50 Deluxe

After a couple tries I got mine in... Something you should think about doing is Bookmarking or adding to your favorites list the internet address for the map so you can come back later.

Who has more fun than a old car collector.

Back in the 60s I was stationed at HQ AF Europe as a radio tech and had to work on the generals cars which included taking them for rides around Germany to make sure everything worked ok. One 4 star general had a Cadillac and the other had this Mercedes. The Mercedes was hardened and drove like a tank.

We have had some real winners lately, about a month ago a branch (5" round) fell on my trucks hood, it cost $3000 to fix it. This weekend I had my brand new (less than 1K) Town and Country in the driveway and a large branch came down on it's roof, and to make matters worst it was big enough to break up and put a dent the hood of my truck again. I pay a tree trimmer $2000 to keep these 90 foot pin oaks trimmed, that don't work, I just might have to cut them down. The better-half says I have to take the 50 Plymouth out of the garage and park it in the driveway and let it get some wind personalty also.

I remember my dad worked day and night 23 hours a day raising 7 kids, he bought that truck so he could make extra money. I don't know the make of the car he is leaning against, do you?

Don...As far as a moisture barrier under the car, two things; if I am going to work on the car I lay down some cardboard (have you ever tried to find a small screw in the dirt) and as moisture goes the tent is pretty dry, on those bright sunny days that I take the 50 out for a spin I roll up (open) the doors and windows in the tent which keeps the floor dirt dry. however I cannot leave my tools out in the tent as they tend to rust. I have hung one of those small "milking" heaters up when it gets really cold out.

The tent has gone through high winds that knocked down a couple of 50 year old oak trees in the yard without any problem. The posts are made of aluminum and are put in the ground at the foot like any tent with 10 inch spikes. The most we have gotten in the way of snow was only about 6" and that didn't bother the roof. The whole thing goes together with Velcro straps; the front and back doors roll up along with the windows.

If you have a little room you might think of a Tent garage, I gave up on covers and bought one five years ago and have been very happy with it and the added inside space I gained, I got it at SAMS for less that $100.

The Kindle is an E-Reader. Which can download books, magazines and newspapers from the Amazon book store. It comes in three versions: Kindle Wi-Fi $139 6” display, Storage 3,500books Kindle 3G+Wi-Fi $189 6” display, You pay 3G, Storage 3,500books Kindle DX $379 9.7" Display, Free 3G, Storage 3,500books , Graphite, 3G Works Globally Wi-Fi is a local wireless router connected to the internet through a paid service; it could be a home, school or a commercial setup. 3G is an internet (cell phone) setup that connects to a service that must be paid for. You should to be on the internet to download books, once the books are loaded onto the Kindle you can read them. The kindle is small, flat and easy to carry. I bought the Wi-Fi version as I have a Wi-Fi network in my house. I really like it, it has a text to speech capability that reads the written word to me (I am lazy)

I'll never forget when we dressed a straw man up with pants shirt and a hat, we put him in the middle of the road. a large blue car came by and ran over our poor scarecrow; straw and hat flying everywhere, the driver did not stop at the time. We do not know if he ever returned because we RAN as fast as we could and spent the rest of Halloween hidden in our homes.

Got the 50 deluxe going pretty good (running a little rich), decided to take some pictures in our home town of Lebanon IL., which has brick streets and old style store fronts. A perfect place to go back in time with the camera.

I have three wells on our land. The first one is a 25' deep 10' across brick lined well that was dug back in the late 1800s, the water is very good unless a rodent falls into it, we have to keep it covered all the time. We have another 25' deep 6" pipe well that taste and tests good but goes dry in the middle of the summer. The last well is 135' deep 6" pipe that requires reverse osmosis, water softener, and requires rust remover cleaner 4 times a year; however, it puts a huge volume all year round. The only thing we did to the 25' well is to put a PUR water filter on the kitchen faucet.

The wife ask how does it SLEEP? Seems I would have to spend nights in it, and I still have too much to do on the 50 Plymouth.

My 50 Plymouth P20 (Stock) quit on me two weeks ago. I replaced the carburetor, points, condenser, wires and plugs. I put some gas down the top of the carburetor; it started and with a few small adjustments it runs great; however it will not start unless I put a very small amount of gas down the carb. It doesn't matter if it is cold or hot. Did I teach it a bad habit or what. I took the fuel line off and turned the key, it pumped a lot of fuel which leads me to believe the fuel pump is ok.

Kanter came through in a hurry, Got the new (factory rebuild) carb, took 10 minutes to install it. Happy days are here, she started right up and seemed to run good until I hit the road; she stopped dead, dropping gas down the carb did nothing. Soooooo Monday it is to the parts store for new plugs, wire, points and condenser. P.S. while getting the pool ready for summer the filter crapped out ($200), the wife's washer is making big time clunk clunk noises ($1000) and the F150 is due its 30,000 mile checkup ($450)