Norm's Coupe

It will run better if you dropped a nice 350 crate motor and 350 transmission in there. Faster too.

Sorry to hear about your break down. T Buckets are neat, but don't think I'd want to drive one all that distance. Hope your friend had a top for it, otherwise that would be one windy ride.

:D Guess I should have read the title of the listing. Completely missed that.

Actually, if someone was looking for a parts car and got that for only $400, it would be a deal. Check it out, the guy says FREE SHIPPING. He could end up paying you to take the car by the time he ships it. :D

Is that a self adjusting brake system on there? Looks like it might be. If so, someone may have swapped rearends at some point. Check the rearend part number to see if it's original. If not, look up to see what rearend you have, then you'll be able to determine how to repair it with the proper cable, etc.

Gary, If you are planning on using some of Charlies parts, better contact him. He recently said something about not being able to supply the disc brake kits soon, and he only had so many left to sell. Don't know about the other stuff he may sell. Oh, and I forgot in my other post. When my engine was out for rebuilding, my front end looked like yours. Don't have any picture of it though, but mine also still had the front clip. Once the motor was back in, it went back to normal.

Bottom Line. You are just going to have to pick someone local to move the car. If you don't put your faith in some tow truck driver, you'll never get it moved. Remember, these people do it for a living. And, if they damage too many cars while moving them, they wouldn't be in business, simply because their insurance company would drop them if they did.

You're probably right. I found 3 real nice old cars in Louisville, KY right after Catrina sitting on a used car lot. The one that drew my attention was a 54 Chevy, 2 door hardtop. Looked inside and you could see water marks on the interior. Also had a real sharp looking 37 Plymouth Coupe street rod on the lot. But.........again, looked inside and there were the tale tale water marks. Didn't bother looking at the third car.

Bob, I have this one for our cars (NAPA Brand). The little small plug on the top of the front is in case you want to use it with a remote filler. Last I checked it ran about $340 or $350 at NAPA. This one has never been on a car and still in original box, but not sure how old it is. Rubber boot looks like new though. You will notice the cap has rust on it. That's because I switched the caps. Put the new cap on my own car. This cap is good though, just not as pretty. If interested maybe we can work something out via PM. Was keeping it for a spare, but think I'd rather have a new dual one from ECI if I ever need a new one.

Pete, you're right it's $300 for Bob's car. I was looking at the 37-41 price which is $25 less. My mistake. Ed, Ed, even if the cost to re-sleeve a MC is only $100, I'd still spend the $300 for a new on from ECI or an original new one from NAPA, etc. I'd probably go with the one from ECI though simply because it's a safer master cylinder being a dual one. That said, I did have mine rebuilt at a shop for only $85, that included removing it, re-installing it and adjusting the brakes back in 95 (mine didn't need to be re-sleeved). If the ECI MC was available then, I would have bought it instead. I may be cheap on other things, but not when it comes to things like brakes.

The ECI dual Master Cylinder for your coupe would be $275. It's a direct bolt in and you would use your existing brake & clutch pedal assembly. Kit #EC-441 http://www.ecihotrodbrakes.com/chrysler_master_assemblies.html Regardless of how you go, original or the ECI kit, I'd buy a new one if you can't rebuild your old one. Why mess around with having an old piece of junk sleeved when you can buy new, one way or the other?

As Tim said, put the motor back in and she'll probably sit right. The picture below is a picture of a 47 P15 chassis. The front end parts were OK on it when I removed them. The car also sat right before the guy took it apart.

You can also age your pictures in Photo Shop just like that site does. You can do other stuff with Photo Shop too, like adding noise to the picture etc. You can even stretch your pictures if you want in different shapes.

Greg, The best way to make a nice clean hole in rubber is to punch it out. That's how they do it in the conveyor belt companies. I have a friend that owns a belt company. They will make up different dies for each job to punch what every size hole/shape they need. Of course that's also done on a punch press once made. But.........you can make a punch for whatever you need at home too. I've done that before. If I want a punch for a round hole, I just find a pipe for that size hole. Then I grind the end of the pipe down sharp enough to punch through whatever. Then place the punch on the material and hit it a few times with a hammer. Thicker material you just use a BFH to hit the pipe with. If you want a square or oblong hole use a piece of square/rectangular tubing and grind it down sharp like the pipe. Only takes a few minutes to make your own punch.

This is another good reason to buy a parts book and service manual. Over the years I've seen a lot of old car web sites come an go. If you don't want to purchase a parts book, OK. But.........I wouldn't depend on that web site always being there. So.........if you want the info on that site for future reference, you should download it and save it on your own computer for future reference.

I agree with the others. The welding classes would be much better than the auto mechanic classes. There is nothing wrong with becoming an ase mechanic, and you can earn a good living doing it. But.........it's restricted to being an auto mechanic. On the other hand, becoming a welder is more diversified. You can not only work in an auto body shop but also in a factory as a shop welder. So........you have more possibilities of finding a job as a welder than an auto mechanic. And, as mentioned companies are always looking for good welders, and the pay is one of the highest in a production shop. Actually, I think your question was a good one for someone of your age to ask. You picked two occupations that you have interest in, and then ask for opinions from the older people on which would be a better profession/trade to get into. That's just being smart. Doesn't mean you have to listen to what we have to say, but at least you get opinions from those who have been around longer. This way you can make a better decision. And, no matter what anyone says. The more professions or trades you train for, the more stable you'll be in the future. That way, you'll always have something different to fall back on if needed someday.

I first saw that car and took a picture of it in 1994. It was at the NSRA meet in Louisville, KY that year. It's been all over and in several magazine articles since. The owner lives in northern Illinois.

I think Tim hit it. You could probably just use pieces from a roll of rubber roofing. That's available at any big box lumber yard usually. Or, you could probably also get away with using rubber from an inner tube.

Bob, That's why I'm on the computer most of the time. During the week I have to look up work related things on the computer. So..........I bounce back and forth to the forum while doing that. At night I do it for the same reason you do. Not much on the tube that I like today so I end up on the computer. However, I would probably leave the computer off all day on the weekends. I rarely turn on the computer myself on the weekends. Wife usually does that to check email. Then of course, I'll go on it after she's turned it on. On the days she doesn't turn it on, on the weekend, I don't either. I figure if someone really had something important to talk about, they'll just call on the phone. You can waste a lot of time on the computer. Before you know it, you spent an hour instead of just a few minutes like you planned on the computer.

Bob, You just hit the nail on the head. When you are in a meeting, you're supposed to be paying attention to whats going on in that meeting, not checking your text messages on your phone. Plus, there is nothing more annoying to me than to have a sales person explaining something to me, then his cell phone rings and he says he has to answer it. When that happens, that sales person is then finished talking to me. I will just tell them, I'm evidently not important enough for him since he had to answer that call in the middle of our conversation. That's a big NO SALE when that happens for that sales person. Actually, I've even walked away from someone I'm just talking to about anything if they answer the cell phone or even check their text messages while talking to me. That's just plain rude in my book. That's also why I don't have call waiting on my phones. I wouldn't answer the other call while talking to someone else anyway. Not all young people are into cell phones though. My son (41 years old) for example says he wouldn't have a cell phone, and he's into all kinds of computers and hi tech stuff. He also doesn't mess around with facebook, etc. on the computer. That said. I really feel sorry for the person who is too lazy to get off his/her rear end to pick up a pencil and paper to copy a phone number from a phone message. That's just plain out right being lazy. If they are that lazy, I probably don't want to talk to them anyway.

Bob, I keep telling my brother in law the same thing. He's missing out on a lot of stuff out there, just regarding old cars. But.....he wants nothing to do with it, even though they have a computer in the house. He says it takes too much time to putz with the computer. As far as socializing though, he's not missing out on anything there. Him and his wife are always on the go. For example every Christmas holiday season, they are on the go. I don't mean just a couple times a week, but every single day they have someone to visit from Thanksgiving Day until New Years Day. Some of those days they will go two or three places in one day. To me and my wife, that's just way too much. You can't enjoy things when you are that busy because you're too tired from running all the time. Every week of the rest of the year they always have someplace to go at least once or twice a week. Keep in mind he still works full time too because he's not old enough for full retirement yet. Plus, don't think he wants to retire right now anyway.

I agree with Ed. That floor isn't all that bad. Actually, when it comes to rusty cars I don't think the East or West Coast cars are much better than those in the snow belt. While you don't use much or any salt on your roads, you do have a lot of salt air blowing in off the ocean. Combine that with a little humidity and you have the same conditions we have in the snow belt, only all year round. If you doubt the salt air reasoning think of this. I've always been slim. Yet when I was in the army, my first duty assignment was to go to Korea. To get there I had to go on a troop ship (that was in 1962). The trip only took 18 days with a 24 hour stop over in Hawaii and Japan. In just those 18 days I gained about 30 or 35 lbs. It took about 6 months to get back to my normal weight. Coming home I also gained some weight but not as much since that trip only took about 14 days since we only stopped in Japan for a couple of hours for supplies, then straight to San Francisco. One time while visiting the doctor in the late 70's or early 80's I mentioned that to the doctor in the course of a conversation. His reply was simple. Said salt air will do that. So.........that air coming in off the cost has salt in it and that's probably what causes the rust out on cars located on all the coast.

How true that is. Not only that but a lot of the older guys in the hobby just don't want anything to do with a computer, so they never see what you are trying to sell. My brother in law is like that. Even though his wife uses the computer at home all the time, he wants nothing to do with it. That's even after a friend of his in the V8 club sold a special manifold him on a Ford site for a 30's V8 a few years ago, for double what he could have gotten from people around here. Right now he has two extra 36 Ford grills hanging in the garage that he said he was going to see because he doesn't need them. One is in nice shape and the other needs a little work. Those are expensive grills in any condition. It'll probably take him a long, long time to sell them to someone around here, but he could probably sell them both right away on the web. But...........he refuses to do that. So that's another problem when selling parts. A lot of people our age aren't even looking on the web.

Sounds good Fred. Just don't get too sunburned sanding out there in all that sun.

Ended up with one of these from Harbor Freight. On sale in the store for only $70. Should do the trick. Don't actually have it here yet. Store is on far south side near my son's house, so he picked it up just a little while ago. He works near our house though and will drop it off tomorrow. Thanks for the info on the noise level. http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?itemnumber=90168&Submit=Go