falconvan
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Yeah, you bunch of crabby old geezers! I know they couldnt have been talking about me.
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Thats a drag; Im seeing the same on Ebay and CL. Now people think every pre 1969 four door beater is some kind of rare collectors item.
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This stuff is all long gone; the thread got revived again somehow. I originally posted this 3 or 4 years ago.
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Nice job! You're going to have a pretty slick ride when you're done.
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Sure dont, Charley. This stuff has been gone for a while.
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I guess they figured since it would be hauling refrigerators, it should look like one.
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I thought this was cool; in 63 the Westinghouse Appliance Division contracted with Studebaker to build them a user specific fleet of service vehicles. They wanted something resonably priced that would be a Westinghouse only vehicle. Studebaker came up with a simple cab over pickup and a van design. One of each was built as a prototype but Studebaker went belly up before they could start building them. This is the last Studebaker truck they ever designed. This truck was a supposed barn find that ended up in a museum and they dont know what happened to the van. I thought building a replica of this on a Dakota chassis would be cool.
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We finally got the decklid, doors and rear fenders on, primered, and sprayed with guidecoat. Now for a lot of wet sanding and hopefully some color in the near future.
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Very cool; the Desoto had the coolest looking front end of all the Mopars of that era; I think.
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Thanks; got a little crazy there for a while.
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Are you making those pilot bearings to sell, Robert? I'll take one if you are.
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That's a great looking wheel, Bob.
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I know I change my mind as often as my socks but after more thinking I decided to ditch the whole small block idea, stay with the flathead, and add a five speed. It really runs great and mainly what I want it to have better highway manners so I think I just need more gears rather than more engine. The gest of it is that I've got a 318 in nice shape that will make a great street engine. Pictures and description are in the parts for sale section.
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Thanks Robert, are you having some piolot bushings made from brass? Im just about sold on trying this; it looks like a great alternative to the T-5 swap. Im thinking of using an 95 and up Explorer rearend; 59 1/2" plus rear disc brakes.
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Robert, What clutchplate, pressure plate, and throwout bearing did you use on this?
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Sounds like you got a real gem! Pictures required, of course.
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Thanks, Don. I"ll make good use of that.
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Time to say so long to my 1949 Chrysler Project
falconvan replied to PatS....'s topic in P15-D24 Forum
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What front and rear tire sizes are everyone running on their P-15? Trying to decide what to put on mine. Pictures would be cool if you have them.
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Cass, i'd stick it on Ebay with a $20 starting price. Someone will take it off your hands. We've had several warm days; I know you've been out in the garage working!
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Thanks, Cass. I'll keep that in mind.
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Yeah, come on by and we'll take her out. I've been driving it quite a bit and enjoying it. Tim, the NV3500 is the trans I was looking at; I want to go with the hydraulic clutch and probably a Dakota pedal assembly. The plan is a mildly built 318 with a 5 speed, an Explorer 8.8 4:10 disc brake rear, front discs, front and rear larger sway bars, and lower the car all the way around. Im going to collect parts over the summer while I drive it and do all the conversion over next winter.
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Yeah, it was listed on Craigslist as a 360 but when I tore it down it turned out to be a 318. Ive never built a Mopar small block so I didnt think about checking to see if it was what they said it was. But I only gave $100 for it and everything inside looks really good so Im going to go ahead and use it. I read a couple of good budget build articles that squeezed 400 HP out of a 318with a stock short block. That's plently for what I want to do with it. Im going to stick a 5 speed behind it plus upgrade my brakes to 4 wheel disc and lower the car. After summer is over, that is. For now I'm driving it like it is while I work on my 48.
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That is one slick piece of engineering; looks great!
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Im going your route, Cass. The flattie runs good but after driving it a few months and watching your build i picked up a 360 for the 49. I tore it down for inspection and found that the 360 was a 318 but Im still going with it. I think I'm going with a 5 speed instead of an automatic. It'll be this fall; Im going to get some miles out of it the way it is, first.
