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  1. JerseyHarold
    There are 4 small bolts that hold the gas pedal pivot bar bracket to the floor. If the top of the pivot bar rusted out or pulled away from the bracket, you can cut small strips of metal to go over the top of the pivot bar, bend them to be snug, and secure them through the existing bracket holes.
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    In my experience, when you turn on the parking lights the keyhole switch is illuminated also.
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    I always thought the 'P'-series for Plymouth models was based on the number of years after 1928 (the Plymouth intro year). For example, P14 is model year 1942, which is 14 years after 1928. P23 started in 1951, which is 23 years since 1928. Just conjecture on my part...
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    Welcome to the forum. P23's are my favorite car and I've had several of them. They did not come with a heater as standard equipment. There were a lot of dealer-installed heaters as well as the 'official' Mopar offerings. Yours looks like an aftermarket heater.
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    Just a WAG.....Could the exhaust manifold heat control valve be flopping around and intermittently restricting air flow through the engine?
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    I put the tires I've removed under the chassis to catch the car if it falls.
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    Might be corona discharge as mentioned previously. Try misting water at the spark plug area of the engine in the dark and see if it has any affect.
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    Try using a heat gun on the lock cylinder from the keyhole end. It might soften up some old hard grease that's gumming things up.
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    Searching eBay and contacting Mopar vendors should get you a gas pedal assembly. I've read good reviews about French Lake Auto Parts, an auto parts salvage yard in Minnesota. Their website is: Auto Parts – Annandale, MN – French Lake Auto Parts The A, B, and C body naming system started in the early 1960's and denoted the body series. A=Valiant/Dart, B=Belvedere/Coronet, C=Fury/Polara. The system was not in use in 1953 and doesn't apply to your car. Hope this helps...
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    Good looking car with a lot of potential. My uncle had its twin until the late 1970's. Bad Chad over on Youtube is currently working on one of these. He's building new quarter panels from scratch...pretty interesting.
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    When a fusible link opens, the insulation stays intact and the wire within melts. You need to feel along the length of the fusible link and check for any internal gaps or weak areas.
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    That's correct. IIRC, the fusible link wire size has to be 4 gauge numbers smaller than the wire it protects.
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    I don't think this was mentioned, but I think I'd use a fusible link wire at the feed wires coming from the relay. They would protect the last few inches of wiring that would otherwise be unprotected. Mopar and others had this arrangement in the sixties and seventies.
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    I once read that body mount brackets were repro'd for Jeeps and they were adaptable to Mopars. You might want to check with Jeep suppliers for more info.
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    Sorry to hear of your incident. Ask at local dealerships to see if they know of any paintless dent removal services nearby. Those techs are more oriented towards metalworking without resorting to lots of bondo. A body shop could then tint or blend paint to finish off the repair.
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    An inertia switch on the fuel pump feed wire is advisable so that the electric pump shuts off if the car is hit or jarred.
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    Try removing the timing chain and then turning the crankshaft. That would rule out stuck valves as the reason for being stuck.
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    FWIW, if the owner in Poland could make a tracing on paper of the window he needs, then send it to Rich, it could be used to verify if any USA-sourced part is a match.
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    You have to remove the steering wheel and dismantle the column to get to the lock cylinder retaining pin. You don't need the key to depress the pin to remove the lock cylinder.
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    My '52 Plymouth gas tank was done by Gas Tank Renu in the mid-1990's and when I drained it a few years ago after storage the liquid was dark brown. It wasn't sticky and poured easily.
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    Out of curiosity I checked and they have Popular Mechanics magazine as well. Here's the link to their '51 Plymouth review: Popular Mechanics Magazine 1951-07: Vol 96 Iss 1 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
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    Cover Girl.....
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    Ice Shield
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    Is there any literature or films describing how Plymouths were put together on the assembly line? Were the bodies shipped from Briggs with or without rear fenders already installed? Was the front floor panel installed after the body was on the frame? What about the steering wheel? If the bodies were painted by Briggs, how did they match the color of the sheet metal (front doghouse, for example) that was painted separately in the Plymouth factory? Does anyone have insights they can share?
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    Western Auto had their own unique parts numbering system. I found that out the hard way when I acquired a batch of their brake cylinder rebuild kits many years ago. I had some success punching-in the part numbers to Google and eBay. I eventually got them all identified, but it took a while.
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