Jim Yergin

I believe that company was known as U.S. Body and Forging. According to Jim Benjaminson's article in the Plymouth Bulletin: "For 1936 the wagon body was again built by U.S. Body and Forging--in fact all Plymouth wooden wagon bodies would be built by them until the "woodie" were phased out after the 1950 model year" A copy of the article can be found at: http://www.allpar.com/history/plymouth/wagons.html Jim Yergin

Dave, You should check out Blueskies' web site: http://www.50plymouth.com/ Jim Yergin

Richard, The 46-48 choke cable should work. The same outside tube for the cable was used in 41 through 48. However the choke knob which is cast onto the cable is different in 41 from the 46-48 one so there is a different part number for the actual inside cable. If you don't mind the different knob you should be good to go if you find a later cable. Jim Yergin

Chet, Glad to hear you were successful with the second wheel. It was good to see you and Don and your impressive "new" car. I think it is neat that it has real running "boards" as in actual wood. I guess over time we forget the origin of certain terms. With a little bit of luck maybe we both can get our cars to Sully next June. Jim

Phil, I saw that car at Hershey too. If remember correctly I think the sales price on Wednesday when I was there was around $18,000. Jim

Rodney, Thanks for the compliment. Jim

Chet, I am not as close as I would like to be but I am getting there. I keep chipping away at it. The problem now is with the return of cold weather some things will have to wait until Spring. Is your "new" Plymouth located in Virginia or Delaware? I would love to see it in person some day. Any chance you will bring it to Sully next year? Jim

Here are pictures of the self-cancelling ring I found at Hershey. I believe it is part #866923. Before I found it I fabricated a substitute ring out of sheet metal. I see now that I had too many "legs" on it but it worked. I formed it over the end of a spare steering column and then pinced the legs in a vice. Here are some pictures and the pattern I used. Hope this helps. Jim Yergin

I found a cancelling ring at Hershey this year. Had to buy the steering wheel it was on but it was still a bargain. Before that I had fabricated one that worked. I have the pattern on my computer at home. I will post that and a picture of the ring I bought when I get home tonight. Jim Yergin

Last night I was wiring up my fuel gauge. It wouldn't work but then I remembered the posts on this forum regarding the importance of having a good ground at the fuel tank sending unit. I guess that is especially important when you have a wooden body car like my wagon. I ran a ground wire to the sending unit and the gauge works great. Not the first time and certainly not the last time that this forum has been a big help to me. Jim Yergin

Tim, I found a high beam/turn signal unit from a Dodge to install in my '41 Plymouth in place of my high beam only indicator. Apparently the Dodge ones with turn signal indicators are more common than the Plymouth ones with turn signal indicators. When I went to install it I discovered that the shaft on the Dodge unit was straight while the shaft on my Plymouth highbeam indicator was at an angle and it would not work on my dash that way. I ended up cutting off the shaft from the Dodge unit then angling the cut end to match the Plymouth angle. I then used JB Weld to reattach the shaft at the correct angle for my Plymouth. Works fine. Jim Yergin

We live in a house built in 1823. When we first moved in I worked locally and would often come home for lunch. One day at lunch time when I walked into the kitchen there was a muffin tin on the floor. I thought maybe it had been on the counter and one of our cats had knocked it off. I put it up on the counter and went back to work. That night when I got home my wife asked me why I had the muffin tin out of the oven draw. She had not taken it out. A couple of nights later my wife made some muffins. There were six in all and we each had one with dinner. Later that night I went back into the kitchen and there were two muffins missing with no signs of crumbs, etc. that would lead you to think one of cats ahd eaten them. Never did find out what happened to the muffins. We just chalk it up to our muffin ghost who let us know what he or she wanted and was satisfied once he or she got some. Jim Yergin

Phil, Have you tried Neil Riddle or George Asche? Jim Yergin

Welcome back Joe. I wondered how you were doing. Jim Yergin