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I'd start looling for A short. You have a 30 amp circuit breaker that automatically resets--I expect this is the cause of your lights blinking on and off. It's located behind the instrument panel near the ammeter. So the circuit breaker is "saving" you from a fire. Turn off you lights and see if the wipers continue to work--if they do, the short circuit is in the lighting circuit

You almost have the turn signals figured out--when making say a left turn and braking the left rear brake/turn light will flash, the right rear brake/trun light will be on. Personally I would use new terminals,, just feel better about connections to fresh metal

Wow, just WOW! I'm blown away by your retoration

I agree with Merle--one direction engages the OD no matter the speed, the center position disengages the overdrive and the third position the OD is controlled by the governor, That's how my overdrive operated , using the same wiring diagram as Thom posted. I did not use the kickdown feature, personally I wanted control the OD manually

AHH a real car lover---loving the style of 50s/60s over the jelly beans of today.. My 2 cents: Dual Master cylinder, SEAT BELTS, LED brake lights...and good tires. I put Disc brakes on my car for safety, but I was living in the hills and mountains of the pacific NW---on the midwest flatlands I expect the drums are adequate. My car originally had the 4.1 rear end and it ran all day at 60 with no issues but was a bit noisey

Really cool, I like it a lot! How did you connect the warning lights for the oil pressure and ammeter/voltmeter?

Airtech (I think that's the name) makes a remanufactured fuel pump that had serious reliablity issues--personallyI tried 3 different ones--the best lasted 3,000 miles and the other two lasted less than 5 minutes. Now my experience is 3 years old so things may hav changed but I had no problems once I used the rebuild kit from then and now....had over 5,000 miles on the rebuilt fuel pump when I sold my car and it was still running strong with no leaks

I had the stock fuel pump with my Dual Carbs--get a rebuild kit from here: http://www.then-now-auto.com/fuel-pumps/

No Don I haven't. I keep looking for him to show up here

Looks great! Does it have that distinctive Horsehair smell? I kind of missed that when I redid my seats

Don, I doubt it--I donated the car to PBS and it was auctioned off in South Bend

I will probably lurk around and speak up once in a while---

If you have to go on rutted gravel roads tho--give me the Plymouth

I hope so too..it is a bit like letting a pet go---these old mopars are more than just a machine BTW. I left a sheet of the "care and feeding of Doris" in the glove box for the nest owner--the last line read: " MOST IMPORTANT PIECE OF ADVICE: JOIN THE P15-D4 FORUM www.p15-24.com. Virtually any question for problem you may encounter will be answered there. The members are quite helpful and know darn near everything about these old Mopars.

The "Z" is a different kind of fun--but it is fun. We took it on a 4,500 mile road trip to the Maritime Provinces and had a great time

I have a toy in the garage that doesn't quite fit in the mopar family...plus I do have a habit of drinking and ebaying, so maybe the dart gt could still happen. I will check in here once in a while..I gave away a lot of parts with the car but I did keep my shop manual for those nights when I can't sleep

11 Years ago I bought "Doris" a 1952 Plymouth Cranbrook. I wanted a retirement project and it came down to an old P23 like I had in High School or a 1965 Dodge Dart GT that a girlfriend parents had. After surfing the net, I found this forum and Pete"Blue skies" blog--that settled it for me. I bought the P23. I've been mostly a lurker the past years, searching past posts and, for many years, this forum was the first thing I read every morning and the last think I read it night. All of you helped me in getting Doris up, running and reliable. I really enjoy driving the ol time machine but it became obvious to me that it was time to let her go. I no longer had garage space for her and the summer midwest sun was taking a toll on her paint. Also I am now 11 years older--arthritis is a little more advanced and getting underneath an ol car just wasn't fun anymore. So she's now gone--she and I had a good run and many (25,000) happy miles that wouldn't have possible without the help and expertise of this forum--so Thank you Mike

Since you have a truck engine try Vintage Power Wagons http://www.vintagepowerwagons.com/ for distributor parts

When I retired 10 years ago, I moved to the Olympic Peninsula of Washington to escape the wide temperature swings of the midwest. Well, after living in an area where the temparature only varied between 20F to 80F, I found that I really missed the 4 seasons so I moved back to the midwest. I like winter as much as the other seasons, I like the challenge and I like the quiet. When it gets cold I just follow my Dog's lead

Harold, They are Wheel Vintique Hot Rod Rallye wheels--tires are diamond back 205/75-R15

I agree so, I went with Mellow Yellow

When I first got my '52, it had single exhaust and an Offy dual intake with twin Carters. I took it to Muncie Dragway and ran 20.06 at 68mph

Agreed---I had the same single set screw set up and quickly learned that your concerns are valid. I went to three set screws which improved the situation greatly but did not solve the problem 100%. I finally went to 3 set screws and some loctite thread adhesive which has now worked for a couple thousand miles

Good to have you back on the Road

Me too--their rebuild kit has a pin with clips on it to keep it from working out