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I think the Chryslers in general garner more attention. I have old cars at my place all the time. But one time I had my Dad's '48 New Yorker Club Cpe at my place for a couple weeks and twice strangers driving by turned around and came back to talk about that car. No-one has ever done that with the half dozen other cars I've had around over the years. Go figure?

Gotta have room for some "junk in the trunk" LOL.

Nice day for a short ride. Took a couple pics at a local park...........Tim

Looks great and will look even better with the caps. I've run the same setup with 6.00-16 bias for 20 years. I may go radial next time if it is cheaper but I have no complaints on the bias for a casual driver.........Tim

I like that on the Magnum, never cared much for the new woody stuff but that looks good to me.

My dash lights work on my D-19 but do not illuminate the gauges. I see the light under the dash but not in the gauges. The bulbs are in place. Thanks for reminding me, I need to look at that one of these days............Tim

Very cool!

Yeah as a youngster it was fun to do some of that stuff and as a young adult it was fun to try to catch those that were doing it too. No-one does too much tricking around here anymore. Seems that vandalism has replaced trick or treat and goes year round.

I'm 52. About 10 years ago I was leaving a car show with my '41 Dodge and some kids were egging everyone on to do burnouts. One of them saw the old car and yelled "Lay a patch Pappy"! My wife and daughter were in our Dart behind me and told "everyone" about it. A couple guys still rib me about it.

As a youngster I used to run around with a buddy who liked to shut off the ignition on his Paps Chevy pickup at about 35mph for a little bit and then turn it back on. The "boom" would get everyone's attention, Sometimes at night you would see some fire too. Great fun until he blew the seam on the muffler one time and Pap was not even a little amused when he found out what his Grandson had been up to with his truck........LOL!

Back in March of 1990 my daughter was born. By June I was really bored hanging around home all the time since my wife and I had always been on the go the 10 years we had been married. I was always a car guy and was going to look for an old car to fix up. Something that kept me with the family but off the couch. Talked to my Dad about my plan and he said we should do it together. Neither of us could really afford to do it alone and he needed a project too. We found a "50 Ford p.u. to buy but the deal fell through last minute. Dad had looked at a '41 Dodge Cpe. but hadn't had the cash to buy it. He asked if I was interested, I didn't know what it looked like but could tell he was interested and I always had Mopars so we called the guy and he still had it. Wasn't at all what I expected. I was picturing more what a Model A looks like. But something about it appealed to me and we bought it. It was bad! People laughed, but we didn't care. After about 3 wash jobs you could tell there was a solid car under there. Had sat in a tool shed along side a barn and a corn crib for 26 years but we wanted a project and we got one. It is no 100 point show car but I am very proud to say it is 100% family redone. I have 3 sisters and 2 brothers and everyone helped in some way. We did everything within the family and our means. My brother in law could weld, my brother could paint and my sister made the upholstery. Dad and I did some of everything, lots of everything actually. Every Saturday and a lot of Sundays the whole family gathered at Dads while we worked on the car, the wives would cook big meals and take turns watching the kids and socializing. We started in September and had it on the road the following Easter. It wasn't "done" then and is still not "done" today. But man have we had fun with it. We have since done other cars and sold them, some I miss, some I was glad to see go but I have kept this one and intend to keep it as long as I can. None of the others stirred up the memories this one does.

I don't have a diagram but I could see it possibly being: 1. Pos or neg from flasher 2. Rt signal 3. Lt signal 4. Pos or Neg opposite of #1 to complete circuit for indicator on unit The pos and neg thing would depend on whether you were pos or neg ground. Would have to spend some time with an ohm meter to determine which wire is which.........Tim

Jim, I think your post may have been the one I was reading that led me to my conclusions. That is why I posted my story. Maybe it can help someone sometime...............Tim

Yes, I have adjusted the valves many times. I have owned this car for about 20 years. The change in overall performance when I attached the new coil was unbelievable, but I ran it long enough to know that the coil was the issue. I understand the ice theory. I think this one was really breaking down quickly at the end. Not sure if iceing it would have helped at that point or not. Thanks for the input..................Tim

Been working on my D19 off and on for awhile now. I started having issues early in the summer. After 20 minutes or so of driving, the car would start running rough, missing, stumbling on acceleration and surging at cruising speed. After sitting awhile everything ran ok, not as smooth as a flattie should but ok. I suspected vapor lock since I have had those issues before and this felt similar but it never quit. After swapping out the rear diff I was adjusting brakes, test driving and repeating. Seemed the longer I did this the worse it ran. I put it in the garage and adjusted the brakes again, when I tried to start it I had no spark. Checked points and could see no spark at points. Replaced with my spare set and it started right up but had a high rpm miss. Looking at the points fire it looked like way too much spark. I suspected condenser but didn't have a spare on hand so I quit for the day. A couple days later I started it right up and started up the road only to have no power, missing and bucking. I pulled the distributor because my spark at the points was now very faint and I wanted to have a good look. Everything looked good but it still ran like crap. Was reading some posts on here and it hit me like a ton of bricks! This all started with the car only missing after everything heated up and got progressively worse until what I have now! It's the dang COIL!!! Today, I threw in the one from my Dart, hung it from the one horn with ty-straps, and fired it up. Ran very smooth in the garage and a short ride told the tale. This thing hasn't run this good in a very long time. I've been thinking loss of power due to compression but have held off doing a compression check because I didn't really want to know. Now I fully believe it has been a deteriorating coil all along. Getting it running right I finally got to really try out the new rear and I am very pleased. My speedometer is really way off now, but I will address that later. Been working on cars for a lot of years and never had a coil do this before. Heard of coil failures, but never saw it in person before......................Tim

Looks great! Nice car and nice scenery.

I see they sold. Did you get them Mackster? If so, congrats.

Nice car!

My '41 Dodge (prewar) has the stepped cylinders. I recently replaced my rear end with a modern unit but still have the stepped cylinders on the front. I have wondered if it would be possible to use the newer (post war) cylinders from the rear of these cars on the front of mine. These cylinders are available at reasonable prices through auto supplies. The stepped ones are available from specialty shops at specialty prices. I have also wondered about modifying the front brakes to a floating type rather than the anchored type by adding the pins and springs thru the backing plates / shoes and adding the adjuster between the heel of the shoes. I think it might work but I really haven't even mocked anything up to try the fit. With the availability of disk conversions and subsequent replacement parts I will probably go that route. As for your actual question about swapping backing plates, I don't know. I don't particularly care for that brake setup and actually prefer the single master cylinder setup I have now over that one. We had a 48 Chrysler with the dual cylinders on the front and to me it was just double the amount to go bad.............Tim

6.00-16 bias ply. Mine fit pretty tight but a screwdriver working around is the only way I know to get them off........Tim

Near Yellowstone maybe? LOL

Hopefully something simple. If it got progressively worse instead of just stopping it probably gave you some clues on where to look. Fuel system, ignition system, charging system. The little things can drive you nuts. If it is home that is half the battle. Now you can look at it at your leisure........Tim

I didn't get to take my oldest Dodge on the "Allegheny Mountains Conventions and Visitors Bureau Mystery Tour" today because I have some drive shaft work to complete and it needs a set of points and a condenser before its next longer journey. That being said, my wife and I wanted to try the tour since we've never done one. It was great! About 160 miles total. Several stops of interest and some real nice scenery between stops. We like to "just go for a ride" and it was nice to have someone else decide the route for a change. It will not be our last. If you get the chance to try one of these tours I think you will like it. Travel at your own pace on your own schedule. We were alone but it could be a good outing for groups too. Here is a photo from one of our stops.

Yes, mine look like that as well. Maybe they are Lyons. There were some in the trunk when we drug the car out of the old barn and I found a couple at the Carlisle swap meet 20 years ago. My Dad had a '48 Chrysler Coupe that had ones like the "47 Chrysler pictured in this thread. They were 15" though and mine are 16".

I have them on my '41 Dodge. Not sure what brand they are. Have thought about going to 15" radials but like my current wheel decor too much to do it yet.