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Plymouthy Adams

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  1. Charlie is a great help to most everyone...he is quick to jump in and try to get a second avenue of parts in the mix to help lower cost to us all. HIs kits are well put together. I remember calling about a possible upgrade on my car for brakes and just ask to see if he had a kit available yet. As we had done business in the past he had my address...boy was I suprised to see them on my doorstep a few days later. Think you would get that with online retailers? Not a chance.
  2. There are so many shop on the west coast that are geared around the VW..feel pretty certain that they would be available somewhere. Quick search on the net ought to get you some shops and online VW ctalogs.
  3. Bob..keep it to yourself..literally..the fog is about burnt off this morning already with the temp supposedly in the low 70's...its 56 and sunny now. This is good and I spent past couple evening after work getting the 48 roof and window pinch welds ready to prime. Had to stop work on other things to attend to the night sweats this car was having due to the warn winds we have been getting..I had been applying acid to the roof off and on for a bit and thus have to protect my time and trouble.
  4. did not like all the trim and the steering wheel on the chebbie but that grille is super slick..well executed...
  5. Man..must have been rough being a only kid in school that was your age..feel for you there bubba...tell me this, as an older student, did you actually help teach younger kids reading and math etc..I did..lot of fun..also one of the earliest government jobs was the paycheck I recieved as the school janitor..would sweep the floor, clean the chalk board, empty the trash and burn it..then haul in water for the next day..yep ..no running water..and again, I would not have traded this experience for anything. We had to have a school bell and it was rung daily, especially for recess and lunch as we boys could be way back on the mountain goofing off.
  6. Charlie..you now must go to your corner and sit...you have a 30 minute time out for that statement...
  7. Ed..I think I over shot the "pickup" word...however Charlie would be the man to inquire for sure. However..rim for rim the same offset would be needed...the assembly of the wheel is such that they have a very close/smooth profile on the inner surface.
  8. I would not think you to be screwed..the donor rotors from a Volare are for 14inch rims..the main difference is the offset for clearing the calipers..you will only have to use the correct modern wheel for disc application. Earlier A-bodies used a 4" pattern so be careful there if you go to far back as the spindles are the same I understand.
  9. I grew up in a very rural setting. School was just as short walk from the house..grades 1-5 same room..same teacher. In winter we skated on the frozen creeks and ponds that was by the school. We pulled our sleds to school with us and rode them off the mountain at recess and lunch. Spring time we would fish during this time. Ride our wagons off the same hill we sledded on in winter. Wrestling was a way of life and as such what we called fun, would get expelled or the cops called on you today. 5th grade..seven of us..4 boys and three girls. I had it good growing up and am evermore thankful for it..we had good times. Never a dull moment and we did not have video games or mom and dad chaffuering us to Chucky Cheese or Mickey D's etc...these places did not exist..we had bon fires and weenie roasts..our house was the collection place for the kids..we were out and about all the time with games well into the night. Kids today don't have the imagination to entertain themselves. And on a sadder note..neither do they have the safe enviroment we had growning up. It is a sad time these days my friends..
  10. Live coverage...just step outside..you don't need anyone to tell you if its cold out...
  11. lot of truth in that statement ..but no fun...
  12. I too have had some of them late little prowlers in the house..I live in a farming community..out in der sticks..when the weather turns cold they pack their bags and move in with me..every year without fail. I see the first sign of them and out comes the traps...if I had a cat about the place I would just have to buy a trap large enough to catch it...
  13. What did you do that has you sleeping in the doghouse?
  14. might be just a little side business of his..
  15. here are a few showing Larry's panels back on to test fit sheetmetal to new suspension, front and rear. This guy has been busy...
  16. you may wish to print this chart and keep in the cubby.. Plymouth - 1948 - DIRECTION-SIGNAL-FRONT - Automobile - 1158/6.3V/7V/2.63A/0.75A USA Plymouth - 1948 - DIRECTION-SIGNAL-REAR - Automobile - 1158/6.3V/7V/2.63A/0.75A USA Plymouth - 1948 - DOME-LAMP - Automobile - 87/6.8V/1.91A USA Plymouth - 1948 - HEADLAMP - Automobile - 5040/6V/50W/40W USA Plymouth - 1948 - INDICATOR-LAMP - Automobile - 51/7.5V/0.22A USA Plymouth - 1948 - INSTRUMENT-PANEL-LAMP - Automobile - 81/6.5V/1.02A USA Plymouth - 1948 - LICENSE-PLATE-LAMP - Automobile - 63/7V/0.63A USA Plymouth - 1948 - PARKING-LAMP - Automobile - 63/7V/0.63A USA Plymouth - 1948 - REAR-LAMP - Automobile - 63/7V/0.63A USA Plymouth - 1948 - STOP-LAMP - Automobile - 1129/6.4V/2.63A USA
  17. I don't think most people realized just how old she was when she was Lilly Munster...
  18. Here it is Larry...
  19. agreed..laying down the glass is needed to work the hump out of the roof at the rear...another alternative is finding a smaller rear glass to put back there..common again with this type of work.
  20. There are a few remedies out there..Irish Spring bath soap..original scent bar cut into chunks, dryer sheets, Moth Balls (don't use entire moth or you have upholestry problems of another manner) get a cat, get couple of cats..don't feed cats so they will work properly, and then the L. Earle special of running it in a enclosed shed (less owner and cats) and let the monoxide do the job for you.
  21. I used to love to watch the demo derbies..and another favorite was the figure 8...man that was a wreck that was just waiting to happend and more than not it DID..now I just have to go to Walmarts and watch the parking lot...
  22. The Concord line was the small wheelbase Plymouth..the Suburban Wagon also shared this chassis..kinda odd to think the wagon being the smaller car.. I think they have the prduction number on the 1949/50 Plymouth website..I have seen a number of them..probably be the car of choice for a high rolling insurance saleman, banker, lawyer..(know one who has one)..flashy and sleek...
  23. My neighbor had one of them..umpteen buttons and slides on an all chrome dash..beautiful..
  24. cutting glass with a sandblaster..the patience of JOB...I have blasted designs on glass..most detailed work I ever done was shrinking the Norton 850 Commando logo and putting it on very thin double sided tape then cutting the letters out with an exacto knife..took a bit but when I frosted the mirrors on that bike..man what a view..them things got praise everywhere I took that bike..The man who bought it was nervous and asked where to buy them if he should break one...
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