jimwheeldon

I'm curious , how much did it run for both bumpers?

My 50 Biz coupe had sat in the weeds since 1968-motor was locked tight. I pulled the head kept soaking her down with a combo of cheap oil and kerosene mixed 50/50. I tried everthing to break her loose with no luck. Finally I hit on the idea of putting her in gear and just rocking it a little back and forth...high gear worked best. she freed up!!! I got it running by priming it with aerosal fogging oil. It smoked and stunk like crazy the first 20 min. or so. That was 2 years ago, she continues to run very smooth-doesn't smoke or use oil . It even starts consistently in below zero temps! I hope you have as good of fortune as I did-I still am amazed I didn't have to rebuild or do valves or anything. Good luck.

I've owned American, German, Italian, English, Swedish, French,and Japanese autos.

Based on my 80+ owned I'd rate them as such for reliability and cost of ownership, from best to worst.

Best- 1. American

2. Japanese

3. German

4. English

5.French

6. Italian

7. Swedish

Really the only truly horrible car was Saab...I really tried to love it . I owned three over 10 years, finally just walked away from the whole marque. I resist the urge to embrace the Japanese cars as the "best" simply because repairs and reliability never came close to the economy of ownership U.S brands provided. I just had a brake job done this week on my 98 Dakota @ $112- My Honda Civic was over $500 . 104,000 miles on the Dakota and thats all I've ever done to it except wiper blades, tires and oil changes...It still has the original clutch!

On mine I had to hook up a real antenae-and make sure all flourescent lights are turned off.

Satin black Is a great choice...I disagree with the other comment. I think the larger body styles are complimented . As all fat people know black is (size diminishing) . I plan on doing my 50 Biz coupe in satin black with black and tan two-tone interior. Of course it's personal taste- my only regret is that satin black is becoming soooo common. Oh well, post pics when your done...I bet it'll look MEAN!!!!

One of my hot rod mags says you cannot rig up a 6 volt positive ground radio to work with a 12 volt system...Anyone found a way around this? I'd love to have a hidden updated stereo and still keep the original one funtional.

I recently purchased a radio for my 50 Plymouth...at first I didn't think it worked. Now I have it playing beautifully. I found out a wire stuck in the back is not an adequate replacement for a real antenae and make sure you don't have any fluroescent lights on when trying to get it to work. Without the lights on I got NO reception and without the antenae it made almost no noise at all...not even static. I'm just dumb lucky...i came really close to ordering all new tubes for it. I'm missing one preset button cover...anyone have an extra for sale? I'm also missing both knobs , but I figure any knob should work?

Any help would be great! Thanks-Jim:D

I have a hard time switching over...my 6 volt stuff works great- I would like to add a hidden stereo(with ipod controls) and an external amp and such. Also toyed with the idea of adding heated seats. Anyone running both? goofy ....I know.

I have a 50 Plymouth Biz coupe and am trying to update the brakes. I bought a donor car for parts because I was missing the drivers side rear drum. since I'm changing to discs in the front- can I use two passenger side drums on the back so as to eliminate the left handed thread bolts ? Or I they designed to only work on one side? Thanks-Jim

Up north here it's only $120 in the summer....but around $600 in the dead of winter. I'm hoping for a warm one this winter.

cool motor! If it's locked up and it has a manual tranny-put it in third gear and rockit back and forth..it broke my 50 loose. Also ANYTHING you can lube-lube....generator,waterpump etc. I put penetrating oil in each cyl. and let it set..rocked it added more...let it set. Patience is key. If the motor isn't froze up, I got mine to fire with fogging oil. Good luck, keep us posted as to your progress!

Thats one pretty paint job!I'm excited to see it completed.

I hooked up the radio on the bench to my 6 volt charger and everything lights up except one tube. I'll check radio shack tommorow-if they can't help I can use the helpful links you provided-I see the one place sells the one I need for $2.35...thats my kind of price! Thanks one and all-Jim

Should I have the chassis grounded negative and the bat wire hooked to positive?

I bought a Mopar model 604 off the Bay. I hooked up the wire marked BAT to the negative battery terminal and the rafio chassis to the positive terminal. Nothing at all lights up and it makes no sound. Anything you folks can think of to check would be helpful. Any good sources for radio tubes -capacitors and such? I'm disapointed it doesn't work...but still excited-I paid $36 with shipping , pretty cheap! Thanks- Jim

Does anyone know how to test (hook-up) a 1950 Plymouth radio? It only has one wire coming out. I'm assuming positive to chassis of unit and ground to the wire coming out -right or wrong? I bought it off the bay and don't want to blow it up just trying it! Also, has anyone tried Langdons T-5 adapter for a flat head six? Was curios as to the difficulty and all. Thanks-Jim

Most people that I've seen redo there engines make the mistake of a more modern silver tone that's much more "glittery" than stock...tends to scream wal-mart rattle-can. I think yours looks spot on. Good job.

Just curious - how much did you have to give for it? Looks a lot nicer than the one up here. It's been poorly repainted (about 20 years ago)- wrong color and has some rust. Looks like you have a nice project there. It has the 230 with fluid drive ?

I have one near me thats $1900...he hasn't sold it though and it's been for sale for over a year. I think the devils in the details...is everything there? do the brakes work well? Are the floors solid? etc. good luck, it's a cool body style.

Management should have taken the high road and just released him. It appears that he's not good enough to start for them, but to much of a threat to play against them...lame.

I think he would look great in purple ...just think how many people would watch him as a Viking!

Norm-Wouldn't the vacuum from the engine just suck the oil away from the wiper motor? Or am I missing something here? I wanted to lube mine (they barely move) but I assumed i'd have to lube them from under the dash-and could never quite figure it out. Thanks- any tips would be appreciated. Jim

I'm running the original 6 volt system- nice big thick new cables mind you, and I have the original electric choke. I run E10 or the cheapest 87 octane...really whatever they have. The temperature extremes in South Dakota vary a lot- from -20 in the winter with 5% humidity to 105 above in the summer at 95% humidity. My flattie has about 87,000 miles on her- but it must have been rebuilt at some time (before 1967) because when I had the head off one of the pistons is stamped "STD" I've NEVER primed it . Norm-do you have any literature that explains the proper starting procedure? I may somewhere-I'll have to dig around. I know it can make a difference. after all this I have to think that something is not functioning properly in all these cars with the priming issue...it would be useful to diagnose and correct whats actually failing. Good luck all-sounds like a cure many could benefit from.

My old fuel pump (original) leaked so bad I replaced it with a reman. unit. I also rebuilt the carb . I can let my car sit for 3 months and she still fires right up...never had to prime it. It even started at -8 degrees in Feb. after sitting since December. I'm not trying to brag..it just seems that if things are in good condition they work very well as they were designed. I think the electric pump is a waste . My 50 flattie is one of the sweetest lttle motors I've ever had. maybe I just got lucky! Jim

Have you tried NAPA , using the motorcraft No# instead of the Carter Weber?

I would think that may be mre "common"...Good luck, I'm intriuged at what your end result is. Looks like a damn cool setup to me.