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Plymouthy Adams

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  1. While this might not be an option for you but I can get these for scrap weight price at just a few dollars on the average at the local wrecking yard and you will buy them by width and strength of tube based on your towing needs and modify them from there. While it is not much to mount these along the back frame cross metal, you should and I do recommend that you fabricate side braces that attach to the towbar and run forward along the frame rails and tie in via bolts in like manner the bumper mounts are bolted.
  2. while one can do that, the ole welder would be my go-to and was the manner we used at the dealership for pressure bleeding. Pressure is often better for solo bleeding as often bleeding the rears with vacuum can be an annoyance. Today however I never use pressure nor do I do the ole pump up and bleed until I have a full pedal so as not to aerate the fluid. My wife has passed brake bleeding 101 with flying colors.
  3. Seems the most does not get a nickname but a few of the foreign ones do get named. I am not anywhere like my counterparts on the British forum where is seems almost mandatory you have the pedigree sorted out and a name for the car. The pedigree takes precedence over its ability to run correctly or be cosmetically correct. I refer to the Morris van as Sir Galahad (but twisted in spelling as Gal-I-had, you do the math) then there is my first Porsche I built in 1984 which is named Madeline. The Plymouth Surburban does get referred to as The 'Burb. The 41 D19 business coupe is the "Big Butt Coupe" My 52 Plymouth club coupe is Slobberbucket II as my father had Slobberbucket as the name for his Plymouth back when a child. All the others usually get referred to as the make or year where but the AA I just call Ohio Red as I bought the body out of Ohio. The 62 Dodges were named in like manner, Jeffersonville Dodge, Indy Dodge, Buford Dodge etc as this is where I bought them.
  4. slim to none, you will likely be well advised to adapt a receiver style towing hitch to modify for this application. They are not hard to do and can be hidden pretty much from view.....while in the process of refinishing my 54 which in the rear is so much yet as the 49, this is what I built and installed. You will be cutting and welding along with drilling some holes in the unit.
  5. odds are this was installed to level the car due to one spring being weak or of a different tension when possibly repairing a collision incident in the past. The spring are marked with matching numbers and you can verify if this is or is not a matched pair. If you retain the spring, and, it sat level and drove well, let a sleeping dog lie.
  6. as you have now defined your parameters, look at either amazon and or E-bay and go from there....I recommend a metal cylinder on the pump....others may have different preferences.
  7. as there are a ton to choose from on the internet (e-bay just one source) what ones have you ruled out as too expensive or beyond you ability to understand and use?
  8. Ed, glad to see you got a bit of time for yourself and the truck project.
  9. had to be long before the slogan...DON"T YOU BUY NO UGLY TRUCK that thing is butt ugly....both ends...!!
  10. I was going to post that point myself Greg but would have just been repeating myself.....but the limit was only to the French Connection as they had bought that piece of pie as part of the European market entry not to mention the Rootes group where even under Chrysler direction was installing Ford OHV V8's under the hood, and Pentastars on the fender.......hybrid a new term my fanny....!!
  11. hopefully any time I see Stick and Mud associated with house building, it will be the last names of the contractors. 👷‍♂️
  12. a good stereo would be of benefit here or an aptly mounted exhaust cut out......I quit showing due to the fact that the audience is free to roam and I am locked in place till the event is over. I will never put myself in such a position again. I will make the cruise-in, come and go as you wish when you wish...21 years since I place a car on display at a show and 21 years since I even attend to view said shows. The finished car even my own are less entertaining than that of a bare naked project car parked on the back fence.
  13. the belcrank is marketed by one of the leaders in braking for hotrods and racing.....many case it is better defined as a cantilever. Adding to some of the comments here, even my own, do not overlook the simplicity and ease of maintenance that a remote reservoir offers, and most popular master cylinder designs have some aftermarket support for this application also.
  14. This is what many here do not see or consider and in truth rarely related in the thread, MANY USE WHAT IS ON HAND OR BEING MADE AVAILABLE with little regard to practicality and solely based on the keeping it low bucks. This type thread is as bad as many click bait articles on the internet coupled with well intentions of most first time new owners with few skill sets, few tools and often no room to tear the car down for this type operation. Sadly we can only hope they get up to speed quickly before another car is sent to the scrapper.....it is never to me the question of stock or mod, it is the fact you finish what you started.
  15. something you may wish to consider is the question, do I want to continually be checking and servicing fluid levels through a hole in the floor, if planning carpet do I want to have to pull the carpet back each operation. Do I really need/want to relocate pedals and alter the pan on top of the high cost of the master and bracket when installing a new master does not need these encumbrances? These are things you should look at close before pulling the trigger on any KIT a company should sell or any setup you should entertain if a 'roll your own' install. The planning phase is where to address this, not midstream and at the first 'oops' in the process. This is just issues with the master upgrade, you have not tied in with the original brakes and or the possible upgrade to disc where issues of balance and residual pressure will need be addressed also.
  16. you should be able to do a search here, this is not a cop out in any manner but there are tons of ways of doing this and in truth, how handy are with your hands and what tools are at your disposal. The job can range from just a C note out your pocket to that of a Franklin family reunion.
  17. you may have HEARD the goats but I see no goat HERD
  18. are those shadow of brush and bramble or a disguised safety chain attached to the chassis.....🤣 a certain other company today would depict this image by backing up to the edge of the precipice. (but I still think they use photoshop on the safety cable there also) yeah, just not that trusting in the actual event or portrayal thereof
  19. and I thought calling them a dollar was the loonie part...I will go stand in the corner now, well, at least till the fresh pot of coffee finish perking.
  20. what is impressive is not that the Dodge is transporting them but the manner they were stacked..stayed in place while some poor slob lashed the chains with the binders...secondly who was the poor soul tasked with the release of these binders.....
  21. I am rater certain that is the 41 Georgia tag, I have a matched pair for the Coupe and another for a trailer.....
  22. looks like a 41 Georgia tag, the US's first production reflective tag.
  23. As an added fact, it was a Chrysler engineer that developed the oilite bearing....
  24. that was one of the most popular brake boosters on the market and been around for decades on end....basically your Midland remote unit
  25. as I see it, it is hydraulic over hydraulic.
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