PatS....

Looks good so far...well thought out. Please keep us informed on this one. Thanks

I'm not quite sure the point of this demo. As was stated, the X frame was a disaster, and the 59 Chevy's are just about all gone. Is it to debunk "they don't make 'em like that anymore" crowd? Why? They don't...and that's a fact. And they won't. So why do this demo? I think they had some extra money in the budget and wanted to have some fun and it's got no more meaning than that. Rich people wasting their money. Now, if they tried that with a 48 Chrysler New Yorker...

LOL!!!

Your car only has 78,000 miles? If so, I wouldn't think of opening up the engine unless something breaks. If you do the proper maintenance and drive it reasonably, it should be fine for quite a while. They were tough cars. If it only smokes on deceleration, it's not a big deal. In my opinion, if it ain't broke, don't fix it. You might try a can of "Restore" to minimize the smoking but at 60, it can smoke legally, even in California

Not much beats a road trip in an old car. Glad you had a good visit. I'm envious too.

Not a problem...he has a KEY to get out! :eek:

They may be burried under all the Chevy rims though!!! :eek:

I have a '49 Chrysler 251 block with a head and maybe a crank if you are ever in Calgary...cost you an extra large double double though.

It's a difficult song to sing, gets murdered often, but once in a while it gets nailed.

My cousin rented a new 1980 Dodge Magnum to do the Alaska Highway...trip of a lifetime kind of thing. They took 2 months that summer and literally totaled that car. He went through 3 windshields on the trip and #4 was smashed when they got back home to Edmonton. Tires shredded, underneath sandblasted through in places, gas tank destroyed...had a jerry can in the trunk. Those glass headlight covers and the headlights and grille didn't last long either. Avis wasn't too happy but he had bought the total insurance package and he wrote on the contract where he was going. Never heard back from them. He was told the trip would destroy a car and he didn't want to destroy his own. Not sure if there have been improvements and asphalt since then.

Good on you and your wife Fred. A little to chilly for Sylvester to spend the night outside. I like cats as long as they belong to someone else

Welcome. That Chrysler is in remarkable condition...even has the expensive floppy door handles. You have come to the right place for keeping it running well. These guys know their flatheads. I have a '49 Club Coupe, but it's nowhere near as nice as yours...it's in pieces Enjoy it...it will be memorable that's for sure.

That's a D300. A Power Wagon that big is rare. That's great score if you get it. I have a 62 D300 with a dump box. Poly 318 4 speed. Runs really well. Not having much luck finding a brake master cylinder I can afford though. I made an adapter plate and will use a newer one. It's hibernating outside with it's buddies for now.

Sounds like something my mom would do...so much for the perfect little boy crap

I have about an inch and a half of water in my garage at the house here. Too warm too fast. I thought I had caulked all the gaps around the doors but I guess I was wrong. Time to sweep it all out the big door. Temps supposed to plunge tonight again.

I have heard from my rellies in Kurrimine, and Babinda. The ones in Kurrimine were evacuated before the storm hit, spent the night in a shopping mall with the rest of the town, they are all OK. The roads were still impassable last I heard but they have been told their house and shed are fine. The folks in Babinda spent the night at home and are fine as well. Both had their homes destroyed in Cyclone Larry in '06. Like everyone else, when they rebuilt, they rebuilt to Cyclone resistant standards. They are crediting that with the fact that this storm didn't wreak near as much havoc as Larry or as much as it was predicted it would do. Thanks for the offer, Rob. The Kurrimine folks are on Facebook when they can get to a computer. The Babinda folks are on when they have power. No phones yet, that may take a while...the cell towers that survived are without power as well and go out when the batteries die. All in all, I think the preparation was top notch and saved many lives and lots of property. The crops are another story, though. You have to feel for the farmers in a bad weather event anywhere in the world...they really suffer. Relatives Babinda Back Yard Before and after (note the hill in the background)

My grandfather was just shy of 48 when my dad was born in 1930. He was square dancing a week before he died in '73. He was one tough cookie. Loved winter too.

Rob, you and your family are in our thoughts for this...be safe! I have relatives in Kurrimine Beach, just south of Cairns and directly in the path of this monster. It's predicted to be a cat 5 just like Katrina. My relatives lost their house in Larry about 7 yrs ago and it was a cat 4. They rebuilt to withstand a cat 5 but they don't expect that there will be much left when they get back. They expect winds of almost 300 k/hr Google "Rowe Street, Kurrimine Beach, Australia" to see how close they are to the ocean and disaster. Innisfail was virtually destroyed in Cyclone Larry http://www.abc.net.au/news/infographics/cyclone-season-2010-2011/comparison.htm http://www.abc.net.au/news/ Live TV News http://www.abc.net.au/news/abcnews24/ I won't complain about the snow and cold anymore.

Won't be long and they'll all be gone...sad. Who died and left the tree huggers in charge??? They want everything recycled but they won't allow the yards the DO the recycling to exist anywhere. They like going to look at old cars but they don't stop to think how these machines are rebuilt or maintained. We can't even go back to horses because the tree huggers will b!tch about the poop spoiling the environment.

Tim, your just supposed to sand the walls not play in the dust!!!

All of the power for the M5/6 comes from the coil. If you switch to 12 volt, you will need a ballast resistor for the ignition to drop that circuit to 6 volts, so the trans will still be getting only 6 volts. I don't think the governor, solenoid and interrupter switch will care if it gets positive or negative ground. Basically, I think the stock wiring and shifting should be fine as is IF you use the ballast resistor ignition. Now, I have never done it, so this is all theory.

With fluid drive, you still have a regular dry clutch. It's bolted to the "fluid drive" unit which looks just like a torque converter (no torque multiplication though) So, what you need is a steel flywheel to replace the fluid coupling unit. But the Royals came with a 3 speed standard just like the non FD cars had. The FD is bulletproof and trouble free so this conversion is alot of work for no real benefit. Just keep the fluid coupling unit full of fluid and happy motoring

We had one identical to that on Kijiji here for about 3 months for $250. The ad is gone now so I don't know if it sold or went for scrap...or the owner just let the ad expire and it's still there. The one I bought about 4 yrs ago was in better condition and was $450 (it's a Fargo) In the field: In the city after clean-up: Now belongs to my nephew. I found a good engine off Kijiji (free)and he put it in and got it running: First drive around the yard: <embed width="600" height="361" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowFullscreen="true" allowNetworking="all" wmode="transparent" src="http://static.photobucket.com/player.swf" flashvars="file=http%3A%2F%2Fvidmg.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fv20%2Fpsatchwill%2F1947_Fargo%2FMVI_0044.mp4">

We had a week long Chinook raising temps to mid 50's f, but winters back!!! http://calgary.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20110129/CGY_Messy_Roads_110129/20110129/?hub=CalgaryHome (video in middle of page)

That's a beauty!