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I made a killer Craigslist score tonight; a complete 54 Plymouth Savoy dash for $50! The original dash looks really rough so this should be a big improvement; I like the styling much better.

I'd rather run a 3" drywall screw through my manhood than be seen driving that.

That's really sharp looking. I was hoping to do the same; a two groove pulley so the compressor is on it's own belt in case of a failure. Do you know where he got that lower pulley?

Great find! That's just what I did; I found a really nice 51 locally so my 49 driver became the parts car.

wow, cant beat that price! Great looking ride!

Well, it would be easy to find in a crowded parking lot; that's for sure.

Those are both great looking setups, Don. Are those both using a single belt for both the water pump, alternator, and the compressor?

Time for the tear down! Im really happy with how solid this thing is. All the fenderwells and hidden spots where my green car is rusted look great on here. Most of the factory undercoating is even still there. I pulled apart everything under the hood and got the motor ready to pull. Also pulled all the shift, accelerator, and clutch linkage, driveshaft and trans, all the exhaust and the fuel tank. My replacement rockers came in and I decided to go ahead and make the tunnel cover removeable like the earlier models to ease in the five speed swap. Floors and rockers are the worst spots but it shouldnt be too bad to fix. Im just going to use flat 16ga like I did on the other car.

Nice! Did you have to use a commercial sewing machine or do you have a household type?

I see; you moved your alternator up high and mounted the compressor in the generator spot? What did you use for your two groove lower pulley?

I looked up the thread on your A/C install but it's saying that Photobucket has removed the pictures. Any chance you could repost those?

I'll do that; thanks!

Has anyone on here put an A/C compressor on their flathead? How about some pictures if you have?

I had two of those years ago; my wife had one with a slant six and mine had a 318. Both great cars that ran forever.

That's a nice looking pair, Andy!

Well said, tim. OTE=Tim Adams;305644]I think the majority of the folks here working the flathead is keeping more in line to what would have been done when these cars were in the beginning period and what little heyday they did enjoy...the WOW factor of seeing/hearing a dressed up and modified flattie usually will catch an eye faster than a V transplant..except maybe if old style hemi..that is always a eye catcher whatever it is in.. so while it will not be a 1/4 miler or a hole shot king of any short..but yeah...it will be peppy and different..while I have no desire to pep one up..I do not slam those who are. if they just keep in mind what the limits are and if the trade off on some mods are going to shorten the life of the car overall..I mean why go straight to the max bore of the block and the max shave of ahead when .030 will clean it up or .010 will save the head..leaving you plenty of margin for future builds/maintenance actions..what you looking at by doing this..maybe a whole max of 9-11 CI and a engine block that is now beyond normal service limits..

I love the look and sound of the old flatties but I honestly believe it's a trade off for performance. These things just have too many design strikes against them to consider them a viable performance motor. You can take a $300 decent running 318, slap on a set of headers with a cam, aluminum intake, and a Holley and produce way more power than if you spent thousands on a flathead six. And even that 318 is 40 year technology. So my personal thought is that you pick one; nostalgic coolness or high performance.

Sounds like a great setup; I think you'll like it.

I ditched the linkage and got an accelerator pedal assembly, intake cable bracket, and cable from a late 80's 4.3 S10 from the boneyard.

I had same the same issues; I couldnt get the original one to run right even with all new parts. The Holley's were dirt cheap and super easy to work on so it turned out good. Im not much of a believer in trying to hot rod a 218, either; just have a nice cruiser. HEI will definitley help your cause. Nice looking car!

I've got a Holley 350 two barrel with #61 jets on a stock 218 with an HEI ignition; runs like a champ and the plugs burn clean. Starts right up everytime with no choke. I bought an adaptor plate to go from a 1 barrel chevy intake to a Holley two barrel and just redrilled one of the holes.

Hah! It should be, Cass. I had to do some pretty undignified begging to get this one so I better cool it for a while. [

It doesn't look like it, Harold. It's been painted; was originally tan. I dont see any evidence of a filled hole in the roof. The spotlight is a dummy, i'm not sure if I'm going to keep it or not. It's pretty ragged looking. I I have one I'd rather have a functioning one.

I found this on the local CL and couldnt say no; 51 Plymouth Cambridge with a great solid body and decent paint. It had been in a garage the last 15 years and preserved nicely. It needs some floor work and interior but overall it's in great shape. I think Im going to change directions on the 49 and swith all my parts over to this one. I had gathered up parts to do a 5-speed conversion and four wheel disc brakes so that'll all go on here.