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plymouthcranbrook

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  1. I can only say the medication must be working as although I do have two Plymouths(1952 and 1980) I find that I appreciate other cars and see many I would like to have the burning desire I once had for changing cars has flamed out. I guess it is a combination of lowered income, old age aches and pains, and a general lessening of the desire to start to completely redo a car again. I just seem to be happy driving them when I can and doing what work on them my body allows.
  2. My wife stills sells the occasional item on Flea-Bay(after years of it being her main thing) and she just about kills herself getting whatever sells out the day it’s paid for.
  3. I have always preferred the “two twinges and a spasm” method myself.
  4. I just watched that episode. Generally well done with a few small errors. Considering how many of these he does they are well worth watching despite the occasional blip.
  5. I suppose the safest way is to place your jack under the frame rail on one side and then raise the car to what you consider a safe distance(might have to do it in steps). Then place your Jack stand under the rail in a solid place. Go to the other side and do the same. Be sure to block a back wheel and have it in gear with the parking brake set. Alternatively you can place your jack under the front crossmember and raise both sides carefully as high as you need to and then place jack stands one on each side of the car in secure locations.
  6. Around 18 or so on my 52 Cranbrook non od trans. Somewhat better with the new carb setup.
  7. Depending on your devotion to exact originality Langdons has a very nice system available to install a progressive 2 barrel carb that works quite well I have it on my 52 Cranbrook and really like it. Solved all my drivability issues. http://www.langdonsstovebolt.com/
  8. Although a little late to the party I say that a 56 Plymouth is certainly within the area of interest of most of us V-8 or not and would enjoy hearing and seeing all about it.
  9. In all honesty when folks try to modify/modernize an older car to any great extent they tend to run into a lot of trouble and if you are not really skilled in working on cars you can make mistakes that will affect the ride and drivability. The engineers who designed it all those many years ago knew what they were doing. They matched engines to suspensions to brakes and came up with a good working car. That said some changes make sense(disc brakes for example)or dual master cylinder can make sense if you feel safer with them depending on how you are going to drive it. Keep it mostly stock also delivers the experience of seeing how cars were in the past and just enjoying the difference between them and modern cars. I am some what of a purist but I have made some changes to my car for drivability and replace some items that just were unobtainium. Engines and transmissions are out there as Sniper has said and often not to terribly expensive. Nice thing about Early Mopars is that the fact that since they don't have the draw of Ford and GM so it you do go to a show you won't see a long line of your car unlike for example, 57 Chevies. Keep us informed about your progress. Many here have done a lot of work on theirs and can really help you if you ask.
  10. As a young lad I owned two Corvairs, a 63 Monza and a 64 Turbo. Somewhat maintenance intensive as were many used cars in those days but fun cars for sure. The Turbo was fun when outrunning smaller engined Mustangs and Cameros, at least until their bigger engines got going.
  11. I might be tempted to add some Bar’s leak even though I usually won’t put it into a modern car here it might help. If the JB weld doesn’t hold of course.
  12. When I was in Dairyland region of the POC there was a member who had tracked down and bought many of the cars his family had owned throughout his life. He had at least one storage building full of them. I asked him how he did it and he said that most of them were local and relatively easy to find. He is gone now as far as I know but his wife may still be alive. Almost all the cars I ever had went in trade to get the next one and my Fathers cars went to the junkyard when he was done with them.
  13. Although lack of maintenance was a factor my Father had flathead Plymouths and Dodges all his life. He drove by starting out in first and speeding up to five mph or so. Then into second and up to ten or twelve. Then into third and lugged it up to twenty or so. Every engine he ever had either threw a rod or spun a bearing. Heavy lugging even at lighter throttle is bad.
  14. Well the only time I cared enough to check several years ago before the new carb system and the latest tuneup I recorded about 17-18 mpg(US gallon).
  15. My information that I found is NAPA Gold level filters are made by Wix and lower levels by someone else. This was a wile back so sould have changed I suppose.
  16. Handsome boy. I miss having a dog. Last one passed last year and our health(or lack of it) preclude another one. Hope he and you have a long happy time together.
  17. Have a great life and success always
  18. I have one of the Century brand chargers I bought years ago when I needed a 6 volt charger and my old Montgomery Wards charger was 12 only. It has worked fine and done everything I have asked of it in the 15 years or so I have had it. I also have two maintainer chargers that I use more. I just installed an Optima on my 1980 Volare since my success with the current crop of lead acids available here has not been good. Cost was about $30 more than a top level regular battery. That said I have also read that the Optimas are nowhere near as good as they once were.
  19. Back a bit ago this happened to me when Microsoft Edge was new and it would continue to return you to the last page you visited so you wouldn’t loose your place I guess. I turned off the computer multiple times but each restart returned to the stuck page. The folks who clean and monitor our computer finally got it fixed and I have never used that bleeping program again.
  20. I wonder if there is a cafe at the bottom so you can buy lunch for the trip back up?
  21. Pretend you Are Ettore Bugatti. When asked why the brakes on his cars were so bad he said his cars are made to go, not stop. Congrats on getting it running and moving.
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