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Temp was 108 yesterday. Lost a day.here is what I get to work with. No repair nor fabrication work. All just clean and assemble, the engine may be the exception. All will be pressure, steam cleaned first.

Wheels. To my ete red or almond will take the eye away from the beauty of the two tone green and almond. I would go matching green or black. Paint individual rims the four colors, take pictures and compare. Whatever, beauty is in the eye if the beholder. That is a great looking car, I like how you kept the weathered green, nice touch.

While the carb soaks, tomorrow I will remove the transmission and axles from the VW Pan frame, clean it, check it out and put it in the Empi frame. At 106 degree weather, morning work only. With the help of a couple fork lifts, should not be too difficult.

A close friend gives me free acces to the cull conveyor at his packing house. I picked us a fresh box of peaches this morning.

Greg, TKS, saw that and others. I think I will soak it, air out the ports from the top but not disturb the bottom. I only need to get the engine running, it won't need to be fine tuned. Since I won't disturb any settings, it should work. greg, been looking at the video, like it. After viewing the video a couple mor times with the carb in hand, I concluded this is a doable project. So it is now loosely disassembled ready for a long soak.

Mack, back home and focusing on the Empi (Kubalwagon) to make it a barebones driver and sell it Aug 17-18 at a huge dune buggy reunion at Pismo Dunes, just two hours from home. It's 105 outside and will remain there all week, so only some morning hour work. I brought the carburetor in the house and I'm studying how to rebuild that. It is many times more complex than a Carter B3B. I may just soak and clean and not disassemble it beyond the top off.

She doesn't want much does she? Good for her, great styling on those.

That black, gray, rust original paint is killer. This IS patina, nothing fake here, and the original chrome, a winner. TKS for the picture

1) got a picture? 2) get a shop manual 3) a 49 with the ribbed bumpers is a special car, 4) if it is a driver, for starters, just clean, shine, tune and drive it, then change per your tastes. One priority in my opinion are front disc brakes and all new brake lines. Welcome, enjoy the ride.

Here is an active country store in Maine, photo taken July 6, 2018

Surfing, found this thread. Last night I took a look at Fresno, California craigs list for 50's MOPARs. There are four pilot house trucks listed, none appear to be junkets, all appear to be complete trucks.

Saw this in Maine.

Dan, you are welcome on the photo journal. This tablet camera is so user friendly and Maine has so many hidden places of interest. Our next trip out, I will go north to the Moose Head Lake region and to the far NE potato region. That could well take a week. The amount of water in the state is astounding. It was a great vacation. Two items always caught my eye, mail boxes and barns. Those will be more carefully noted as well. I will request permission to explore the old barns. They are often very unique, with horse stalls, milk cow stalls, chicken coupes, hog and sheep pens and feed and hay storage for all. Totally self contained for confined, self sufficient living. Often the corner of the barn intersects with the house.

We have flown home, found a great friend waiting and one or two we lost.

I haven't installed new body mounts, but will. With new less aggressive thread rear tires the sound has lessened. New body mounts, door seals, an electric radiator fan, and an overdrive all are on the post Suburban project list.

Final, final. We had lunch at lobster shack before departing. We are now in San Francisco.

For what it's worth, I like the '53. The flat black used to be my cup-o-tea, and I can still find some appeal to the paint job (or lack thereof, I suppose), but I am leery of buying others previous mods. Be it paint, bodywork, engine/tranny swaps or any other modifications that I wasn't there to witness the quality of. I have seen a wide array of quality to not-so-quality "upgrades". I've heard horror stories about frames splitting and engines falling out due to someone else's interpretation of safety. If I were to invest money into a car, I would want to find something as close to stock as possible. Anything I were to do to it afterwards would be on me. It's a sharp looking ride and I'm sure someone out there will pay the asking price without trouble. Lead heavy, exactly why I have not modified anything. The exceptiona are the disc brakes and I chose a kit that is road tested and a mfgrd kit harness for the electrical. Even the cabin paint. It shows some primer and that is factory primer. I will only put as good of a shine on it that it will provide, the next owner then will know what he is buying and could increase the car's value somewhat.

A few parting shots from Maine. I hate to leave. That grille is killer.

I'm 80 in September. 80 is a much different number than 70 was. I'm beginning to believe I'm now a midget digit! The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak! The radiator now leaks and the tail pipe barks! My severe loss of hearing, cannot hear anything without my hearing aid, supercedes all other diminishing abilities. It causes a person to go solitary, gets privately embarrassing to be in a group and not be able to keep up with the discussion. My best to all who who are working with new normals.

No oil slicks here. It was a fun day. Kettleman City is 90 miles from Reedley. Good exercise for the truck.

The oil slick did not come from the Suburban. It was there when we parked.

These responses are very informative since I'm in the last lap on my '53 Suburban. I will return to it in September and stay focused to completion. Then will visit Pismo Dunes and vintage RV camping weekends. I'm betting that some one will see HIS longroof in mine and detail it to his taste and need. It won't be Courtney / Adams perfect, but will be a great candidate for such a seeker. More responses are certainly welcome.

The '53 Suburban has a small MOPAR V8. He is looking for caps that are correct. When the picture was taken. The wer spot was there from a previous car.

A friend has this for sale at $9500. He has been offered around $8000. This is NOT. a for sale post. I think the color has shrunk his marketability. I realize it is the fad, but I do not think the "vintage" looker, the older buyer wants fad. JMHO. What is your opinion?

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