knuckleharley

You mean it gets cold in Michigan in Feb? Hoo new?

Thanks,I didn't know that. I am trying to avoid buying anything at the moment,but it's good to know for "later" if "later" happens. Right now my focus is on paying off my bills and getting my estate in order.

Not only liked,but bookmarked even though I prefer thinner whitewalls. I am starting to think the wider ones might look better on my 42 Dodge coupe.

My suggestion is the first suggestion I always make. Try to keep the body close to stock. No radical modifications.

Yup,to all of it!

Don't wait to get started. Doesn't cost much to start taking one apart to find out what it needs. Do that and keep a list. Find out by asking which parts are the hardest to find,and make a special effort to find them first. This has several advantages,the prime one being are that any rare part you buy today will be cheaper now than it will be in 5 years,AND you won't have to stop your restoration 5 years from now while trying to find that rare part. Plus,it keeps you "in the game" and makes sure you don't lose interest. I haven't turned the first wrench on my basket case 33 Plymouth coupe yet,but already have every part I think I am going to need tagged and put away in my shop. This includes the 6 carb 330 DeSoto hemi,and a push-button 727 with the controls and cables. The only parts I can think of at the moment that I don't already have are the paint,upholstery,and the glasses. Hope to sell my stock "older restoration" 31 Plymouth coupe and my 37 Dodge truck this spring to get the money and the room in the shop to start working on the 33. It's going to be a "50's street hot rod" with stock body including fenders,but I MIGHT leave the hood off. Even if I do,it will be restored and stored inside my shop so the next owner can use it if he wants.

IF IRC,Rocket 88 was originally written and performed by Link Wray,one of the best blues guitar players and song writers to have ever lived. He died just a few years ago,and was still touring. Never really made it as big as he should have because he didn't follow orders well. Do yourself a favor,and look up his song "Good Time Joe" and get shocked by what he was doing when he was doing it. He flat blows the walls off the joint.

I am also a HUGE Uriah Heep fan. If you haven't heard of them,you owe it to yourself to check them out.

Ahhhh,Stevie Ray Vaughn! THE greatest guitar player of all time. When he puts on his "stank face",the blues go to a whole new level. His brother Jimmy ain't bad either,but even he knows he ain't in little brother's league.

Da blues. Be it urban,country,or Pink Floyd,I love da blues.

This wouldn't be,by any chance,the blues musician "Seasick Steve" that was touring in Europe several years ago,would it. He was phenomonel!

I sure am glad that *I* don't live in a place where 15 degrees is considered to be "chilly".

He may have been a buttcrack,but he was one talented buttcrack!

Or more likely an unneccessary part that got tossed instead of put back on the car the first time the cars were worked on.

I don't either,even though it may have been on a Mopar. I think it is one of those "universal" little parts all the manufacturers used at one time or another.

That's an odd way to spell "impossible".

One thing is certain,and that it is not a linkage clip. Every linkage clip I have ever seen is a straight line piece that clips over the throttle linkage and over the carb linkage. Never seen one with a nut. The nut would prevent the linkage from moving.

37 Dodge 1.5 ton pu. Originally a fire truck,now a work in progress. Anyone interested can follow the build progress on the truck side of the board.

Stairway to Heaven is a good cruising song IF you have cruise control and the mental ability to engage it,or if there is no speed limit where you are driving. Hard to beat Chuck Berry.

Even if I had a NOS gas tank with the original gas filter,I would still prefer a fuel filter I can access under the hood that is easy to replace. Preferably a see-through one.

If it was a 6 cylinder Maverick,it was a 1 barrel carb.

The 6 volt electric fuel pumps are made for old cars and trucks,and pump a maximum of 6psi. I know for a fact the one I listed from Summit does. I have one on each of my 51 Fords. I do have a undash switch to turn them on and off as I normally only use them if the cars have been parked for a week or more,or it's really cold outside. Even then,I turn them off after the engine fires and starts to run smooth. They are just an aid to starting and to keep from draining the battery. BTW,be VERY careful to NOT put a high pressure fuel pump to your old carbureatered system if you have converted to 12 volts. These old carbs don't stand a chance of dealing with the pressures of a fuel pump designed for fuel-injected systems. Plenty of 12 volt electric fuel pumps are for sale for carbuerated systems,but you need to make sure that is what you are buying,and not one designed for FI. BTW,even then it is a good idea to install a pressure regulator inline for safety sake.

Ever had one sit for a few weeks without starting it? No problem starting them if you start and run them every day,but let one sit for a month in cold weather and then give it a try.