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Normspeed

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  1. Being a Hitchcock film, I'm guessing Alfred was in the back of the truck.
  2. How is the overall width, about the same as the old rear end?
  3. Looking in the Hollander's book, it looks like there isn't an exact match up. But I'm not up to full wizard standards in the secret society of those who know how to read the thing. It says all the 51-53 DeSotos use lower control arm in group 62 and 63, while P15 is group 63 and 67. But looking at Group 63 description, it only lists Chrysler, DeSoto and 49-52 Dodge. For the upper arm, The DeSoto numbers are group 74 & 75 while the P15s are group 72 & 73. Don't take my word for it though, I've missed some matchups in Hollanders that were picked up by other folks. With the Hollander's I'm just a sorcerer's apprentice.
  4. The Dodge sure looks like a subframe done right. The stance and wheel position looks good to me. Hard to see where you did the grafting on the frame.
  5. I have a left inner tie rod end that's getting kinda sloppy. RockAuto has two grades, service and professional, both are Raybestos. Service grade as around $12, Pro is $30. Anyone know if there is that much difference between the two? Anyone used any other sources for tie rod ends? Looks like Plymouth used the same part from the P15 through the 56 model year, that's a plus.
  6. That's funny Tim, out of nowhere I started receiving Field and Stream, for free. Got a renewal notice last week, but I can't see renewing a mag that I read cover-to-cover in about 5 minutes, then toss. I subscribe to a couple car mags and I enjoy them. For my money, this year I'll be dropping Popular Hot Rodding (read Camaro-Mustang-Chevelle-crate motor magazine) and subscribing to Hot Rod Deluxe. I used some eastwood rust encapsulator on the iron frame of my ancient teardrop and the stuff seems to be a great product. Pricey though.
  7. Welcome. I was lucky to attend a little shindig in Austin a few months ago, the Lone Star Roundup. You folks sure know how to throw a street party, rain or shine!
  8. Jim, are you doing the conversion with the body/floorpans still in place?
  9. Have we stumbled across the origin of the term "sliders"?
  10. Joe, if you used Permatex #2, it will come off pretty easy with a single edge razor, especially if you warm it up with a hair dryer first. #1 is a real pain to get off, it hardens up pretty solid. The reverse bolts sound good but even if you have to drop the pan, heck, it's about the journey, not the destination, right? The zen master has spoken.
  11. Joe, a wire wheel will clean up those parts nicely. Remember, a wire wheel is a device designed to grab small parts out of your hand, and throw them, at the speed of light, into another dimension.
  12. Heresy! A pox upon you, Captain Neon!
  13. A couple more shots, P24 assisting emergency personnel, and the theatre with stampeding moviegoers. One nice thing, when Stevie fires up his Mopar, there's no after-the-fact added in the studio engine sound effect. That is a good old flattie you're hearing. PS, Greg, I know 2 answers, let's see if anyone can ace your quiz.
  14. If the motor is out and on a stand, seems like a pretty easy job to rotate it upside down, remove the pan and bearing cap and put in your bolts. Especially with Rodney volunteering to help with the thrash. But, I can't see why the reverse-bolts would not work. If you go that way, get some nice grade 8 stuff and you could also use some red loctite instead of lock washers.
  15. If you can get close on what you think you need, JC will send you samples for free. I've used that service a couple times including window channel for my sliding side windows.
  16. I miss In & Out burgers. On the TV news this week there was a big news story... Abuquerque might be getting its first In & Out. We don't have one here in Southern NM though. Back before the company re-designed its bumper stickers, the cool thing was to cut 'em up like the one in this photo:
  17. What an honor! Your car deserves the award, you've done a beautiful job on it.
  18. Just saw this movie again tonight on Turner Classic Movies. The 1958 original. Great old Sci Fi, and in color too. Steve McQueen's co-star is a 53 Plymouth convertible, green with a red interior. (to Robert KB: yes, it's bone- stock). Great scene where he races a 40 Ford coupe to the next stoplight...in reverse! Cops drive a 57 Plymouth. At the end is a scene where the local hot rodders come to the rescue. In quick succession there's a 40 Ford coupe, a chopped merc, a Ford roadster pickup (long bed), a 46-48 Ford red convertible, and a Deuce 5 window that appears to be a RHD!. Corny special effects but a nice snapshot of what people looked like, back in the day.
  19. Bob, your coupe was lucky to find such good owners. Maybe you should name it Lucky.
  20. Great car, and the Catskills is such a great place to be driving it. It don't get much better'n that.
  21. Great color, can't wait to see her all put back together.
  22. Signals??? we don't need no stinkin signals!!!!
  23. OK Greg, I'll take the high road here and say nothing... Rich, I'm interested in your experience with this. I have maybe 3 axles worth of 10" brake shoe cores and I noticed some are drilled for riveted but have old bonded linings on them. How will you be doing the rivets?
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