oldodge41

Wow. glad you were not hurt. I have my fire extinguisher mounted on the center hump of the front floor. I don't think it is big enough to have much effect on a fire that size though..............Tim

] Still have the '41 and the green '69. I miss the red '69 and the '57 Chrysler....Tim

Good for you Bill. Keep up the good work..........Tim

I had to weld one on my '41 as well...........Tim

Must be '40 only. I have a '41 and haven't seen those on the 41's I have looked at.

Thanks guys. I did find this chart about wheel size...................Tim http://www.widewhitetires.com/CrossReference.html

Look real good. Nice work............Tim

I picked up five 6.70-15, Atlas Silent Grip, 4ply, tubeless, tires today. They are new, never mounted, but I don't know how old they are. The guy I bought them from had them stored in heavy black plastic bags that he said they were in when he bought them three years ago from a guy that got them in a bunch of parts from a Chevy dealership that closed and has no history on them. They look great and feel like a new tire should. Were these tires reproduced? If not, anyone know when they were last produced? Does anyone know of a tire size comparison chart for bias ply tires? I would like to replace my 600-16 tires with these. How wide of a 15" wheel will work? Do you think 6" wheels would be too wide for these tires? I had planned to switch to radials, based on price of repop bias tires until these turned up. Thanks for any answers..............Tim

No signs of a leak and no signs of burning it? I don't have a clue at this point. ........Tim

Ooh! I hate rap! I would not be surprised if it is indeed a broken piston or wrist pin rapping. I wouldn't run it anymore for fear of scoring a cylinder deeply. .............Tim

Thanks for the ride! Car looks and sounds great.............Tim

Great pic Bob. i visited with my Dad today too.............Tim

Good for you! That is a cool pic with the Chevy in the mirror.........Tim

Welcome! I love pictures and how-to articles and I agree 100% with your philosophy. Please post pics of your progress.............Tim

Chris, Thanks for the updates. You guys are an inspiration. Glad you had a safe trip and made it home on time. HAPPY EASTER! .........Tim

Nice work!

Just thinking out loud here. possibilities for oil consumption from air cleaner. 1. Filter plugged creating a larger than normal vacuum draw on the oil pool. 2. Filter portion of air cleaner sitting down into oil pool. (possibly due to mismatched or damaged air cleaner parts) Couple questions 1. Does the exhaust smoke blue? 2. Does the engine foul spark plugs? 3. Is their a pcv valve vented into the air cleaner? If so, could it be siphoning oil back to the crankcase? Someone will figure this out..........Tim

My car had sat for 26 years before I drug it out of the barn. When we first started running it, it would occasionally do this. End result was a big bunch of crap broke loose from the gas tank and would get sucked up against the fuel pickup and starve the carb. Finally pulled and cleaned the tank and that fixed it. It didn't plug my filter because the piece was too large to exit the tank........Tim

I got 44 out of 48 for 92%. I missed the Henry J and Willys as well as mixed up an Olds and Pontiac or Buick. That was fun. Thanks for posting...............Tim

Looks great.........Tim

Thanks for the compliments guys. It was a very nice day. It was pretty windy but warm. This morning it was 39 deg. but no rain for a change so I rode my motorcycle 40 miles to work. Brrrrrrrr! At least we don't have any snow left.........Tim

Took the old Dodge out for a ride after work. Stopped in to see my wife's parents and took a pic. Thought I would share the sunshine.............Tim

I believe mine are 3.27 and seem to work well. Mine is coupled to fluid drive so I don't know if that makes much difference other than eating up hp and eliminating clutch slip. I think 1st gear is pretty low as I upshift pretty quickly. 2nd to third seems like a wide change but with the torque of these motors at low rpms I haven't had a problem pulling all but the steepest hills in 3rd gear. I just have to keep reminding myself this is not a 250hp motor so no gear is gonna make it act like one...................Tim

That is a beauty, and very reasonable if the picture does it justice............Tim

Looks good Carl. Looks like a nice show with a lot of variety............Tim