PatS....

Not sure I get what you're talking about

Been there done that and have the t-shirt:D

Hate to tell you, but....

Maybe when you're finished, you could write a book? "Spotlites for Dummies" Make a fortune

Check out where Steve Nash is FROM

I would think with the brakes done, it would but not very fast. They did those kind of jobs in their day even with the original brakes. I would do it but then again I'm...well we won't go there...

Remnants of the "Auto Pact" from the sixties.

Charlie, glad to hear that you came through that relatively OK. I'm sure you feel like you went 10 with Tyson, but Excursion/Neon coulda been alot worse Take a few days to mend and recover and visit us here while you do Pat

Iacocca said that Chrysler's health care costs alone amount to $1500 per vehicle compared to $200 P.V. for the imports. I wonder if that means that the imports aren't covering the employees health care?

Owner as of April 13 2007 is: Tre Aviation Corp Wilmington, DE 19810-4902 United States (Google is a wonderful thing )

I should drain and fill mine while it's OUT

There is a NEW kit available made by: Hygrade Carburetor Repair Kit, Division of Standard Motor Products. Part number 101A UPC# 0 21769 06648 2 I can get you a new one and send it over if you have no luck on eBay. PM me

I got one the other day that said I had won a BMW in a UK draw. I wrote back "send it"

WOW!!! What a great job on the old Walter P. Kinda neat to take it back to the scene of the crime so to speak for the after picture. As for the glove box door, that's the cleanest treatment I have seen to deal with the lack of plastic on those cars. Looks like it belongs there.

and a witness...

The Chopper is a 1980 Aerospatiale http://www.airport-data.com/aircraft/N269JM.html Google the registration number and you get all kinds of hits including old pictures of the thing on JetPhotos.Net

If you can, find a place to store it. It'll be out of the driveway. If you sell it, can you realize enough money to make a difference? Usually it's not enough to help. Concentrate on the situation at hand, and in time, you will be able to come back to the project. I put my project on "real slow" when my Mother passed last August. Now, I'm slowly getting back into it, and I'm glad I still have it. Takes my mind off of things for a while. But...in the end, you have to do what's right for you and not what others tell you is right for you. Good Luck

I believe it is because of foaming...not wanted in the fluid coupling. The tractor fluid is recommended by many FD guru's...one of which I am not.

Congratulations, Don and Lisa on your first 25...many more to come.

Private equity firm to buy 80 percent stake in U.S. automaker. Debt free at first, the company will assume billions in retiree health care costs down the line. By Chris Isidore, CNNMoney.com senior writer May 14 2007: 10:10 AM EDT NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- DaimlerChrysler moved to undo the most expensive and one of the least successful mergers in auto industry history Monday as it agreed to sell its money-losing Chrysler unit for only a fraction of what it paid nine years ago. DaimlerChrysler (Charts) announced it will sell an 80 percent stake in its U.S. brand for $7.4 billion to Cerberus Capital Management, a private equity investment firm. Shares of DaimlerChrysler were up 3.5 percent in both Frankfurt and New York trading just before 10 a.m. ET, although that is off from earlier gains soon after the announcement. Shares of the company have risen more than 30 percent in the three months since it announced it was looking to sell Chrysler. The private equity sector has become a major force in the acquisition of publicly owned companies in recent years, often buying troubled operations at a bargain price. "We are aware that Chrysler faces significant challenges, but we are confident that they can and will be overcome," said a statement from John Snow, the chairman of Cerberus and the U.S. Treasury Secretary from 2003 to 2006. "A private investment firm like Cerberus will provide management with the opportunity to focus on their long-term plans rather than the pressures of short-term earnings expectations." This is not Cerberus' first entry into the troubled U.S. auto industry. Last year it bought a 51 percent stake in GMAC, the finance unit of General Motors (Charts, Fortune 500), and it is in negotiations to become a major investor in Delphi (Charts, Fortune 500), the world's No. 1 auto parts maker which has been in bankruptcy since October 2005. The German automaker then known as Daimler-Benz paid $37 billion for the U.S. automaker in 1998, but it soon found itself weighed down by uncompetitive labor costs and losing sales to nimbler Japanese rivals. Toyota Motor (Charts) passed DaimlerChrysler in U.S. sales for the first time 2006, as GM, Ford Motor (Charts, Fortune 500) and Chrysler all lost money on their North American operations and announced plans to close plants and make deep cuts in staff. The U.S.-based automakers such as Chrysler, which includes the Chrysler, Dodge and Jeep brands, have been hurt by high gasoline prices over the last year and a half; they depend much more on sales of light truck models such as SUVs, pickups and minivans, than on the more fuel efficient car models, where Japanese automakers dominate U.S. sales. About three out of every four vehicles that Chrysler Group sells in the United States is a light truck, the highest percentage of any automaker. But sales of light trucks have seen their overall share of the U.S. market fall, to 53 percent in 2006 from nearly 56 percent in 2004. The newly independent automaker, to be known as Chrysler Holding, will begin debt free, as its former German parent, now to be known as Daimler, assumes its debt. Daimler will also retain a 20 percent stake in Chrysler Holding. But the U.S. automaker, which is projected to not return to profitability until at least 2008, will take with it responsibility for billions in health care coverage promised to union employees, retirees and their families, costs than are adding thousands of dollars to each automobile made in North America. On Feb. 14, as DaimlerChrysler announced it would look at all options for Chrysler, including a possible sale, at the same time it announced plans to cut 13,000 jobs as it closes an assembly line in Delaware and a parts center in Cleveland, while it eliminates shifts at other plants. That same day the company announced that Chrysler losses reached $1.5 billion in 2006, even as DaimlerChrysler made $7.3 billion in the period. Chrysler attracted interest from a number of other private equity firms, as well as Canadian auto parts marker Magna International (Charts). In addition, financier Kirk Kerkorian, who had been the largest shareholder in Chrysler when it was sold to Daimler-Benz, offered $4.5 billion for Chrysler, proposing to share ownership of the company with its unions and management. But that bid never appeared to be taken seriously by DaimlerChrysler. Still over the last three months pressure from German shareholders to dump the unit mounted in the face of the prospect for future losses in North America. At the company's annual shareholder meeting in April, major institutional shareholders pushed for a sale. "We're confident that we've found the solution that will create the greatest overall value -- both for Daimler and Chrysler," said a statement from DaimlerChrysler Chairman Dieter Zetsche. "With this transaction, we have created the right conditions for a new start for Chrysler and Daimler." Zetsche did admit during the news conference that DaimlerChrysler had a made a mistake in overestimating the cost savings that could be obtained by combining luxury car-maker Daimler with mass-market automaker Chrysler Group. He also said that the Chrysler buyer wasn't willing to pay the premium for the advance features and technology that were being developed by Daimler for its Mercedes Benz brand. But he defended the decision to go forward with the purchase of Chrysler, arguing that it was impossible to know the shortcomings of the combination in advance. And Zetsche, who had been in charge of Chrysler before being named chairman of the parent company last year, said it was personally very difficult for him to sell the Chrysler unit. The United Auto Workers union, which had previously stated opposition to the sale of Chrysler to a private equity firm, issued a statement Monday backing the deal. UAW President Ron Gettelfinger said the union leadership "concluded that the transaction with Cerberus is in the best interest of our membership, the Chrysler Group and Daimler. We are satisfied now that the decision has been made so that our membership and management can focus on designing, engineering and manufacturing the finest quality products for the future success of the Chrysler Group." Snow said he was gratified by the support that the UAW voiced for the deal and argued that Cerberus' ownership of Delphi will be good for the union and its members since it will help Chrysler to succeed long-term. "I think Cerberus has a good record of working with companies that are organized. We respect the role of organized [labor] and we appreciate the support that UAW has given this transaction," he said. But Cerberus has seen its investment plans at Delphi stalled as management there has not been able to win a new labor deal in prolonged talks with the UAW. And the next five months will include a new round of difficult negotiations at Chrysler over issues such as health care costs for both active employees and retirees and their families. The UAW contracts with Chrysler, GM and Ford all expire in September. The sale to Cerebus could close about the same time, as Zetsche said it is expected to close in the third quarter. http://money.cnn.com/2007/05/14/news/companies/chrysler_sale/index.htm?postversion=2007051406

My Carter master carb listing shows for 1950-53 DTE1, DTE2, DTG1 so yours being "export" and not likely to be on this list fits sequence with the ones that ARE listed, so I would say you have the correct carb. Your carb is supposed to be a Carter Ball & Ball so what you have seems to belong together. Kits are available, maybe one of the other forum blokes in OZ can point you in the right direction for a kit.

You also need to be sure it's a non-detergent oil for the fluid coupling.

Congrats, David. You did a great job on the car and you deserve it for sure.

It was a mistake, Fred...they were meant for me but delivered to your house in error !!!!!!

Norm, this approach would take care of the problem of where to put the second run of exhaust pipe. I may try this on the Chrysler:) One of the main reasons I wanted the flat six was the sound...just love it!