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A local contact has offered me a pulled spare engine and tranny. It is a 1949 Windsor 251 engine, (frozen but visually looks half decent). Fluid drive is still attached as well as the semi auto tranny. It looks like an M6 tranny to me. Same as used in my '53 Chrysler. I don't THINK, it has the fluid torque drive that is in my '53. The shared oil between engine and torque design. The 251, probably has a fluid copler. I think the 251block is the same block as in my 265. Just a ¼" shorter crank stroke. I will take these components home and store them. Fantastic spares for my Mopar cars. The 251 would likely be very nice in my '38 Ply with a hi-way friendly diff gear set. The power to the weight ratio would likely have that little '38 humming along very well. Even better, the stock 3 speed with a bolt on overdrive. An interesting proposition to me as it already has the 1953 25" long 228 engine in it. So the 251 could drop right in. The hoarding of spare parts continues. I already have a spare 1949 218 engine! I think... Things get fuzzy when you own 4 old Mopar flat head engines.

I Concur, regarding the view looking over the big hood. Its just neat how these old cars attract strangers who want to talk. Its fun chatting with and meeting new people. Makes for a fun time. That does not happen when I drive a newer car. Does anyone care about my wife’s 2016 Honda when I drive it? Nope. Never had 1 person enquire about it. Lol.

More future work to add to the list. My radiator nose cone is not great. This one is straight and seems good. It’ll be running it through the sandblast booth soon enough. As good priced, 1938 spare parts appear, I buy! As I progress I can see that I may have years of work in front of me. Not complaining, it's fun. At this point I get to drive between many of the repairs I tackle.

That video is very well done. I enjoyed it. He sure put a ton of time and effort into that 1 horn.

I replaced all the capacitors and tubes in my stock 1953 radio. Some out of spec resistors too., Now it works fine and I get the one AM station that is left around here. I work M-F so I tend to get out cruising on Sat and Sunday. Saturday the station plays paid infomercials all day. I get hours of why I should buy little blue pills or rogaine. No thanks. Sunday morning it broadcasts church praise services. Sunday afternoon is football or hockey games. Nothing there interests me. What old car owner, who looks after, maintains or restores his own cars is into professional sports? Not many. So yes, it is cool that I fixed my old AM radio. Was it a good use of my time and money? That's questionable. My next car is getting a Blue-tooth sound board. $10/month for Spotify gets me virtually every song over the past 100 years. Great set lists. Music that I want to hear when I am out cruising.

Diff went back in today with a new gasket. New inner axle seals too. New axle bearings arrive in a few days. Then the axles go back in. Started making new front steel brake lines today. Then the brakes will go back together in the coming week or two. Along with outer axle dust seals. All the parts in hand. Reassembly progress should be steady over the next few weeks. I am again yearning for a test cruise. Will do that maybe after the brakes are done! Gotta get my fix.

Spending my spare time these days media-blasting the rims. Doing it myself. I’m getting ready for new Coker bias tires. What does it generally cost to get 4 rims media blasted these days?

@Worden18 I met an Old-Mopar guy recently who grew up in Rochester Minnesota area. Seems to be something odd going on down there.

Forgot this pic. Wanted to show the beauty of the Airflow interior.

I'll limit the photo uploads to those. There are plenty more pics. I think I saw about 20 old Mopars in my travels. The trip turned out kind of like an old-Mopar lover's trip to an adult Mopar Disneyland!

These trucks tug at my heart strings. I hope to have one someday. Another Fargo seen here. Originally only sold in Canada if I recall. Perhaps if I were to set out and find an old Mopar truck to acquire, it might as well be a Fargo.

The world looks different when you set back in on old Mopar.

1939 Plymouth....

I think this one was a 1930 or so , if I recall. Chrysler. Pretty much original.

Had a wonderful drive in this very nice mid-30's Plymouth. It seemed to run as if it was new. No problem keeping up with traffic. A great heater that was welcomed.

Finally got a chance to see up-close my first Airflow. Wow. What a car. Spectacular. Any other sightings for me were ibn a museum. In a museum I could not get in and check every thing out. That was not the case here. I was over, under, and in this one! Apologies for blocking stuff out here. Just trying to be respectful and show the cars only here.

The 1937 proving itself. It ran quite well. It seems like the 31,000 miles on the odometer could be accurate. It felt like it when I drove it. It has the 201 engine, which ran extremely smooth and balanced. The clutch, tranny, driveshaft and diff felt tight like new.

Here we trouble-shot for a throttle dead spot. We diagnosed a fuel accelerator pump problem and found a tired, shortened spring. Once repaired, a nice country back road tour followed. A 1937 Plymouth Coupe.

This week I took a few days off work. I got a free pass from my wife and I off I went, alone. I set up a little tour around my region. I visited some really good people who are true Mopar lovers. The Mopar community has been extremely good to me. I keep meeting very nice, welcoming, knowledgable, helpful people. I was welcomed into private garages at several locations. Some garages were brimming with old cars and trucks that we all love. Some people I met people in person for the first time; before only knowing them by their internet forum monikers. I had a fantastic week. I felt spoiled and enamoured with all that I saw. Car rides were had. Some others I even got to drive. I leaned over a few fenders with some friends and turned a few wrenches too. I made some great connections and new friendships. I will share some photos and a few details. However to maintain respect for privacy I will keep the info anonymous. I'll upload several photos, but it could take a few posts. So hang in there, and check back. Here I a 1955 coral pink Desoto. Sportsman trimmed. An orange, (I think 1951?) orange Fargo truck. The V8 equipped hemi, Desoto appeared all stock and so far, mostly untouched. The orange Dodge, extremely clean and still in stages of restoration.

I am attempting to fill in a couple blanks here in this partial list of Mopar engine sizes. I am not 100% sure the cylinder head lengths. Can anyone confirm my posted cylinder head lengths here? Also maybe fill in a few blanks? Thanks. Keith Displacement Bore Stroke Taxble HP Compress Ratio Head Length 201.3 3 1/8 4 ⅜ 23.44 6.7:1 23 217.8 3 1/4 4 3/8 25.35 6.8:1 218.06 3 3/8 4 1/16 27.34 23 228.12 3 3/8 4 1/4 27.34 6.5:1 25 230.2 3 1/4 4 5/8 25.35 6.7:1 23 236.6 3 7/16 4 1/4 28.35 25 241.5 3 3/8 4 1/2 27.34 6.5:01 250.6 3 7/16 4 1/2 28.36 7.0:1 25 264.5 3 7/16 4 ¾ 28.36 7.0:1 25

For example: https://www.ebay.com/itm/1939-Chrysler-Dodge-Passenger-Car-Parts-List-manual-catalogue-workshop-manual/303489937117?hash=item46a968eedd:g:vJIAAOSwSlVeSdcb

Ebay also. Be sure not to buy the 1939 “Preliminary” version of the parts book. My understanding is they came out early and were not quite yet complete.

By chance do you have a parts book so you can look up the exact part number? If you do, search that part number on Ebay.

I was somewhat surprised by how much the centre thrust block can move around. I’m trying to understand its purpose. The axle gets pushed all the way in until it bottoms out against the block. Then we tap in the outer bearing cup. However we leave a few thou clearance by shimming the brake backing plate. Then tighten everything down. The centre block acts as a stop for the axle. Is that right? It wiggles around a little does it? Pushed back and forth, left to right during turns a few thou? Is that right? The few thou clearance we leave when we push in the cup is it to allow for heat expansion? Thanks.

I cleaned everything in solvent. Then put it in a hot industrial type dishwasher at work for 15 mins. I was able to inspect the gears better when clean. I cannot find anything of concern. Backlash measured in at .007 inch. Spec is from .006 to .010 inch. Seems like it’s all good to go back in. I’ll put then new pinion seal in when the diff assy is bolted back in the axle housing. Easier to keep the pinion from turning, by putting the wheels back on the ground. My 82 year old gears look pretty good!