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Your modifications on the front fenders appears to be the seam welded closed on the upper and lower portion of the fender in front of the wheel opening. On the stock version there was a piece of stainless that covered the seam.

Believe it or not, this thing started as a 58 Plymouth.

While not a Mopar, I think this is one sweet ride

I have been looking at their covers as well in pretty much the same combination that you have only in Black / White or Black / Red. Really like the white, but I wonder how successful I would be at keeping them clean is my only worry.

Looks good and I like the color combination on your interior, did you have a shop do it or did you purchase custom seat covers?

I wussed out like James and bought the Newport assembly. Had the vacumn wipers out the Newports in and driving in under two hours. I will leave the fabbin, fittin and cussin to the rest of you.

Pekka, Check out this link. http://www.kaiserbill.com/Web-PDF/OD-Solenoid.pdf I followed these instructions to correct a sluggish solenoid on my R10.

Since it is so far gone, I say snatch it up add a straight axle, a 440 with an A-833 and a 8 3/4 rear. Voila, a sick all Mopar Gasser like this one. You would not have to feel bad about cutting up a good rebuildable car and being a race car the body / paint would not have to be pristine. No interior to speak of so that helps keep costs down. Buy a Speedway front axle kit for about $500 and a donor car for the engine / trans / rear for $2000. Sell off the trim and misc parts off the 40 for $500 and you are into the Gasser for about $5000. I just love spending other people's money.

Bob, Unfortunately I will not be making it this year. My boss decided to schedule management meetings in Chicago so I am headed North in the morning but will be flying over Joplin. Will not be home until Friday night, so it just doesn't make sense to try to drive up just for Saturday.

Must be getting that 50 Chevy ready for the next Mad Max movie.

I have a plate on my intake with water heat (plumbed into heater hose).

I don't know as I really agree with that. I have driven mine in below freezing weather with cast iron headers and a dual Offy intake with Carter Webber 2bbls with none of the stated consequences. There were even a few days when I kept a towel on the dash to catch the ice I would scrape off the inside of the windshield with an ice scraper.

Bob Great to see the progress and don't doubt for a minute that you are glad to be done with the Anderson trip. I will take issue with one thing you said. "It's 32 x 24 feet and should be enough room to house the Plymouth, parts, yard stuff, and other things one tends to keep." Really? Very few are the garages/shops that are ENOUGH to house all our stuff. From what I have seen most car guys could build a 100 X 100 shop and eventually fill it up.

My mom had a 302 Maverick when I turned 16 that had been a sales mgr's demo. It was not a GT so no indication that it was a V8. It was pretty quick and surprised a few guys with the lowly Maverick. I can attest that changing plugs and oil filter was a pain in the arse. Didn't have the handy dandy new fangled ratchet, in fact didn't even know it existed. Anyway learned that if you loosened the motor mount and jacked the engine up slightly, you could get the plugs swapped. One of them you had to break loose then immediately remove the ratchet from the socket and with just a couple of finger tip you could work for 20 minutes and get that plug out.

Just to echo what has already been stated. I purchased a good running 57 model 230 with transmission for $150. The guy I bought it from stated that the previous owner had claimed the engine was rebuilt before he purchased the car. The guy I bought it from was going to a V8 so he pulled the engine within the first week of owning the car. When I took off the head, valve covers and oil pan to check the condition, there was zero ridge in the cylinders and no sludge build up in the lifter galley or in the bottom of the pan. Not to mention that it was bored 30 over. All that to say it is worth holding for spare parts or a core. Otherwise, if you do not want it laying around, pull the parts off of it clean them up a bit and sell the individual parts. You will get a lot more for it selling parts than you ever will as a whole.

You might want to check out this blog he installed a small block Mopar in a 50 Dodge. http://shadowmtkustomz.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2010-10-29T02%3A57%3A00-07%3A00&max-results=500

Have no idea where he got the pulley. I got lucky when I purchased my 57 model 230 it had a dual crank pulley because it came from an AC equipped car. The Compressor on it was a monster and it had an offset waterpump.

Don't remember which member built this but I pulled the pictures off just for reference when I get around to installing my AC.

What James said. My car was already converted to 12 volt (although it was a total cluster ) when I bought it and still had the 6 volt starter. Rewired the car but kept the starter as was and have been running that way for 5 years.

Claybill, Have you advertised your car on the HAMB? I think you would get some good traction over there. Lets face it there are thousands of members on that site and they like modified.

Believe it or not, I saw a new Challenger convertible over the weekend. I don't think Dodge is making them, but there are a few aftermarket companies that are.

Hey, I have a full set of Craftsman box end wrenches, a couple of crescent wrenches, a pair of pliers and at least half a dozen screw drivers. Why would I need a dealer to service it?

Told my wife I want one of these for Christmas. I can't wait. http://autos.yahoo.com/news/2013-pagani-huayra-first-drive.html

Also might want to check out the Garage Journal http://garagejournal.com/ it is a sister site to the HAMB. Tons of great ideas over there for setting up a new shop, home made tools, flooring, HVAC, Electrical, etc. Here is a thread which discusses what I think you are talking about. http://garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=141247&highlight=cooling%2Acompressed%2Aair Here is another where a guy used an AC condensor (which are rated to 250-300 PSI) behind the Pulley/Fan on his compressor and re-routed the lines from his compressor to the tank to run through the condensor before it enters the tank. When the compressor runs the fan pulls air through the condensor cooling the air before it enters the tank.

About 2 years ago I bought a running 230 / 3 speed from a 57 Plymouth driver that a guy was rodding. Price was $150.