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Robin (UK)

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  1. It's interesting to see this thread revived.
    I ran with the electronic switch for a while but the OD was drawing too much current so it wasn't really up to the job.
    So I now have a VW headlight relay activated via a Shift-Rite knob on the gear shifter.
    It works really well and the mechanical relay makes a great sound as it engages/disengages giving it a real period feel.
    The VW part number is  311941581C (for 6v +ve ground).
    Hope this helps.

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  2. My car is just about to get a replacement engine, which is a strong-running unit from a friend's car. (He's dropping in a V8)

    The motor was hopped up sometime in the 1960s and was run with dual carbs and fenton headers, but we know nothing about the internals.

    Looking at part numbers, we've found the following...

    The motor is a Plymouth unit, with a P23 number (1951).

    The number on the crank appears to be correct for the year, but the camshaft is showing a Dodge number.
    Is there much difference between the Plymouth and Dodge cams?
    Could there be a 'performance' reason for swapping to a Dodge profile? 
    Or is it perhaps just that the part was available at the time and/or it's been reground?
    I'd welcome any ideas or thoughts.
    Thanks,
    Robin

  3. 2 hours ago, normanpitkin said:

    All we needed was a Desoto! Oh,and a woody or wagon to complete the line up.maybe next year! I had a great time ,roll on next year!

    Graham was hoping to bring his DeSoto business coupe but didn't make it. Dave will also hopefully have his finished for next year's meet.
    There's a T&C that's local to our meet but the owner is usually away at this time of year.
    Don't know of any woody wagons in the UK, though.

  4. 12 hours ago, DonaldSmith said:

    It looks like all the steering wheels are on the left.  Don't stick out your arm if you are close to the curb. (kerb?)  

    Are these all, or most of them, imports from the States?  (States:  Canadian shorthand for the United States of America.  What do the Brits call the USA, politely, of course?) 

    Yes, all left hand drive. There are a few right hand drive cars over here (originally supplied to Africa)
    We also say 'The States'... it's almost like we speak the same language! ;)

  5. 45 minutes ago, Andydodge said:

    Robin, great pics, looks like there has been some P15 breeding going on, plus I see that their bigger brothers visited also.....really good to see the variety of colours as well, I counted 11 different P15......enough to fill a dealership lot.........lol................andyd

    Yes... 11 Plymouths, 3 Chryslers and a Dodge.

    Also a few owners whose cars couldn't make the trip.

    And some 'guest' classic cars, too.

  6. D25 gravel pans are smooth and the bumpers wrap around further than on the P15.
    The bumper irons are different too... If you look closely, you'll see an extra pair of bumper bolts visible at the front.
    As the blue car is in Canada, perhaps the bumpers were swapped at some time, using parts that were available locally?
    For reference, here are a couple of pictures of a D25 coupe, here in the UK...

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  7. On 7/23/2017 at 0:28 AM, keithb7 said:

    Today, I entered my first car show. I had a great time. 8 hours chatting up cars with other enthusiasts. There were about 100 cars. I had the only 50's Chrysler. There was a '47 (P-15 I think?) Plymouth there. I met the local owner and we shared knowledge and helped each other out a bit. We agreed to meet up again soon. He's about to start rebuilding a spare L6 to install in his P15. I'd like to be in there like a dirty shirt helping him. On his current block SN stamp I saw the P-15 letters.

    This 47 Plymouth had original interior. It was pretty neat. It was converted to 12V by someone but the current owner is not too keen on it. He is thinking about converting it back to 6V. He's got low PSI in centre two jugs, so he's getting ready to rebuild.

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    Thanks for sharing your adventures.
    It's interesting to see that the P15 is fitted with Dodge D25 bumpers and gravel pans.
    I wonder if those are original to the car?
     

  8. Alan, in the UK, just told me he found one of these in the trunk of his P15 Business Coupe when he got it.
    I haven't seen it, or any pictures, but it's clearly a period item.
    If I get more info I will post it on this thread.

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  9. 7 hours ago, Eneto-55 said:

    I was about two years old when this car was buried, living 16 miles north of Downtown.  I heard about this car all through my early childhood, and wanted to visit back home when it was brought out, but didn't make it back there.  My grandpa owned a service station back then, and when I was 5 or so, we moved a storage shed from the service station to the place we were living.  In a loft in that building was a whole stack of brand-new commemorative 'license plates' that said 1907 Visit Oklahoma 1957 across the top, and OKLAHOMA in large letters in the middle.  I think there is only one left, and my Dad has it.  (I had it for a while, but thought I should give it back to Dad, although I'm pretty sure it was me that saved it when it was the last one around, probably in the early 70's.)  When it got close to 2007 I had an idea to make a bunch of them just like it, but with 2007 in place of the 1957, but when I found out how much the dies would cost, I gave it up.  Afterwards, seeing what a big 'circus' the whole event was, I think it would have been a good investment.  But maybe it would have been better yet to leave it say 1957, I don't know.

    Great story about the license plates.
    A quick google search threw up this eBay listing...
    http://www.ebay.com/itm/1957-Visit-Oklahoma-Semi-Centennial-Front-License-Plate-Tag-MINT-/162530284719?hash=item25d78f54af:g:of4AAOSw53NZARsh

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  10. Here's a DeSoto that was in a Swiss yard in 2013.
    And a couple of Plymouths in Ireland...
    The first is a picture from a The Seaflower trawler funeral in 1968.
    The second is a car that was for sale in 1983 but, sadly, does not seem to have survived.

    switz 1.jpg

    switz 2.jpg

    Seaflower Trawler funeral, Ireland Dec 1968.jpg

    Ireland, 1983.JPG

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