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  1. Young Ed
    Yes but now that I said that I am questioning if that was true across the lineup. Somewhere at home I have an original to my 48 bulb. It's got a date stamped on the back that is within a few days of my build date.
  2. Young Ed
    Not sure on a 40 but the P15s used Corcoran brown bulbs. They look more similar to a modern bulb than the bullseye lights but still without the alignment pips
  3. Young Ed
    230 and 218 same bore. Use the 230 flywheel and you'll be golden
  4. Young Ed
    You should ask for the engine # but a 49 Dodge should be a 230
  5. Young Ed
    Supposedly the 39-47 truck vendors have a sending unit that replaced the 2 wire style with 1.
  6. Young Ed
    There appears to be quite a few 51-52 Plymouths in that shot too
  7. Young Ed
    Check dorman generic CV joint boots. I'm running them on my p15. They installed fairly easily but full disclosure I haven't been back under to inspect their longevity
  8. Young Ed
    That's another good point. Most of the guys on here have pilot house trucks which have the steel cross members. It's possible there was a change when they went to them from the wood ones. I did mine with all carriage bolts but I don't know if it's correct.
  9. Young Ed
    You had some that good?? I think out of all the trucks we have you could maybe patch together one strip
  10. Young Ed
    And 99.9% of people won't know the difference. Like I said just do the math to make sure the width comes out right and you'll be golden
  11. Young Ed
    If you're going to wire the car I recommend pulling the dash and doing all the wiring on the bench.
  12. Young Ed
    It's pretty easy to drill a round hole and file it square. I did many of them on my 47.
  13. Young Ed
    I'll channel my inner GGDad here and tell you the only matching original ones come from Midwest military. However I'm running strips from Mar-k and I believe Roberts in my trucks. Just watch the width and make sure the bed still comes out to the proper width. My turkey truck thread should have some posts from building mine. I originally came out an inch or so wide because of the strips and had to widen the groves for them.
  14. Young Ed
    The original wire had black markings on it to dictate gauge. You might be able to read them under the wrap. Beyond that for my 48 I used the 46-48 diagram for connections and the 49 diagram for wire size. In my 46-54 shop manual only the 49-54 diagrams list gauge. I also upgraded all the 16 in the car to 14
  15. Young Ed
    I also thought about a second one and did the same thing with the shipping
  16. Young Ed
    Anyone know if there is a 6v bulb?
  17. Young Ed
    Hard to tell from that pic but they might be the 39-47 brackets
  18. Young Ed
    Those minivans really did save the company. People love to hate them but we have 2( not Mopar though) and they are very useful. Other than the station wagons that preceded them there aren't many vehicles that can put a 4x8 sheet good in the back and close the door
  19. Young Ed
    I've heard rumors that any of the brands that doesn't perform is on the line
  20. Young Ed
    The tricky part is that fuse only protected the lighting circuit. My car also has an inline fuse for the radio and another for the clock. Beyond that the rest is fuseless
  21. Young Ed
    How do you think I knew to warn you??? Its a fairly common thing
  22. Young Ed
    Yes it should as long as you don't forget to release it before driving. That's what kills these
  23. Young Ed
    Both. There are shops that will do it or you can buy the supplies. The lining is riveted on and it pretty straight forward to do. You will need to countersink the rivet holes a little. I get my supplies from brake and equipment warehouse here in Minneapolis. They will also do mail-order for either supplies or reline yours if you can't find something local.
  24. Young Ed
    What Rich mentioned is certainly possible but I would think highly unlikely that the engine hasn't had detergent oil in it if it's had even infrequent use in the last few decades. That being said I'd still be adding an oil filter if it was mine.
  25. Young Ed
    I've had my cowl lights as the signals for probably 10 years or more. I haven't noticed any issues of anyone not seeing them like I did before when I was using hand signals.
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