wallytoo

yeah, a few weeks ago, there was about 5" during a fishing derby. on sunday, it was about 14 or 15" thick. good enough to make ice blocks!

sunday was 2023's ice harvest day! warmest weather we've had for the event that i can recall - temps in the high 30s/low 40s (note the short-sleeves of some of the volunteers). overnight was about 18*, so that helped for starting things off solid. speaking of starting off, the truck started right up in the morning. after checking lights etc, headed out to the event. got about 3 miles from home, and near the top of a moderate hill climb (pushing about 2800 rpm), when there was a slight pop, and then loud expulsion of air noises (like from the exhaust or manifold). pulled a u-turn, and drove back home. popped the hood, and low and behold - #6 spark plug wasn't there (mostly). the metal base was still seated, but the ceramic portion and upper electrode were attached to the plug wire/boot, which was draped over the manifolds. thus, the noise was escaping compression sound, not exhaust. got the correct socket, and the remains of the plug easily backed out of the head (intact, other than the center/ceramic portion). installed a "spare" used plug, and back i went.

is the 25" family a mopar flathead? since it is, it is incorrect to state that mopar flatheads were not designed for full flow (some clearly were), and that they only used bypass filters (some clearly used full flow filters). my statement does not claim that all were designed for full flow or that none came with bypass, unlike the statement that i quoted.

yes, they were, and no they didn't.

if it is "involuntarily" shifting back into low range, there's probably still a leak in the system. mine will, very rarely, drop out of high range when cruising along, but it does not go into low range when it does that. a quick stab at the clutch and throttle and it moves right back into high range.

yeah, what bob says - a 6-volt at 5.6 volts is a dead battery, and depending on how long it was at that level, it might be unreliable going forward.

100%, that's what it is. dodge used that as a linkage, since the transmission was back under the seat (more or less) rather than under the center of the floor as on the standard cabs. Bunn's book shows this, too.

i will definitely be in contact next time i'm passing through binghamton. i'd love to see this thing - it is in fantastic condition, nevermind the rarity.

the moving truck is fantastic. not that i'm doubtful, but if it was parked in '69, that's 16 years of use, and to only have 11,000 miles, what kind of moving did the company do? across the street only? i travel through binghamton a few times per year. i would love to take a side trip to view this sometime, it is a treasure.

that's why it's hard to pick a favorite picture i use it a lot during the entire year, and take pictures!

Hard to pick a favorite…..

nice fall day for a cruise...

my friend Jeff's '54 truck, from a "cars & coffee" earlier this year. and my "truck" right nearby: ok. ok. look close at the front of the hood to see the mopar connection. and a pic of my dodge at the last "cars & coffee" for the season:

i did the floor last, becasue i find it easier to install the starter and a few other things while the toe-boards are still not installed.

i'm over near new london. have a few timber harvest projects to do in charlestown next year (actually, they'll take several years).

cool! i've never scraped the paint off of my data tag. i would have known much sooner than a year ago that i had a marion hoist if i'd bothered to do so. but, i saw an identical hoist on Bring-a-Trailer. it was completely restored and beautiful. and then i knew what i had! this is the BaT one - i WISH it were mine.

i didn't do it that way. as you know, there are many ways to make it work, though. fwiw, i pulled the transmission backward, but left it "strapped/suspened" in place. i then removed the flywheel, and could hoist the engine out. never touched the bellhousing, because i didn't want to deal with the pedals etc. having the transmission jack and engine hoist made reinstallation the easiest i've ever put an engine back into a vehicle. i did get lucky, but it was literally a line it up and give it a try - and it worked on the very first attempt. only pulled the hood assembly, radiator, and the nose cover, but not the grille or fenders.

i'd like more pics of the hoist. my '48 has a marion hoist in it, too.

and there's your answer, as "uncle bob" has been heard from ....

sometimes i find woods!!

for sure. the first red top i put in my jeep served me for 15 years. the replacement, same model/size, lasted 2.5 years.

great pictures on the website. i enjoyed my visit for the day. thanks for putting the picnic together!

i agree with @Los_Control that insurance, yearly registration fees, inspections, etc should be part of the consideration of the annual costs. i am able to register my 7 old vehicles here for less than the cost of registering a new full-size pickup. i only carry liability, so that’s cheaper, too. i do at least 90% of whatever work needs to be done (i don’t weld, so when that’s needed, i have to pay someone). but like @keithb7 don’t really want to know what i spend on each car annually, either.

i have a duracell AGM battery in my cj5. so far, so good. the real test is how many years will it last; i bought it earlier this summer from batteries plus.

keith - your bay is a bit smaller than what is in mine. probably still big enough, with enough clearance, that the heat produced by the exhaust and block are moving on quickly enough. seems the radiator is the place to be trying things.. how close to "normal" curvature is that top radiator hose from the t-stat housing? it's fairly long, with a pronounced curve. any way to shorten it?