thrashingcows

Thanks guys. This is another learning curve for me, since I've never worked on a car of this vintage before. I'm going to enjoy this!

I spotted your previous post...I have book marked your site for when the day comes.

It's a 2 wire. And only one of the 5 screws holding it into place made it out whole.

I have to gut anything with fabric on it since there is mold everywhere and it smells bad. So pulled the pass. side door panel. And found this inside the door....any idea what it is? Everything seems to work OK. And the 5 lbs of dirt and crud from the bottom of the door!! I assume that the rubber strip along the bottom of the door, under the door panel, was added by a previous owner? Sure I'll have more questions and gems as it comes apart further.

Well been working on getting Fernando cleaned up a bit. Got the trunk cleaned up some, popped open the gas tank, the sending unit is MIA, and I have about 2-3" of sand and rust in the tank. Mostly all cleaned up...

We just had our veteran day here in Canada...Nov 11, and I thank all the men and women, Canadian, American, and from any goodly nation, for their sacrifice and service in the name of world peace!!

Thanks for sharing your progress so far. I too have had the over restored show cars, and I enjoy my "clean" drivers much more. I very rarely go to shows anymore, much prefer a nice drive instead. Keeps up posted.

Great pics guys!! You guys get those cars out far too often...

I take it they were NOS then?

Personally I've never been much of a fan of the Airflow Chrysler's. I know they were ahead of there time in styling and safety...but still they do very little for me.

Pricey..Yes...but sometimes it's that one piece that really makes a difference. I know personally if I end up needing them for ol' Fernando I'll suck it up and buy a set. The ones on the car now look OK, and if I can get them off without damage, then I think I can re-use them. Can I high-jack a little......How do you get the original ones off?

Thank you Sir....

If I do a temporary paint job just to take the pics and send them in to get the plates I could run into problems down the road. Here in BC we have a provincial run Insurance corp, ICBC, and if you were ever in an accident adn they checked the photos to your actual car and they did not match...well no insurance for you!!

Looks good!! I'm going to need all the seals for my 48 Desoto 2dr sedan. Can someone post a link to "Roberts"?

Very cool that you have this automotive photo history from your family. And thank you for sharing those with us. I hope to get some time to go through all the many tons of photo's may family has amassed over the decades. Hope to find some pics of the cars owned by my early family.

Thanks for the kind words. I too love the patina the paint and body has...wish I could leave at is but our province won't allow me to register it for collector plates unless the paint look...in there words..."Decent". The front end was one of the things that attracted me to the Desoto. I just love that big toothy grill! Please post some pics of the new 48 when it arrives.

Wow nice transformation!! You sure polished that one into a real gem!!

That looks great!! Love the color and think you made a wise choice with the earlier 318, and the 833od will make it a great cruiser. I plan on running the 833od as well.

The dodge ram crewcab is 84 D350 2wd with a retrofitted 89 cummins 12V motor with a 95 NV4500 5spd manual tranny, and a 3.54 Dana.

I'm 36, and been into mopars since I was about 14, and been into cars from an early age thanks to Grandpa and my Father.

Here's Fernando..my 48 Desoto 2dr Sedan. Just got it home..needs some TLC.

So you have a 47 2dr sedan as well? Well the details...Car was originally from San Fransico CA area when new. When the original owner passed away it wet to a brother? who then drove it to Montana. It was then retired to pasture...literally..with some sort of engine trouble. The oil pan was removed and several of the pistons as well. And it then languished for a couple decades. Over time the owner amassed a few 46-48 Desotos, couple 4drs and a convertible. The fellow I bought the car from wanted the convertible but the guy wouldn't just sell the convertible...he had to buy all 4 cars to get the 'vert. He then transported everything back down to southern CA. And that is where I got it from. Car is factory black, with a tan interior. Fluid drive, 251 flat 6, with dual heaters, radio and dome light. That's about it. Car is almost completely rust free, just the bottom of the spare tire well is a little rotten, and a couple small areas on the floor need a small patch...that's it!! The trunk lid lip is mint as well. Chrome is in pretty nice shape, some small pitting but not bad for 60+ year old chrome. And it's not missing any trim either, seller was very good about making sure everything was there, and he even pillage some of the "better" parts off the 4dr parts cars for me. Can't wait to get working on it, but as stated there needs to be a reduction to the "Honey Do" list before that can happen.

Wow...another 2dr sedan...you just don't see them that often. Looks like a great car you have there. Are you going to be running a maggy motor?

Well I've been off the board for some time now, not because I wanted to be, but due to circumstance. I bought a 84 dodge crewcab with a cummins/5spd conversion, back in March and it turned into a real lemon. 7 months later, and a lot of blood, sweat and tears...and money, I finally got it on the road. Thought I'd share some pics and info on how things went. Met up with Jim in Seattle WA to pick up a Spitfire head...sorry I can't remember your handle Jim, but he still owns the 46-48? Plymouth convertible he bought when he was 14!!! Well I left Saturday morning at 9am to go get my 48 Desoto from Tigard OR. Went down bare, no trailer, took me about 6 hours to get there. Went 400 miles on 15 gallons...that's 26.6 mpg. Picked up the U-Haul trailer Sunday morning and loaded up Fernando, my old 48 Desoto. Hear I am ready to roll out of OR, Truck hauled well. Here's the truck at the first rest area I stopped at. Who's this that keeps following me so close. Took me a little over 8 hours to get to Belingham WA, with a couple major highway slow downs due to accidents...WA state and rain....who knew they couldn't drive in that weather. Here's where I slept last night....Not the most comfortable sleep for a guy my size, 6'8" and 275lbs, but good enough to save me another $75 for a hotel room. I arrived at the Canada/USA border at 8 am, got the US paper work taken care of in a matter of minutes...the Canadians Customs...well I was there for over 90 minutes and got the royal run around. Here's one at the Canadian customs... And finally the Desoto is at it's new home. I was impressed at how well the truck did, the only thing that went wrong was the clutch fan seized solid, so it's pulling a begeezes amount of air and making a heck of a noise at RPM's over 1500. I have a new clutch on the way. So all in all a good trip and I'm very happy with the way old RAE performed. I haven't fuel up, but think I used about the same amount of fuel, 15 gallons, and went 350 miles...so pulling it got 23 mpg!! Glad to get Fernando home...Finally...but now have to catch up on my "Honey Do" list. Wife was not happy about the 7 months of working on the truck and not getting any of the summer projects done!! Will work on the car when I can find time and will be on the board a bit more now I have a car to actually work on.

Riiiiigght...Alumaseal, my mistake. So it was Alumaseal I used then.