Allen I.

I have not posted in a looooong time but saw this on Craigslist and could not resist sharing. I wish I had the space. http://rochester.craigslist.org/cto/3611716200.html

Is there a prize for first to take a header down a flight of ice covered stairs? If so, PM me for address information.

What a beast. I might have a chance at adding a smaller wrecker to the collection but not something that big.

The burgundy does not look two-toney in these pics ... or is it just me?

Here's some info on a did a big window swap on a later truck. Obviously not the same thing but similar idea. http://www.dodgeclassictrucks.com/bigwindowswap.html

Decent general information... http://www.auto-repair-help.com/automotive_maintenance/master_cylinder.php

Looks like friends in the North East may be the ones to see the first heavy snows. http://blogs.burlingtonfreepress.com/weather/2010/10/14/ugly-vermont-noreaster-weather-friday/

The registration on that truck should say "transferrable" on the front with a place for the previous owner to sign on the back. That and a receipt for tax at DMV should get you on the road. The affadavit that on yellow paper is the one I think greg is referrring to. There is an buyer side and seller side to that one. Not a big deal unless you cannot locate the seller. I am not sure that this one is always needed when fair market value is not an issue. There is also an affadavit that is reserved for vehicles where the chain of ownership is in question. I had to do that with a 67 Mustang that was never registered in the name of the person who sold it to me. Not a biggie. Also, the engine number is fine. If that is the way it is on the road now, go with it. I have had clerks get all confused because the number of characters does not fill the fields they have in the computers. Telling them that they did not have that many characters in the vins in the 50s seems to calm them. Again, no issues once they see how old the vehicle is. Allen

That's only about an hour from the camper in Springwater. Only trick is that I'll be to-ing and fro-ing to Rochester for the boy's football game and have to get back for trick-or-treating with the rest of the family. What time you think you'll be there? What are you bringing to the show?

Nah. I have a matching parking brake.

I'll have to take a look in the driveway but I think he stole my parking brake.

I have found that the gap is very touchy on these engines. Get it right and things are great. A little off and not so much as a burp. I also had an issue with the little ground strap in the distributor. Took a while for a novice like me to track it there. Most of the time she did not go because I had the rotor in my pocket where it would be "nice and safe" Only other advice before getting in to trickier things is that the wires are all seated properly in the right firing order. Those two things have bitten more folks than just me.

Just checked the Inline website and they don't have anything older than 1954 in their pull down menu for Dodge trucks. I was thinking of converting to discs over the winter and sending these guys my lines if they did not have any templates. I have a B2C-116. Allen

Welcome home. Welcome to the forum. Tons of resources here and the main reason I purchased my truck. This is a fantastic group of people much more smarterer than me when it comes to mechanicing. Looks like you have a better start than some of us who have been at it for some time.

That would be pretty high on my "If I won the lottery" list. Wonder what the reserve is...

There is a video out there that goes through the process. I am not able to do a search for it though. I want to say Merle posted it but I am not 100% sure of that.

Those must be the new ones that have not been received yet. My used one came in 3 business days.

Is that what they mean when people say they "scatterred an engine"? Does not look so catastrophic to me...

Wish it were closer. I need the bed and the running boards. For now I will stick with the homemade flatbed.

156 for me but the boy has a football game and I don't miss those fer nuthin. I did not make it to many shows at all this year and would like to have gone to this one. I'll make more of em next year as the hunt for the ragtop for the wife continues.

So you can say your pilot house went faster than a car with NOS? Cu Inches aside, how many of us can say that? :D

Breaks from time to time are great things. I love how easy you make things sound. "I just cut a little off the top here and slap it together there and VIOLA..." I look forward to future updates. The only push I get from the wife is to make space for the 67-69 Firebird ragtop she's been hunting for since June.

Mine arrived yesterday and did not look to ever have been opened from what I could tell. I was like a kid with a toy catalog at Christmas. Many thanks for all of your work on this one Bob!!!

Three things: 1. This is one of the coolest things I have seen. I am already looking forward to the modifications from what you learned and future results. 2. I think painting the bumper mounts a different color will net you a couple MPHs 3. I showed my wife your posts and she immediately asked "Why?" I responded "Why not?" We stared at each other for a couple seconds before she just walked away. Don't know if that is good or bad but I have witnessed one of our dogs and our cat do the same thing. (The staring and walking away, not asking each other questions).

Politics aside ... I think it is a cool plane.