Tones52

Hello Friends, This coming Sunday morning from 7:00 to 9:00 AM, the Plymouth Owners Club of Southern California will be having its Fall Meet Up at 4191 Chino Hills Parkway, Chino Hills. We would love to have as many as possible of our Plymouth, Dodge, DeSoto, and Chrysler P15-D24 members come and join us. I have attached a flier. As many of you know, it's so much fun getting together with other like minded enthusiasts. To that end, I am also attaching some photo from our club meeting held this past August. 😉 If you'd like to see more information on the POC Southern California, check out our website at https://pocsocal.com/ Thank you. Tones52 (Tony Garcia)

Dear P15-D24 Friends, The Plymouth Owners Club of Southern California would like to invite the Forum's Plymouth owners to a get together starting at 7:00 AM on Sunday, May 5th at the Brea City Hall Park. The address is on the attached flier. Light refreshments will be provided. Following the get together, we will caravan towards the La Habra Citrus Fair Car Show location. From there you may want to go to the car show or return home. In the case your Plymouth is not ready for the road athe moment, come join us anyway. If it is the case you cannot make it to this one but would like to know about POC-Southern California, which by the way is officially sanctioned by the National Plymouth Owners Club, then do check out the club's website at https://pocsocal.com/ We hope to see you on Sunday, May 5th. Tony aka Tones 52 Secretary for the POC-SC

Hi Tod, I'm sorry to hear that these dates didn't work out. I would have so looked forward to meeting you. Along with others on the p15-d24 Forum, you have been a real help to me when I got my '52 Cranbrook back in 2013 with your contributions. There is a POC-SC members & friends meeting being planned for the near future, likely in April. I do hope that it's on a date that works for you. Tony

POSTPONED!!! Our sunny So Cal weather failed us this weekend ? The Cars & Coffee meet up is moved to Sunday, February 18th from 7:00 to 9:00 AM. We still will be looking forward to seeing as many Mopars as possible on the 18th.

Dear P15-D24 Friends, The Plymouth Owners Club of Southern California would like to invite the Forum's Plymouth owners to a get together starting at 7:00 AM on Sunday, May 5th at the Brea City Hall Park. The address is on the attached flier. Light refreshments will be provided. Following the get together, we will caravan towards the La Habra Citrus Fair Car Show location. From there you may want to go to the car show or return home. In the case that one's Plymouth is not ready for the road, come join us anyway. If it is the case you cannot make it to this one but would like to know about POC-SC, which by the way is officially sanctioned by the National Plymouth Owners Club, then do check out the club's website at https://pocsocal.com/ We hope to see you on Sunday, El Cinco de Mayo. Tony aka Tones 52

In the spirit of the original SoCal MoPar Breakfast Club, this past Saturday’s meet up by the Plymouth Owners Club for Southern California provided an opportunity to see and talk about Plymouths & other MoPars. We look forward to doing it again soon. ?

This is an invitation for any and all Mopar forum members that can make it, to join the Plymouth Owners Club of Southern California for a cars and coffee meet up on Saturday, March 4th from 7:00 to 9:00 AM. The meet up is across from the Krispy Kreme and Chick-Fil-A in the Puente Hills Mall parking lot. Address is 1548 S. Azusa Ave, City of Industry, 91748. Again, not just Plymouths but all Dodges, Chryslers, DeSotos, Imperials would be great to see. Please check out the attached flier and share it with your Mopar friends. It was about 10 years that Bill Story put out an invitation for a Mopar get together. A photo of that get together is attached. We got together 3 more times, but it's been awhile since that last one. Getting together was a great benefit for me in terms of seeing great cars and trucks and getting advice for my Plymouth. I'm sure looking forward to seeing you there.

Thank you Sniper. Although I'd like to use the heater valve that was on my Cranbrook, if I can't get that going then you gave me some alternatives to explore. With the heat wave that's been going on in So California, I'm not needing to heat the car but I also don't want to have the heater running all the time like it is now, even though it's on low. ?

While I did find Jocko’s post on the truck forum helpful, I was hoping that some on this forum might have some answers as well. In Jocko’s thread, it was suggested that the early Corvette heater valve seal kits work with this style of heater valve. That Vette seal kit seems sparse. Is there something else out there that will work? Here’s Jocko’s thread & pix of my valve & the Vette seal kit I found. Thanks for the help. Tony https://p15-d24.com/topic/49516-heater-control-valve/

I have the same valve on my 52 Cranbrook as Jocko shared. Is this the Corvette seal kit that’s been referenced? As Young Ed shared, this kit isn’t much. I’ve included pix of the seal kit & my valve’s innards. Also, mentioned by Jeff was a 2nd shut off valve in the hose line. What was used for that? I’m looking forward for help because my heater is on all the time this summer ?

Bryan, going to a manual choke set up is my back up plan if all else fails. Well as it turned out the mounting bolts for my Sisson are 12-24. I’m curious if other 51 or 52 Plymouths are the same? So I cut the gasket for mine and hooked up the linkage. Next will be attaching the wire from the starter.

Thank you DodgeB4ya. At the hardware store they have the display that you can measure your nuts or bolts against and mine were smaller in diameter to the 1/4 ones. I do see in the manual that studs were used though. Could be the PO changed them. If I find matching bolts or other solution, I’ll add it here. ?

After an advance search & going through several threads, I still need help. What is the bolt size for the Sisson choke’s mounting bolts on a ‘52 Plymouth? I was able to remove mine after days of PB Blaster & some good tapping to break them loose. They’re pretty crusty. I've been to the more well stocked Ace hardware stores & not finding the same size. I’m guessing it’s a 12-24 mounting bolt. Any help is appreciated. Thanks in advance.

May the memories of Don sustain the Coatney family during this this time. I felt that I knew him through this forum. And thanks to Don, to this day, I'll really, really search through the forum before posting a question. And when I do search, a lot of the times, I'll find some contribution that Don has made.

Hi Paul, To answer your question, there's no CA POC. At one time there was a "Golden State POC regional club but I'm not sure why it is no more. I'm guessing a combination of factors may be the reason, like the size of our state. When I would get the National POC bi-monthly magazine, I'd read regional club reports from other states but never from California. What makes me excited about this effort is that folks a lot younger than me who have a love of Plymouths are wanting to make this happen. Tony