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I remember seeing this and other pics. Still looks better than my car here!?

Fixed it for ya

Gosh that car is beautiful. Wish mine looked that good!?

Always enjoy viewing your pictures and adventures. Thanks for sharing ?

5-8: Out for lunch with my son. Overlooking Fleet Farm. The gear lube is calling me ?

Keith, you've worked over in 8 days what would take me 8 months lol. I thought I was subscribed to your YouTube channel, but somehow can't find it. Can you send me a link?

5-7: Out for a Friday night cruise around town with the kids. While the car was warming up, there was some commotion 2 blocks down. Fire trucks, ambulance, and several police cars. Not sure what happened. It was a chilly night so we had to cycle the heater. My kids will never forget our frequent cruises. We sure have fun!

5-6: Out for a little cruise with my daughter. We stopped at the park to watch my son play baseball. Second pic: my daughter wanted to drive. Fluid Drive is so forgiving! She did okay. I helped her shift from 1st to 2nd. ? Also, to work everyday with the Meadowbrook as usual...

5-5-21: After driving the truck a little bit more I quickly found out that it is a real dog under a load. I suspected the timing is retarded too far and the point gap is too big. The other night I pulled the distributor and found out the point gap was about .040. I set it back to .030 and then advanced the timing with it idling. It ran much better and was not a dog under a load like before. We had a little downfall though when we got into the alley by my garage: the truck died like it ran out of gas. I couldn't get it restarted. I knew I wasn't out of gas but checked anyway, that wasn't the problem. I looked down the carburetor and pulled the accelerator linkage and it's bone dry. I kind of figured the old fuel pump would go on the fritz. I was just happy it happened when I was home. Tonight I pulled the fuel pump off and to my surprise laying on my bench is a little flat plate (pictured). It was in the extra parts bins that came with my B-1-D. That's going to be the plate that seals up the hole. The bolts fit through it and everything. Tomorrow I'll take it to work and grind it flat and buff the edges to get the rust off. Then all I have to do is make a gasket. Once that's done I can work on the electric fuel pump. Does anyone know the real purpose of that plate?

My gosh....glad you're ok. ?

I prefer mid 50sF. Any weather that I need to open the cowl vent is too hot for me. I'm in luck...mid-50s all week here in SE MN ?

Those are priceless. I like seeing old receipts written in cursive. ?

5-2: Meadowbrook in a hail storm! ? I don't believe any vehicles were damaged.

USA on the Y...? Very cool!

https://www.amazon.com/SPEEDWOX-Combination-Assembling-Furniture-Equipment/dp/B07L2THNY7/ref=mp_s_a_1_4?dchild=1&keywords=7%2F32+wrench&qid=1619925567&sprefix=7%2F32+&sr=8-4 Some wrenches on Amazon. I have prime... shipping free. Anyway, car is looking good! What a sassy classy 'ol gal!?

Typo! I meant B1C ?

Not yet Merle. I'm slower than a wounded possum ? Been messing around with everything wrong on the B1C....

4-30: Home after work. Drove it in everyday except for Thursday when I drove my 48 B1D. Later on, out for a lazy night cruise around town with the kids. Stopped for a snack of egg rolls, potato wedges and Gatorade. Meadowbrook is running as smooth as ever. Sure was fun. Somehow it's like a brand new treat every time I drive it. I'm happy my kids are always up for a ride. 95% of the time they are the ones suggesting we go ?

How I missed your thread yesterday I'll never know. OMGosh! Congrats on the purchase...that car is totally bad*ss! I understand about having to give up the 53. It's okay. Better to have loved and lost than never loved at all. Someone awesome will come and buy it, you'll see. Meanwhile, I'm waiting on some detailed YouTube videos. I am just completely awestruck with your car. I'm sitting here staring at my phone and I just can't believe it. You might have fun trying to find some original literature as well. Congrats again!?

Side by side for the first time ?

4-29: Long lost brothers meeting for the first time. ? Did some garage cleaning so I could back in the 3/4 ton. Now I can work on it out of the weather. ?

4-28-21: After my little engine fire awhile back that melted a couple of my plugwires and blackened a few things, I made some good progress today. I installed new plugs, wires, battery, fuel filter, rerouted gas line to carb, and put on a 2bbl Weber clone like the Meadowbrook has. It popped right off! I set the idle mixture screw and the idle. My son and I took it around (within 4 blocks of home) for a shakedown cruise. So far so good ? Got a bunch of waves and some "what is that thing?" looks ? I have a lot of work to do yet, but it's driveable. Next on my list: exhaust...

Just put some hubcaps on. Yeah I know they're not the correct ones for the truck, but I like 'em! ?

4-24-21: Worked on the hubcap clips today. The replacement ones (from DCM) are not the correct size...at least for the rims I have, and in comparison to the original clips. So I fabbed some 1/4" spacers to get the replacements to the right height. Then I ground off the nut on the back side just enough so they wouldn't hit the brake drum before the area of the rim that's supposed to touch the drum. First pic: original clip. Second pic: replacements with aluminum spacers. Third pic: backside ground down.

4-24-21: Took the kids out cruising tonight. 37F so I had to cycle the heater. We were grateful it works good! Drove on some back roads for about a 30 mile round trip. The Meadowbrook was smooth as usual; no problems. Can't say that for our 2019 Dodge van, which about 2 miles down the road today the engine light came on. The Meadowbrook's engine light never came on! ? The Meadowbrook is just simply a better car bar none....