GrumpyJim

The Same thing happened to me. I was curious if I had to remove the entire cable sheath. I have a line on an insert.

Rich. I'm in the Poconos. I was out to Hershey last year, but unfortunately, I won't be able to attend this year. I actually found some flipper window crank handles and parts as well as some NOS quarter trim for the Traveler there. I removed one headlamp last night. The one I believe to be original. No date on the back. It does have alignment tabs that locate it specifically in the headlamp bucket. It has the number 835 on it.

Here is a photo of the headlamp that is in my 49 first series Traveler. I have no reason to believe it's not original. I would need to remove it to find out if there is a date stamp on it. I did notice that there is a slight difference in this one to a replacement set that I bought a flea market. Again, I would need to pull both to look for dates. If it helps your research, I will gladly do it.

Strip Calk

Just want to add. Joe is a genuine, nice guy. He went out of his way to help a fellow hobbyist. I hope that i may be able to return the favor someday.

Sorry. I was away for a while. Here is what I posted @ AACA forum... Just wanted to say thank you to Joe Cocuzza. He offered to look at my Traveler to see if we could get it started since, I am not that tech savvy on older cars. Joe offered to come to my house to take a look. He lives about 30 minutes away. He gave me some tips on troubleshooting the electrical system. Told me what to look for on older Chryslers. He brought along a spare Trans relay to see if mine had failed. Fortunately, that was ruled out. (They are quite expensive to replace) As it turned out, the "hot" wire from the ignition switch lost power to the relay. So, a temporary wire was run from the ignition switch to the trans relay. Fortunately, the Chrysler now starts and runs like before. I just need to find the interruption in the original powered wire. Thanks again Joe.

I don't have power to the electric fuel pump. (which is wired to this solenoid) I do not turn signals or horns.

I believe the horn relay is just below that.

Did some more digging last night. I am looking for this regulator. I can find the main regulator but cannot locate this smaller one. The brass bit on the side is a fuse holder and the stray blue ended wire is my electric fuel pump.

The flashing Courtesy lamp is stock. It flashes to remind the driver to release the parking brake. Once the hand brake is released, the lamp stops flashing. The car will turn over but does not start due to the electric fuel pump not engaged. When the ignition is turned on, the fuel gauge does begin to move. The starter button does engage the starter. Outside of the electric fuel pump and add on fog lamps, everything else is as it left the factory.

Over the weekend. I got my Traveler out of storage. Started fine and made it to the house fine. Shut the car off and ate lunch. Came out after about a half hour. No start. It does have an electric fuel pump which is not powering on. The horn stopped functioning and I no longer have turn signals. Th tip off for the turn signal was the flashing courtesy lamp for the E brake no longer flashes. Any Ideas? I was thinking the flasher unit took a crap. What should I be checking?

I guess I wanted to make sure if I put a Battery Tender on the battery, I won't have to do anything special.

I'm thinking I may pull the battery because the building the car is stored in does not have heat.

Hi all. I just clicked the join button. I'm in Northeast Pa. I have a 1949 Chrysler Traveler.

So, I won't be driving my 49 Traveler much this winter. Normally I would put a Battery Tender on my vehicle to keep the Battery happy. Since this is my first car with a 6-volt system and positive ground. What is the best way to keep a battery charged during winter storage?

My Traveler has AC 46's in it. I've been researching replacements. BTW nothing wrong with how it runs.

Oh, ok. I take my Traveler to work every so often. I work at the Body shop in Nesquehoning. I worked for KME for a while.

I saw that car not too long ago. I believe the owner also has a Packard.

What material did you use? Looks great!

I had a chance to clean a section of the firewall. Removed the windshield washer jar. Here is the data plate. Can anyone decode the numbers. I don’t see a build date but from what I’ve read. First Series cars were built from December 1948 to January of 1949.

Thanks for posting that article. Very informative. Unfortunately, the step for my Traveler has long been lost. I'd like to see if anyone had one to possibly use it as a template to make a replacement. I've been doing some cleaning on the old Chrysler. Here is as she sits now. She has some bumps and bruises ad some hap hazard repairs done during her life time. Overall, she is in great survivor condition.

Thanks. I'll keep that in mind. I'm in the Poconos.

The car does have Fluid Drive. I plan on getting a service manual and checking point, plugs etc.

See what the weather looks like

Thanks. I'll keep that in mind. I'm in the Poconos.