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[ Is the plymouth mani from langdons for 245 the same ?? Langdon's has an intake for the standard 217 plymouth: http://www.stoveboltengineco.com/acartpro/product.asp?productid=153

Any significant performance difference between the low profile and original carbs?

Bill, I think we are after the same goal-- "a little better performance..a hot look!...easy maintenance...parts and used units availability.......and a very economical set-up". My current carbs start and run fine, but only get 15-17mpg at 55-60mph. I'm still not sure what my carbs are but they do look significantly different from yours. At this time I think I will save the money on the 2bbls and spend it on a dual exhaust instead.

Very niceset up on your 225.8....

My engine came with the Offy dual carb intake and 2 single bbl Carters. Eventually I will need to rebuild the carbs. I was wondering if I wouldn't be better off using the adapters and 2bbl webber carbs from Langdon's. My engine is totally stock inside--I will add dual exhaust but leave the displacement and cam stock. Will the dual 2bbl be too much carb for my engine--when is more carb too much? Also can you tell me which Carters are on my car now--they don't look like the pictures I've seen of the standard '52 carb (BB)---are my carb BBS or what?

oops--didn't see your more complete reply Brian

.060 oversize will give you a 225.8 cubic inch engine

Thanks for the creative solution---I'm not sure if I want to turn my car into a Combine just yet, but I love the idea

Pete, thanks for the vendor's name. I have a very slight leak on the passenger side so this should cure it; I also have to get some shatterproof glass in the windshield.

Lucky Devil, Where did your Dad find the Windshield rubber? My 52 could sure use some new seals around the windscreen

I don't have a close-up of the carbs but here is a pic of the engine bay

Rollie, Yous looks totally complete--just a little wind burned. Great looking Dash. I don't have too many pictures of mine; I tend to forget to take before pictures. Here's a couple more. She was originally an Iowa car, I am surprised how rust free she is. I could see pavement thru the passenger floor and it wasn't too solid under the driver side either, but everywhere else she was solid.

Flo, Yes I started looking for a 70 Cuda (the first car I bought new) but it took me about 30 seconds on ebay to realize that was way out of my budget. So I started looking at 63 Furys or 64 Dart GTs, but my heart wasn't really into those cars. It was the siren call of the 52 that got me. Funny thing, I get more "thumbs up" etc when I drive the 52 and just driving it makes me smile

Thanks Jersey, As far as I can tell She is the original "Nile Green"

Good eye on the house. It is a 1951, custom built Modern--it has some interesting features; all the switched electrical circuits are 24 volt that activate relays. The picture I posted was taken just before I loaded Doris up on a trailer and left Ft.Wayne IN.

ED, I'm thinking of extracting the center tooth on my grille, if I do I'll let you know

If the cuda had spotted me an 1/8 of a mile it would have been a dead heat The Cuda did 12.76 @ 112, I did 20.1 @ 68--I did have a trunk full of stuff: extra battery, floor jack, tool box and I really didn't push her too hard. I think a 19.7 would be easy but one of the advantages of my advanced years is knowing when to stop.

Hmmm, a very nice Color indeed! I really like the 50s grille, I think it's much cleaner than the 52s. I might look around for the chrome center bar and see if I can fit to my car. I'll try to get a picture of the carbs in the next couple days--if it's not raining. I still have to clean up the routing of the choke cable--whoever installed the carbs got them set up fine but got sloppy on the cables. Fortunately I found I really don't need a choke, car starts fine in these mild winters Good looking Belvidere!

Or mighty strong lungs

I believe air shocks refer to Shocks that can be adjusted by adding compressed air. They are typically used on Tow vehicles Gas shocks are the newer type of shocks used on cars that are sealed but use gas as the damping mechanism instead of oil like the old stye "pleasure riders" shocks

First of all let me thank all of you and particularly Blueskies for inspiring me (or perhaps corrupting me). A few years ago I started looking around for a streetrod project to keep me out of trouble when I retired--an early 50s Mopar was not at the top of my list. My first car was a '52 Cambridge and I never thought it was very cool. But one night whilst I was surfing the internet I hit upon this web site and I became intrigued--then I found Blueskies 50 ply web site and I was hooked. So now I am the proud owner of "Doris" a 52 Cranbrook and she is very cool. My intention originally was to make a mild custom--shave, lower, frencht the headlights. But when I towed Doris from the midwest to my new place in Wash state, I find that at every gas stop I made someone had to tell me story about an old plymouth they knew. So I've changed my goal to making her as road worthy as possilbe but keeping the appearance close to original. So Far I've got her street legal--redid most of the wiring, had the floor pans welded up, undercoated, added sound deadening, new waterpump, repaired radiator and have the interior about 1/2 done. The car came with an Offy intake and dual single bbl Carters This spring I will upgrade to front disc brakes and dual M/C --am leaning toward an ECI kit. Do the 6V to 12v conversion and see if I can get a O/D from George Asche. Thanks again for the inspiration and all the help I have already found on this site.