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  1. JerseyHarold
    Try contacting a company that does handicap controls (sorry if that's not a PC term nowadays) and see if they can install a manual control clutch pedal rod for you. They definitely existed when the car was new. Somewhere I have an illustrated brochure from a conversion company that made them for '52 Plymouths.
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    The Ficken company on Long Island specializes in vintage wiper systems. Try this link: www.wiperman.com
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    IIRC, the spare tire in the business coupe could be carried in the trunk or passenger compartment. Is there a retainer for it on the package shelf bracing?
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    Take a look at Packard sunvisors from the same era as your car. Briggs made bodies for both Packard and Plymouth and there may be some interchangeability between brands.
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    Found this over the weekend. The car that started my P23 obsession, with my father next to it, in July, 1953. Does it look like the car has 9" hubcaps? Should be 10" on a Cambridge.
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    There are some scanners that can do slides and film strips as well. Might be worth a trip to Best Buy (or online).
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    I've put a plastic bag with ice on the coil to cool it down. If the car starts after that, I'd suspect a weak coil
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    Does the Powerflite transmission get its oil from the engine oiling system like the HyDrive ( a semi-automatic transmission offered by Plymouth in 1953-54) or is it self contained and use ATF? If it uses engine oil, be aware that engine oil changes take a lot of oil (like 10-12 quarts)!
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    The '53 Plymouth business coupe had a lift-out rear seat and you could mount the spare tire on the bulkhead under the rear package shelf. Might have been the same for '54 as well.
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    Looks great! Like night and day compared to what you started with.
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    Several years ago I saw a fully-restored Dauphine navigating bumper-to-bumper rush hour traffic on US 9 in New Jersey. I thought the driver was either brave, nuts, or both for exposing the car to that type of use.
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    Are you referring to a Dodge Route Van?
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    The windshields are flat safety glass and the easier route, in my opinion, is to have a local glass shop cut them using your old one as a pattern. A bigger concern would be finding a good windshield gasket.
  14. JerseyHarold
    Thanks for the kind words. Occasionally I do something useful.....
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    You want to get the car out of there ASAP, and waiting for the bureaucracy to do its thing can take months. For what it's worth I'd get an attorney involved sooner than later. If the car was seized by the state, it is accruing storage fees in whatever tow yard they parked it. Plus, it will be treated like any other impounded car, which means it's subject to damage and vandalism. Good luck!
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    Great car, enjoy it! Interesting to see it was a State of Illinois fleet vehicle. Somebody got a good deal at the surplus auction! It must have been well maintained to have avoided rust.
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    Just a WAG, but try disconnecting the battery for a half hour , then reconnect and go for a ride. The trans may have to reprogram itself.
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    I have a Motorcraft FG14C fuel filter screwed into the fuel pump inlet of my '52 Cambridge. The other end has a nipple for a rubber fuel line. The filter, made by several manufacturers, is readily available. The application was '60's-70's six-cylinder Ford products.
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    I had a job interview with Exxon Enterprises (a division of Exxon oil) in 1977 and was shown a hybrid they were working on: a '75 Chrysler Cordoba with a Volkswagen engine. Don't know what happened to the project or the car, but the fact it existed in the 1970's is impressive.
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    Is it a Beardmore?
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    I'd make getting the engine to run my top priority. The value and ease of sale jumps tremendously when you can turn the key and hear it run. Much better than the old 'ran when parked' story.
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    I've pulled engines from '51's and '52's by first removing the trans and then the radiator. I didn't have to remove the core support.
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    I was browsing online and saw this thread mentioned on another website. I said "hey that's a nice topic". It turns out the thread was started by ME a long time ago! Time for a bump.....
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    The original engine number is stamped on the chassis rail near the left rear wheel. You have to take off the left rear tire to get to it, and then clean dirt/rust/undercoating to see it.
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    Fuel

    JerseyHarold replied to Danielle's topic in P15-D24 Forum

    If I read this correctly, the engine starts and immediately dies. The same thing was happening to my '52 Cambridge and it turned out that I had installed the needle valve (in the fuel inlet fitting of the carburetor) backwards so there was no fuel flow into the carburetor. Take the fuel line off the carb to check it out....the pointy end of the needle valve should be towards the front of the car. You should see it poking through the center of the fitting if it's installed correctlly.
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