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Gents, I'll bet somebody in the government had a lot of fun putting that together. Nice to see a sense of humor still exists. -Randy

Rusty, Welcome. That's a beautiful drive, sir. Can you tell us more about it, please? Pictures, man, more pictures because we can read those better than words. -Randy

Dear Bob D, Welcome to the forum! You'll find some great guys here with very good advice so don't be shy about asking questions. You may also find a few grouchy guys but they're mainly from Colorado and upstate NY so just ignore them. -Randy

Frankie, Great pictures. I have friends in VT who mentioned today's high was expected to get all the way up to 2 degrees and those pictures fit right in. I particularly enjoyed seeing the pioneer style snow shoes tired to the spare tire because you know they took winter seriously. -Randy

Ian, Welcome! In answer to your first question, the OD gives a 1:1.3 decrease in engine RPM so the flathead sixes have no trouble maintaining 70 mph. With a 318 (depending on the rear end ratio) you should be able to make any cop either very happy or very angry. -Randy

Gents, Frank is right; that's the most beautiful Plymouth I've ever seen! I am curious as to why engine coolant got piped around the fan shroud the way it did. I'd like to see what sort of radiator it's using, too, but these are curiosities on my part and not criticisms. -Randy

Gents, We would welcome any and all members, but keep in mind we're 50+ miles North of Denver. On the other hand, we're no more than a couple miles from the foothills and the Rockies! We have one spare bedroom and a very large yard for living in the burbs. -Randy

Gents, An American icon still made in America. Whether you smoke or not everybody should own at least one; you'll find uses for it. It's paired well with the car, too. -Randy

Gents, I was cruising through the Net a couple days ago and came across this improbable mode of transportation; a one-wheel motorcycle. Utterly fascinating to me and I want one now. http://rynomotors.com/ Push the button for the video and enjoy. -Randy

Gents, I liked the primered front fender best, followed closely by the vertical dent in the rear fender. The less-than-subtle emulation of the ever-popular lemon-sucking Edsel grill stands out in dubious honor of the son who thought tractors were bitchin'. -Randy

54, Now you've got my curiosity up and I don't even have one. -Randy

Gents, URL (Uniform Resource Locator) is requested on this site and every site I've found from which I want to copy a picture or to which I want to post a picture. Cool, because now I don't need to bother trying to post a picture anywhere because I have literally spent hours trying to find a URL to any picture located on my computer and evidently none exists. No "http\\:www..." anything on this computer so far as any pictures are concerned regardless of how many slashes I put anywhere. I can recall a time when if I wanted to post a picture all I needed to do was post it, but things have been simplified to the point that I refuse to frustrate myself trying to do it any more. I've read many tutorials on how to do it and the first item always requested is the URL; forget it, it doesn't exist. If I need a picture of something I can find it and sorry I can't share one here. -Randy

Gents, ... and all this time I thought I was found under a cabbage leaf! -Randy

aero, To expand slightly on what Niel mentioned, that 4 speed Hydromatic is worth it's weight in gold! It was such a successful tranny that when Rolls-Royce found they could not produce a better one, they bought GM's patents to it in 1955 (?) and that is still the tranny RR is using today (I think). You think our ODs are hard to come by, try finding one of those laying in the bushes. The 303 ci V-8 is still considered by many to be the benchmark engine against which all other early V-8s are measured. Nothing more that should need to be added. -Randy

Scruffy, I'll have you know, sir, I walked under my dog dish with all the pride a black shoe could muster. -Randy

Greg, Maybe that's when they first found fault with ethanol? -Randy

Gents, Current temp should be ambient. More than that indicates resistance. -Randy

Lee, You have a good attitude toward what's before you and that will carry you a long way. Best to you, my friend. -Randy

Gents, I've seen that chart before and read an in-depth report on it and it hasn't ever been contested. I would be afraid to use 50/50 without a full-face shield but since I wear one whenever I play with chemicals anyway it shouldn't be a problem, but I question the longevity of a spray bottle so I haven't gotten around to trying it yet. Anyone tried spraying it? -Randy

jeff0547, That wiring thingy has been a bone of contention with me for quite a while because of the opportunity for "cross induction", in which the spark for one wire will cross to another wire running alongside it, thereby creating a miss. I've written about it here in the past, noting that is the reason why racing cars will always have wires crossing at 90 degrees (if at all), but very few of us have ever noticed that problem in actual practice. What I have done about it was to make sure the thingy on my '46 P-15 more-door (Pigiron) is painted glossy black because it looks best that way, and let it go at that. Should you ever develop an inexplicable miss, there's one of the first places to look, but if it you were writing about it keeping the car from starting you would have already had to put out the fire. I'm surprised one of the wizened old farts here hasn't landed on you with both feet about your wiring in general because that's the first thing that will keep your car from starting, with a fire being optional. The wiring on our cars can be confusing from any angle, especially from under the dash with one leg over the back seat and another out a window and all your blood rushing to your already over-worked brain, but take heart in that it's actually a fairly simple system and only becomes intimidating when seen as a whole and not just one circuit at a time. You could just grab the worst wire you see and replace it, making sure to draw a simple diagram of from whence the wire came to whence it went, and learn what each wire does as you're doing it. Odds are it won't take long to find your problem but don't stop there because if you have bare wires showing they ain't a-gonna fix themselves. There are some good quality commercially made brand new wire looms out there, some can even be ordered with original cloth covering, and if you want to just get the job done correctly there are several members who have used them and had great success. I prefer to replace them myself but you won't be criticized however you do it, just so long as you eventually get 'er done. One other place that's worth looking at, so long as you'll be disconnecting wires anyway, is the connection the wire makes. We run low voltage-high amp systems and corrosion will stop amps a lot faster than volts so anything other than a clean connection is a breeding ground for personal headache. End of lecture; enjoy your car and become one with it. And send pictures because pictures are fun and pretty and easy for us to understand. -Randy

Mark, Thanks, it's all coming together now as if in a dream. One of these days I'll try to remember that I have a YouTube account and to look there first. -Randy

Gents, I Googled "Gangster Squad" and the closest match I found was a 2006 Hindi movie. That information in hand I come to you asking what the heck you're talking about? -Randy

Gents, Yeah, cute picture but may not be appropriate here because where would she wipe the oil she gets on her hands? -Randy

Gents, Noticed a few '57 Chevys but nothing with dual headlights so I'm going to assume that was the year it was made, regardless if Henry James just put out a big-band recording or not. Think that T-Bird would have made it through the intersection today? -Randy

Gents, Seems as though once the "OT" was added to the subject line it didn't make a pair of fetid Dingo kidneys what the content was. We aren't a forum for hurricanes or tragedies either but I didn't see anyone complaining about those posts, or is there a secret special "OT" that means something other than "Off Topic"? -Randy