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Sharps - Thanks for the information, it's always fun figuring out what's been butchered and changed over the years. I didn't get a message regarding the part so have PM'd you.

With the current clearance, I almost have the height under the hood for another engine The air cleaner is just a place holder, it came on the car when I bought it. Personally I'm not a fan of either the look or the performance of the short foam filters, there are much better breathing options. The pictures of the car are essentially "as found", there's a lot here that needs to be updated/ fixed/ modified and changed, but I think I got pretty lucky on the buy.

Thanks John, you are correct on the wipers being in the wrong location, but the car is a '37, when a previous owner did the Volare' swap they moved everything from one car to the other...that included the electric interval wipers, which they mounted at the cowl and filled the upper holes and deleted the windshield trim. It's kinda' a shame aesthetically, I prefer the overhead wiper look and the windshield trim, having said that, it's nice to have electric wipers. Someone put a lot of work into the swap. The front clip, grill and headlights on mine are all as pictured above. I was really happy to find the forum here, there's a lot of great knowledge in the community.

Howdy all, brand new to the forum and wanted to throw out a picture of a new project. Just picked up a 1937 DeSoto S3. Body is in great shape and mostly complete - think the only thing missing is one of the fender supports for the front. I'm guessing it was originally an '80s or 90's build, The car is sitting on a '79 Volare subframe and rear end, it had a slant 6 but it just had a 318 and 727 transplanted... then the previous owner lost interest. It's a really nice solid start and I'm looking forward to getting going on it, along with the subframe, the wiring and instruments from the Volare were used. Think my first step is going to be to rewire the car and get the correct dash and new gauges into it. Anyone have any thoughts on if the original radiator is sufficient for the 318? Cheers! Ryan