Edward Roberts

I posted before about my brakes locking. Many great responses. Thank you. http://www430.pair.com/p15d24/mopar_forum/showthread.php?t=22146 I have checked the bleed hole and cleaned all that I see in the master cylinder. The problem is still there. Don Coatney mentioned adjusting the rod that pushes the piston. I see the rod (5/8" hexagonal) and the boot. Boot looks good. Can anyone coach me on how to adjust this rod (I searched but couldn't find specifics)? What am I looking for and do I need to remove the boot to avoid rips and tears? I am guessing the plunger isn't moving anough to clear the bleed hole, mostly because I haven't the funds to redo the brakes (or convert to discs - leaning that way heavily). Do I need to go in or out, or is it something I can just play with without danger of damaging any pressurized components? Also, the MC cap was not even finger tight when I went to clean it. I assume it should be tightish. Any help would be greatly appreciated. The wife has a photo shoot tomorrow... maybe I'll have some more sexy girly/P15 shots to post if I can get the brakes working

Well, THAT explains why your car makes so much sense to me! "Making the simple complicated is commonplace; making the complicated simple, awesomely simple, that's creativity." - Charles Mingus

Hate to hear about the fall, Bob. Good excuse for the missus to sit around in the front seat and just take it easy riding around for a while... without ice. Y'all can always come down here - almost 80 degrees today. The only ice is in the glass next to my cigar right now :-) My mother fell one Sunday night years ago while walking her schnauzer, Bingen. She had both hands in her coat pockets and tripped on a break in the sidewalk - scraped her face and wrists and her tooth came through her lip above her mouth. My dad had been "resting" on the couch in a t-shirt and a two day growth, threw on a beret and his old motorcycle cop jacket and took her to the ER. The nurses gave him dirty looks as they took my mother back for attention. Finally, during processing, one nurse asked my dad what happened and he replied "She fell." The nurse replied: "Riiiiiiiiiiight... sure she did." Those cute little dogs can get you in trouble if you aren't careful. To a speedy recovery...

That's beautiful, Kyle. My grandfather's car is being well-love by my uncle who learned to drive in it. I got many of my grandfather's power tools. They are 1930's era Craftsman and DeWalt professional series... about a million pounds each, underpowered, bulky to the point of overfilling my shop. And I cherish every second I get to spend using them. Annie's beautiful... it's great to hear how much your grandfather got to enjoy her before he left her for you.

We'll continue to pray for her. Thanks for updating.

What a great Sunday... a fun assortment of cars and a B-24 Liberator to boot! My grandfather - the one who taught me to love working in the shop and on cars - was a B-24 pilot back in the war. There are so few of these birds around... sure do love seeing another one getting done.

No connection to MAPARs in my past (did own a '94 Eagle, but had a Mitsubishi engine). Was kind of a Ford guy growing up working on my Mustangs, but also enjoyed working on and driving my mother's VWs. Helped my grandfather work on his '51 Citroen (the contents of his shop are now with me). Really enjoy working on cars for fun in those days, but a crazy ex-wife made sure the bank account and garage stayed empty. New bride wanted an old car for me to work on and her to use in photos (see: http://www430.pair.com/p15d24/mopar_forum/showthread.php?t=24078). The Plymouth was nearby and available. Have zero regrets - I love it! But who knows what the next car will be? There are so many beautiful and fun designs out there that I'd hate to pidgeon-hole myself to just one. Stude's, MG's, and "Bandit" Firebirds have really been catching my eye lately. Blasphemy to some, I'm sure, but it's a big ol' world out thar...

HA! Love it. Bob Weir would be proud! Do you still have this van? I grew up with Bugs, but always wanted a van. Some day.

What I want to know is, Where is the VW van in this photo?

I'll send a prayer up, Kyle. My wife's prayers carry more weight so I'll get her to as well. Be strong for your friend!

Cool. 1460% inflation. Wow... kinda puts things into perspective. I did a little more figgerin’: The average salary in the 1930’s was $1,368. Household income would not have been much more… possibly laundry income or something along those lines. With a walk-out price of $772.20, that car price came in at about 56% of the annual income of a family. Adjusted for inflation that car costs around $12,000 today. The price of the average Ford Focus is $14,755. (I chose the Focus because it is a lower end 4-door sedan, and it was the first example that popped up – they don’t pay me to do this stuff at work.) Obviously, that is more than the Plymouth after adjusting for inflation. So in the 30’s one certainly got more bang for their buck (technological advances not withstanding). However, the average income today is right around $46,000. That means the price of the Focus is only about 32% of the average household income today. 1930’s – the car cost 56% of income 2000’s – the car costs 32% of income Also, there were 21 documented lynchings in the 1930’s… so much for “the good old days.”

Betcha can't hear the radio over that paint job! I like the port holes, too, but I thought Cragers were only allowed on Novas?

Wow, $34 a month seems like it would be quite a hefty chunk of change back then, but it's interesting (no pun intended) that there was a Time Payment Charge of $111, or a little over $6 per month. That comes out to 14.4% of the original price. Any math majors to give us a break-down adjusted for inflation and average income?

Amen to that! We enjoy showing our youngsters (who have never seen a vent window) how effective they are at defrosting a window (down South, anyway). My parents had a '71 Maverick when I was young. The family went to Disney World in it. With no A/C and two stinking boys sharing the backseat we kept all windows, including the rear vent windows, open. My dad smoked back in the day before car seats and cancer. One of my few memories from that trip was having his lit butts flick out the front window only to get sucked back into the rear vent window and hit me right behind the ear.

I read that one of the cool new innovations in the 2011 Mustang is a speedometer light that changes colors. Everyone together: "Ooooh, ahhhhh!"

Thank you. I am quite proud of her. She's just recently gone full-time with photography, doing portraits, kids, weddings, and the like. But her Lipstick Legends stuff is what she loves, and doing rather odd photos. I told her there's nothing odder than car guys, and suggested she go to car shows and do custom calendars: your car + her models. I'd put one on my wall!

Great picture! The car looks happy, too.

Thanks, Randy. Here's a quote: "Awww, that was very nice of him to say that!!" She is too modest to brag, but I'm not. I think her work is great, and none of those women are models... just housewives. I think the coolest thing she sells are the calendars, but alas, the husband of the photographer never gets one. Better hone up on my picture takin' skills if'n I want my own!

Haven't had much discretionary time or money to put into the Plymouth this summer. My wife - a photographer - found an alternative way to make it look better. I hardly even notice the missing chrome anymore:p: http://www.lipsticklegends.com/index2.php#/home/

I got engaged at a drive-in two years ago. My wife and I would like to go back in the Plymouth, but both of the drive-ins in our neck of the woods (literally, one is projected onto the side of a barn) use those modern radio transmitters - no crackling speakers for the window. With no radio in "Red" we might not be able to follow the plot of the movie

Just because it was the only decent line in the movie, it's a "Rolls Canardly. Rolls down one hill... Canardly get up the next! " Let's hear a Hip, Hip, Hooray! for crumple zones. My observational skills are suggesting that was a fatal accident.

HAHA! I love it! Sucker punch... thanks for posting the story.

Another fine example of: Just because you can, doesn't mean you should.

The set-up you have is beautiful! What a car. I have a '46 P15 with 16" wheels and Goodyear Eagle LS-2 P205/70R16 tires. The first two photos in my album compare the radials with the bias ply that were on the car. I'll warn you that when you step up from 15" to 16" wheels (the thin originals) your tire choices go down and prices go up. Thus my blackwalls...

I didn't work on my car this weekend because I was too busy driving it: To the air field with the missus for breakfast, then on to the feed store to pick up breakfast for the horses. I will be working on the car soon as on the way home Red got reeeaaal hot on the way up the last hill. With 150 lbs of feed in the trunk (and a good bit of grits and gravy in my belly) I figured it was just too much work for one hot Alabama day. Today I didn't make it to the end of the road before I hit 212°+. I see a thermostat, water distribution tube, radiator flush, etc. in my future.