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Well done on the repair. I acquired a clock for my 38 Dodge. Mounted in the glovebox. Wasn't going but with a careful clean it has sprung into life. I don't watch much TV but there is a program that I try to see every week. It's called "The Repair Shop" and is made in the uk. Easy to find on the 'net. People bring in their cherished but neglected family treasures and a team of very clever craftspeople restore them to their former glory. Paintings, artworks, clocks, furniture items, musical instruments, teddy bears etc. etc. The program shows how each item is restored and brought back to life. I am sure many of you would enjoy seeing it. Many of the skills shown are what you folks are all about here ......thanks for sharing your little project. Gives inspiration to others to give it a go and is very satisfying when these old pieces of our cars can be brought back to life.

I stand corrected on the fan orientation. Thanks. Point about the angle of fins remains though. Only way to make fins blow instead of suck air is to make engine rotate in the opposite direction.....

The fan appears to be mounted backwards, indicated by the rivets having the rounded heads facing the block. Perhaps necessitating the spacer. Even backwards though, it has the blades in the correct pitch so won't affect the function of airflow. Agree with the comments about the belt needing to be thicker too. Just one of those funny quirks found after a previous owner has done some work on the car.

That's a real beauty either way to me. Love that color on these period vehicles too. Such style....?

Better pictures......

Yeah, well done Keith. Hasn't taken you long at all. Am keen to see how you feel performance has changed when you get it all fine tuned with the bigger motor.

Mel. That is a nice looking vehicle. You have done well with your build. I checked my D8, D9, D10 Parts book and your vehicle has the same trim options as the D9. These two models have the stainless trim on the top panel (from behind the mascot, which I think you are after). This is identical to the D8 model too. There is also a stainless trim strip on the edge of each hood top section. This differs slightly from the D8 which has a very similar strip but it then runs into a stainless trim strip that goes all along the beltline of the car. The D9 and D10 stop at the hood and don't continue over the cowl, door and further back. This is shown (sort of) in the following two pics. The coupe is a D8. The sedan is a D9 - mine. Having said all this, it looks like your build may have the attachment holes for these trim pieces closed over. Am not 100% here but when I enlarge your picture it appears like that to me. If so you may consider leaving your car with no trim. It certainly has very nice lines without, from what I can see. Personal choice I know. Again, a great looking car. Thanks for the pic. ?

Yeah..that's a very nice looking truck too. It is good to see you guys out on the road. Thanks for the pics.

That looks like a McConnell bale loader. We had one just like that. First used on a small trailer like your picture then later attached to the back of an ex army 42 Chev truck. We could load over 100 bales on that thing then off to the barn to unload. The odd time a load was partially lost going over rough ground. Always worse having to handle those bales again... That looks like good land. Rolling country but green, similar to where I am. I read your comment about no family still being there now. That's happening here to. Big ag. companies, corporate and foreign owned seem to be the players now. I sort of feel my father's generation had the best years on the land. After the war, the new technology of tractors, herringbone and rotary cowshedds and especially the electric fence. On top of this, the demand for our produce, mostly exported, saw farmers generally prosper. Again, thanks for sharing this stuff.

Did the Chrysler engineers do this in any of the later blocks? This engine was manufactured and refined over some decades. If the later ones don't have this adaptation then there's your answer. Either detrimental or offers no benefits. Just my thoughts anyway....

Suggest whatever of the old wrecker yards you can find in the US first or place an ad in the classifieds here. I am in New Zealand and have a 38 too. I don't have a spare center trim though but I do have a New Zealand contact who has a lot of 38 Dodge stuff that could well have. If you have no luck closer to home then PM me and I will check it out for you. Good luck. Show us some pics ?

I know we have got off topic but I have absolutely loved the tangent that has been taken. Thanks for sharing your story Paul. Got a few photos of days gone by on the farm too. This one, late 50s, has my ride in the way of the real work going on that day. Building a haystack with a petrol engine operated grab on a hot summer day. The guy posing is no relative - was a tractor salesman who just got himself into the picture. Will dig out a few others that have the same method but using the horse to operate the grab. Paul, any idea what the farm you were on back then is like now? Any family connections still there?

Not sure what yours is but my headlamp dip switch lives there. 1938 version though....

Today, January 29th(in New Zealand that is), I see that it is 136 years to the day that Carl Benz patented the internal combustion engine. It all started then really........

Getting old ain't for sissies..... Seems like we have all veered off Tim's thread though.....?

Over the top.....

Might be OTT but seeing as all dimensions bar OD are the same then a good local machine shop should be able to turn it down a bit to fit....

A months later update. Scratched the itch and carefully cut out one of the alloy/pot metal cast mounting blocks. It revealed that they were fixed to the vanes by a stamping process so were not going to be able to disassemble without destroying them. Sat for a while mulling the next step.....found a local shop that was game to make something up. Pics show the result. Bit of design work involved as the new blocks can now be put together with grub screws and therefore a reversible process. Will make it way easier on assembly. Trial fit is ok. Just got the final refurb to finish with the vanes before reassembly and installing on the side curtains. Not pushing my luck and attempting to take stainless trim off. Should get a real good result leaving it on. More pics when finished......

Yeah. There's another utube vid of how they did this. Actually makes it more impressive, especially how they had to get up the last 100 feet or so....

Maybe you could replace and repack in a carefully cut bit of felt into that seal......not that I have tried that myself though ?

I think getting checked out thoroughly would be a good thing here Sniper. Hopefully nothing too sinister going on but always better to find out asap. More chance to get it sorted. Had my own thing like this just before Christmas. Had a bit of a dry cough for a few months that was nothing more than irritable. Then got a bad head cold that I couldn't shake off. Drove in to see doctor. Am thankful she didn't send me home with antibiotics and paracetamol as I was expecting. Had a bit of fluid on lungs and 88% oxygen. Thought pneumonia so sent to ED. Couple of days of tests later and have been diagnosed with a lymphoma. Am told it's curable at this stage so that's a plus. Bit of chemo and maybe other stuff. Early days on this road. So, as Robert says, " carpe diem ".......

.......you beat me to it. Lol

https://www.dpmotorparts.com/toys_2.cfm Put snipers part no. in the search function with these guys. They have it in stock for $15. Sorry I'm not better at making the link go to exact page.?

Great pics. Would be a dream of mine to visit that big country in a post covid world and me in good health. Something to aim for...... Thanks for posting ?