BobT-47P15

Hi. Welcome to the Forum. As I recall, I think the Gyromatic can either be shifted like a standard transmission or left in high gear like an automatic....but will be slower on the takeoff than shifting. Someone will tell ypu if I am wrong........ Have you gotten a parts manual and an owner's manual for the car yet. Those 2 things are very necessary to have. However they won't apply to the modified things like the carbs. There are two engine lengths in old Mopars.....23 inches long in Plymouths and Dodges and 25 inches long in DeSotos and Chryslers. Some parts will interchange between the cars and engines....some will not. You just have to learn such things as you go along. I like the loojks of your car and wish you much success in rejuvenating it. Bob.

YES.....some good thoughts there. We will have friends and relatives over for dinner Monday....will attend an evening church service tonight. Some light rain here in southwest Missouri so far....the Plymouth will stay in the garage. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all. Bob

Thanks for your thoughts on this leak, gentlemen. As Greg said, i havent done much posting the last few years. The car has sat a lot. I start it and let it idle until warm every so often. It’s more difficult to find mechanics familiar with older cars as many are not able to do the work due to old age, etc. Will try to clean up the floor and inspect things to see if I. can locate the problem.

Has started leaking some oil at rear of engine. Have not crawled under to look yet. Thought I would ask better mechanics than me for possibilities. The car has been sitting a lot in last few years. Thanks for any info. Bob in Joplin, MO.

Thanks for the report Robin. Indeed it looks like a good show. Cheers from Joplin, Missouri … right on old Route 66.

The rim in the picture looks like a Ford item and uses the "outside" style cap.

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You could, if desired, use a narrow trim reng with the 9 or 10 inch cap….but need the 10 inchers for the wide beauty ring that covers the entire wheel.. The ise of the smaller hub cap on the cheaper Deluxe model is only one thing —- the dadh is less fancy….only one insode sun visor….only one arm rest…and some other things I can’t recall. They had to reduce their biilding cost some way.

You can usually buy a p15 color chart on ebay.

Good looking car. If it is Canadian built model…is the grill the same as the U S model or specifically Canadian?

Hi Martin. If you get the car jacked up and lubed…maybe you could ask a friend from work to come by for a while to turn the wheel. There are gears in the steering box. Also an adjustment on top of the box. Do you have a repair manual for your model?

The plastic center piece comes out with the round chrome piece when you remove the 3 screws from the back side of the wheel. Sounds like you may need to acquire a better parts manual and repair manual for your car…. Whether it is a DeLuxe or Special DeLuxe, parts and diagrams for both models are shown.

I have always heard that the right side mirror is useless for vision. There are some other outside mirrors - the type used by Robin In the U K on his P15 convertible - that are good usable mirrors for both sides.

And/or you can buy a paint chip color chart on eBay for some price. There are two P15 colors exclusive to woody wagons and P15 convertibles: Sumac Red and Charlotte Ivory. Here are some charts. Far as I know, you can not purchase paint using the exact original formula, but with a good example they can get pretty darn close.

Has anyone notified our esteemed Moderator in Chief about this new stuff? I suspect he can fix it.