PatS....

Am I ever glad we use Bill of Sale only. So much simpler

No need, your crack FBI/CIA guys should have that info already.

I thought Don was on the road in New York. So who's trying to "fix" the Race Car? Maybe someone's trying to "fix" the Big Race?

These are the Plymouth spindles Charlie supplied with the disc brake kit. They are replacing my very very slightly different spindles on my '49 Chrysler. The difference is the top hole on the curved extension is further up on the Chrysler, in otherwords the curve is different making the hole further from the center of the spindle.

Seems that the video is no longer available at that link. It's on Youtube in short bits.

Very interesting BBC documentary. How will global warming affect our hobby? Will we be able to drive our cars? Will the environmentalists succeed in obliterating all of the salvage yards we rely on for parts? I don't know. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6Wr1hcIp2U

That really looks purdy, John

Just some quick Google results. http://www.allmanufacturedhomes.com/html/1944_streamlite_nov02.htm http://www.allmanufacturedhomes.com/html/1945_streamlite.htm No indication of the logo in these.

Greg, you guys down south are just TOOOO big for us to ignore the DST thing. It would make things really difficult for us and for alot of you crossing the border and doing business cross-border. We are changing our clocks here this weekend too. Except for the Province of Saskatchewan. They have always stuck to standard time, so they won't be changing. I don't mind DST a bit early. It's a sure sign spring is near. As for saving fuel...who knows.

Nothing wrong with doing it yourself, but the PlyDo kit and Charlies kit also use off the shelf Volare rotors and GM midsize calipers and off the shelf wheel bearings. The only specialized parts are the bracket and the bearing spacer neither of which would ever need servicing. I have Charlies kit and it will be going on the car very soon. A very simple straightforward kit well worth the low price.

The upper and lower control arms have to be spread and held 7 inches plus 1/16 of an inch apart while the bushings are installed and torqued down. The manual calls for a special tool, but I had to figure out how to do that without the special tool and without spending alot of money. I wanted threaded rod, but they would only sell me 4 foot length for $40 bucks, so I bought bolts (gr 8) and welded the heads together. I also bought nuts and large washers, welded the washers to the nuts so the would stay put when the tool was applying the pressure to keep the control arm spread while the bushing is being installed and torqued. So, this is what I came up with. Not exactly what I wanted, but close enough I think to accomplish the task. The two bolts are to ensure that the bushing bar is centered between the control arms, and to keep the tool in place. I could have used shorter ones, but these are what I had on hand. This larger tool is for the lower inner control arm bushing installation which is the same procedure for the upper inners above. The tool is just larger. It's placed in the old bar to position the bolts properly: So, hopefully these two tools will do the job and I can get the front end back on Walter P. this weekend. Although I have been in this garage for quite a while and have no reason to think it will change, the fact remains that I am renting month to month and could get 30 days notice anytime, so having this thing with no front end on it makes me real apprehensive. Mr. Murphy is aware of me,and would love to see me try to move shop about now From the balmy north country

Gotta love these Chinooks, Robert. In the 60's here in Calgary, too. Worked in the garage most of the day with the big door open and in shirtsleeves:D Supposed to last til Monday!!!

I have to use my real name on the forums and message boards I use for genealogical research, so if I Google my name I get lots of hits as well. It doesn't bother me at all because there isn't anything much more than what's in the phone book. Lots of info on long dead relatives. As far as identity theft goes, well, my credit's so bad they won't take my cash, so they would likely pay me to take my identity back. This "new" format here is no different than the other forums around. You just don't give out or post things like addresses or bank account numbers or other personal stuff that you wouldn't tell a stranger on the street.

Pete, did you have a look at this article from the booklet "All in a Dats Work" from Mopar? http://www430.pair.com/p15d24/mopar_forum/showthread.php?t=1840 The whole book is on the Imperial Club site. Some odd sources for noises we may not think of. http://www.imperialclub.com/Repair/Lit/Master/034/index.htm Hopefully my Chrysler will see the light of day under its own steam this spring as well.

Love it John. What frame did you use? Body? I know you went over it before but, well, I may have forgotten Pat

A few years ago when I had a flat repaired on-site in my International Eagle, the tire guy took the lug nuts OFF with the air gun. I noticed that he was putting them back on by hand with a big star wrench and then a big torque wrench. He said it was against company policy now to install lugs by impact. By hand with a star wrench and then the torque wrench or pack up your tools and hit the road. No stripping and no fudging. If you're using the torque wrench anyway you may as well do it right. Big problem here and elsewhere of big rigs loosing their wheels. Some due to axle failure but alot due to lug nuts backing off. Most big rigs around here now have those plastic pointers which indicate a backed off lug by eye instantly. I agree with Don, though. I would never darken that tire shops doorstep again. I will insist on the same procedure the next time a shop touches my wheels...which isn't often. Kinda reminds me of the old "filings in the pan" trick at transmission shops. The bastards got me on that one when I was 17 with an old 59 Buick. $275 was hard to come by back then for nothing. I did get even but that's another story.

Wow...is it still live? Don't they get unstable and become liable to explode without reason? Glad I don't live next door!!!

Yes, I have heard of him. More info on the conversion would be nice, though. More options and more ideas is a good thing By the looks of my floor, the part inboard of the rockers, it is the same as a 4 door floor. I've also seen a 77 Chevy Caprice which had the body removed, leaving the floor and most of the firewall and then a 55 Chevy body was grafted onto that floor and firewall. Worked out fairly well and really quite simple. Seems like a good way to save a badly rusted old car.

Hey Fred, if he's a prof., maybe you could persuade him to write us an article on the procedure for those who would be curious in the future. Why keep such useful knowledge to himself?

A good friend has a German helmet her dad brought back with a bullet hole in it!! The story isn't known. What the heck do you do with something like that? Not something I would want,

Up here in the frozen North, it ain't over for sure until AFTER May 24th long weekend. Gonna be nice today through Monday...into the 50's:D

Has anyone ever done business with Len Dawson? He seems to have been around a long time but I've never heard of anyone dealing with him.

I like it. Subtle and tastefully done. I hope the hood is just unlatched. Headlights with the inboard edges more rounded would be better, but these are OK.

Same thing in Canada. Handguns are very hard to own and a concealed weapon permit wouldn't be in the hands of more than a handfull of the 35 million people here. The crooks and druggies, well they sure have 'em. But not the average Joe. They tried regulating and registering long guns. That didn't quite work. 2 Billion bucks later they are scrapping that boondogle. I know of one ex undercover cop who, after 18 years in retirement still carries, but they are about the only ones.

I have to admit that, other than when it is actually snowing, we get LOTS of bright blue skies in winter. Usually that means it's cold as well but you learn to live with it. Summer means alot of bright sunshine days, too. I would find overcast and drizzle each day for months quite depressing I think. Light snow here today, but ending this afternoon and forecast calls for 4 days of 50ish and bright sunshine . Nice break from the constant light snow.