmission. Interior is supposed to be original, but I'm pretty certain is was all redone. It has the tube radio in it, but I haven't been able to get it to work. The previous owner said he got it to come on, once. All of the lights work, heater works, defrost works, even the hood light functions. The kids are the main reason we got this beautiful car. We have 2 trucks ('71 C10 and a '73 F100), but we can't all ride in the trucks as a family. So, the search began for a "family car". I ran across the ad for this car and pulled the trigger on it. I've searched around on this site a few times for info, and decided to join in order to learn more. I like to be active on forums, so feel free to ask me any questions and I'll do my best to answer, or I'll probably be asking questions.

Sam: I quess the answer would be the same for our modern cars. Since the antique cars that we are driving now would have had all of the parts that were needed at the dealership when the cars just came out to the public. So maybe an owner would carry a cap, points, rotor and some plugs but mabe only the plugs. Most people still took their cars to a mechanic to get things repaired when these were still fairly new. Even in todays market there are so many electrical parts and computers the average guy can not fix a car let alone change the oil or even find the sparkplugs. The plug wiree of todays cars are not the same that we have in our antique cars. Totally different animal today. Rich Hartung

I don't stock parts for my P15, just get what I need when/if they are needed. It isn't a daily driver even though I drive it often. What parts would most folks have kept around back in the day? Probably not much...... These cars are so well designed that once you get one in good mechanical condition it doesn't take much to keep it in service.

As far as I know the 23" 218 & 230 will swap out with no problems. There are differences on the 230 crank where it will have 6 or 8 bolt holes for the fluid drive transmissions .... so if this makes sense. You can pull a 218 & install a 230 in it's place. Same time depending on your transmission .... You can not pull a 230 & replace it with a 218. Now if you have a straight up manual transmission, they do not care if it is a 218 or 230. The 218/230 share the same block & pistons, head. The crank & rods are different ..... A 230 is a stroked 218. The 230 just simply offered another mounting option for transmissions that the 218 did not offer. Or you could say, the larger cars with the fancy transmissions, only came with a 230 .... 218 was not a option in those cars. The 230 will be a fine replacement for your 218.

It might've been me. I've posted that suggestion on a few forums when needed.

One of the reasons for running a voltmeter instead on the higher output alternators.

I readily accept that for some enthusiasts collecting (hoarding?) parts is an enjoyable facet of the hobby, and that is ok. It may also create some degree of confidence knowing a spare is readily at hand. My point was that I haven't found it necessary to stock spares to keep my P15 on the road since I returned it to good service condition.

Hopefully this links you to my thread. If it goes to the end go back a couple pages.

would you believe...?? missing it by that much means.....you looking at a small map.........

you do not have to identify the 54 engine on any serial number of production car...being the only year Plymouth offered the 218 and the 230 as straight 6 engine available, the engine is stamped special to indicate the 230 distinction, the DIAMOND you see stamped ahead of the series/design number....this is 230 and only 1954 engines will ever have this mark.

Thanks for the encouragement. I'm excited. I remember playing in this car as a little boy. I believe it's been off the road for prob 30 years. Wish me luck. I now have to figure out how to get it transpoted across the country from CA to GA.

Mine has 4 bolts - from my P28 ('56 Plymouth)

Cap filtered opening faces the firewall...air is not forced into the filler cap, but drawn through it by the downward vent tube. I read somewhere that once ya get over a certain road speed, that vent tube starts to draw a vacuum on the crankcase as air passes around the tube tip. The firewall facing cap vent has a lower pressure at the cap opening than if facing forward, this allows air to flow into the crankcase and fumes to draw out though the vent tube. Compared to a full PCV system, that road draft tube seems kinda hokie

VINTAGEPIC: another Route Van spotted on the FB

Yes! Looking forward to seeing you again! Bring your truck! ..oh wait.... ?48D

I think you may want to look at online buying....that is extremely high for a servo motor. I also think you will like the control you will get instantly with this set up.....I bought a Consew brand and I think at the time it was just 129.00 Seriously thinking of changing the Singer model to servo motor.

P25 = 1954 Plymouth 218 https://www.t137.com/registry/help/otherengines/pengines.html

Yes, that's his problem ? Point was to use percussive maintenance to locate the offending poster, err I mean part. ?

there is a special curved box wrench that can be a big help putting in the starter if it mounts like mine on the 54 windsor. still available many places. capt den

I completed a few tasks this weekend on the truck. I installed the fuel pump on/off switch that hangs under the dash, replaced the temporary wire inside the distributor, replaced the small points screw inside the distributor with one that wasn't rounded off, installed the seat track return springs, adjusted the clutch pedal for proper engagement, and installed the horn button ring. All small stuff but they needed to be done.

This is a school bus and a driver. Not a great pic.

I consider trucks like this to be unmolested examples Nice looking truck.

We are both heartbroken that we cannot be there. This last year I have put so much time in on the truck so we could take it to the BBQ. I can’t figure out how to make my pics small enough to post the finished product.