Plymouthy Adams

thanks and right back at ya...!!!!!!!!!! With grand kids, in-laws and such, the traditional Christmas eve will be at my place and Christmas day for the in-law side of the family. We will have our meal and later open the gifts and after a bit of family fun, I can settle in for the evening and maybe relax a bit. I try to stay out of the stores as it draws near Christmas but I did have to get a few 'last minute' items....I shopped the commissary as there is hardly any traffic on the back road to the base compared to the towns. I will be baking my pies tonight I suppose so not to be in mums way tomorrow.....you folks do enjoy the season, family and friends.....

a cold chisel would only be used by me when access with the grinders is limited.....there are many times when there is no substitute for good sharp chisel when doing metal working.

just coming to rest after a landing.....all foils extended....max braking applied........

this is from my 230 engine..

it is not shaped like an arrow on these models as compared to many other.....the lights are as mentioned by Wood and Steel to be just dots....of different colors....

nice touch, the car and his memory continue to live on.

a dime will not even work at a Penny Arcade...I would gather to say based on years ago when my child was young...that the average game was minimum 50 cents to play....it has been 25 years since and I would be scared to ask the cost today without a chair nearby to sit. We have good games at the house that are free to play, I foot the bill for the initial costs....they are, rake the lawn, mow the lawn, weed the garden, wash the cars, wash the house, split and stack firewood..etc etc.......tones eye to hand coordination, builds muscles and character...we running very low on character these days. Fun for all...!!

welcome, unless you are about to embrace a modern fuel injected engine with ring tone from the differential etc. and making/altering or buying a stand alone harness....not much has really changed in the retrofit of the basic drivetrain with one major exception. Your pockets likely will need a bit of lengthening so when you dig for the money it will be there....refill pockets as needed....!! Cost of parts is up, shipping often more than many parts.

its official...the forum has now gone to crap...!!!!!!!! ?

I fabricated a jig and made about 16 of these one time.....used spring steel, heat tempered for to retain the correct spring tension.....simple and easy..

pay to play......after all, another member here did all your legwork at no cost to you in locating part number and part....a quest you failed miserably by your own admission...add it in and call it free shipping, pay shipping same dollars again, by you own words.

funny, cats don't have such long lives around my old mopars and parts.....?

I agree with the two door sedan a bit fewer and father between....I personally like this model over the Club Coupe in style and roominess when the rear seat comes into play. If you however wish for a coupe roof line, the Bz Cp is my preferred with the absence of a back seat INCLUDING not having the optional aux. flip down seats. Again all this is subject to the owners own eye and intended use. Your grille trim looks to be in excellent condition, placing you far ahead of the game for most cars this vintage.

In one of the above replies, you chose which, I read simply put.......I am tired of shelfish people......to this end I will say that I think this does come honestly with age as we in our upper years (old fogies) were never raised with the attitude of today's generation....we were raised to be courteous and respectful to others and a man's word was his bond. I love it when some clown blows around me on the interstate weaving in and out of traffic and I get the chance to wave a friendly greeting and honk of the horn as I pass by as the officer is writing their ticket. While not a pet peeve per se, this falls under poetic justice...my way to vent at his placing everyone at risk.

took a while to get used to this area, must stay a bit focused and on your toes as many would pull onto the road in your lane in a 55MPH speed zone, not speed up at all, travel some 100 yards and then turn left, signal to turn, not a chance in this lifetime....they driving like they behind the wheel of their tractor and still in the field.

I feel your pain.....this I just ran into....went to look at an item online....big bold letters on their site....STOP USING IMITATION PARTS...so you click on their listed product, read the specs.....IMPORTED item....but clearly we have US made that is equivalent if not superior.....it is all about the bottom dollar and max money in their pocket. By the way, the US made was about 1/2 their proprietary pricing....again, all about the dollar.

Thanks for the well wishes. This is my favorite holiday....as in x years it falls on my birthday also. Mums prepared an excellent meal and I did make my rendition of fruit salad and baked a couple pecan pies from the nuts I gathered from my trees. I hope all here had a good day with family and friends and the sharing of a great meal...I can say, we had a great day here. I am not much for Christmas as I am disgusted by the commercialism surrounding the holiday. So I will be burying myself now back into the shop, yard and house repairs/projects. Just got a commercial gasoline powered compressor and with the engine now gone through and running. Will likely disassemble and clean the pilot valve and then check out the pump, idler and holding segments of the unit.

Mr Haney's truck if he could have afforded the executive model....

the times they are a-changing....ring true with paints today. My go to line of paint has changed over the years. Where once the mixing rate was higher for added reducer, today, they sell you reduced paint at a higher price and premix the reducer to the point that you only have to slightly alter the viscosity for spraying. So, paying more and getting less is the trend here now. As advise, if you do not get the mixing data sheet with the sale, do go online and download their instructions. As stated, tons of mixing info here for viscosity, hardener and other agents used in spraying. As paint is very expensive, you can usually buy a quart/pint of so of the brand paint in a color not needed or wanted as it was mixed wrong color etc. Buy some of this at good price for practicing your mixing and spraying techniques on good heavy masking paper taped to the wall. In this manner, your lessons will be at a much reduced cost in both time and money and rework as you get familiar with this brand of paint and learn the setup of your gun and your own handling techniques of spraying.

did you actually test your viscosity and properly calculate your flash time between coats...so so many variable in mixing and spraying, hard to truly say what was or was not in line. BUT.........you will learn as you go...starting small project is good for you.....use a test paper hanging on the wall for viscosity, speed and distance when spraying and see what works for you to get the smooth layer you looking for.

lots of stuff on this subject, dyno test and this practice, negligible increase except if misfire data....the operation range of the dyno test and this practice shows rpms so over the top any of these flatheads will ever see...the data again concludes that lower misfires the main benefit from indexing. Temp range, depends on many other variables of your build and if stock, odds are your driving habits with this car may show that your stock plug is already been factory proven as best inasmuch as heat range goes. If you have altered your CR/Induction/Exhaust....then you will have to drive your car and read your plugs and adjust up/down for your parameters. This is part of YOUR tuning of the car if you want to squeeze another chirp from a cricket.

high level of oil will cause for foaming due to the churning of the oil by the crank journals....the comment "should I have an oil change" leads me to believe you farm out your routine maintenance also. So yes, an oil change would correct this...else you can just drain a bit out now and wait for the scheduled oil change.

spiffy enough for sure......

do ensure you are not experiencing points bounce with not positioning the tension spring correctly.

That would have been a nice tour.....made an overseas (Persian Gulf) ship survey, USS LaSalle, an up close inspection of what needed repairs that would and could be done in a 30+/- availability. I do not think there is a compartment on that ship and a smokestack that I have not entered to check ship component/system readiness condition and you learn the overall vastness of the ship. After this initial survey, I did 5 trips consisting of 30-40 days doing many repairs and upgrades, many of which were well outside my trade but jobs that yet needed be done and you lent a hand to whatever you could do to get the total task done timely and precisely. It was fun times....even in the DS/DS environment. You could well see the changing of the climate on my last trip.