JerseyHarold

Having worked for a large builder, I heartily agree that all houses (and developments) look alike. My wife and I watch those home-buying shows on House and Garden TV occasionally, and I have flashbacks to my earlier job when they show the newer homes......same tile and fixtures, 'builder's beige' paint, six-panel colonial interior doors (some with three hinges, some with two), and everything else. Like the homes were stamped out with a cookie cutter. YUK!

Tech support for a central air conditioning and furnace manufacturer. When one of our units quits running, the service people call me and I troubleshoot over the phone.

I like mundane mopars.... 1. 1951-52 Plymouth 2. 1965 Dodge Coronet 3. 1968-69 Valiant 4. 1968 Plymouth Belvedere 5. 1976-79 Volare/Aspen with a floor shift Any body style is okay with me.

Bingster, Very clever idea about hiring out old cars as cabs and limos. Plenty of Plymouths and other Chrysler products were cabs when they were new. You would probably need a taxi license in most areas and a commercial insurance policy for sure, but it's a business that could be started fairly easily. A big 'plus' is that any repairs or restoration becomes a business expense and thus a tax deduction.

Sounds like they don't care about the polarity of the circuit they're plugged into. Maybe the barrel of your socket is worn or corroded so you're not getting a good ground?

Maybe wrong polarity? Our cars are 6V positive ground and an LED only lets current flow one way.

Western New York has lots of salt mines. Just outside of Geneseo, NY is the salt-mining town of Retsof.....which is the name of the original salt company (Foster) spelled backwards.

I was in the homebuilding industry and got laid off (such a polite word for being fired....) in the seventh round of layoffs at my company. From Dec.'07 to the end of April '08 I sent out loads of resumes without a single reply. Then, one Saturday night at about 11PM I responded to an online ad. I received a call that Monday morning for an interview, and a week later I was working again. Different industry (tech support for the air conditioning and furnace division of a very large appliance manufacturing company), roughly the same money, and much less stress. I consider myself lucky to get hired, but the real point of what I'm trying to say is that no matter how disillusioned you feel, sooner or later you'll connect with a job as long as you keep trying to find one.

Welcome aboard. There's lots to like about a '50 Plymouth. Where are you from?

Methinks it's a '52 Plymouth Cambridge. The battery should be connected positive ground, unless modified. The entire car is fed electricity from several wires attached to the 'battery' side of the starter relay. Are they still connected and not crumbled away? Also could be bad dimmer switch if headlights not working. They no longer used a fuse for the headlight switch in '52...there's a circuit breaker on it.

I've got a higher ranking here than I did in my high school class....

You're really racking up those frequent flier miles!

I think the Build Card has the key codes....of course, that's assuming the locks were never changed or rekeyed and you're willing to spend $45.00.

IAZ-4001C (1540 552) fits 1955-56 Chrysler C68, C69, 70, and export models, according to my 1955-56 Mopar parts book.

I've got the washtub ready....in another couple of years (when my son starts college) it'll probably be au revoir Garden State. Too expensive to live here. At that point I'll have my own downsizing dilemma because the next house won't be able to handle all three Plymouths, so one or two will have to go. My wife has even uttered the evil words 'active adult community'. Those places are the absolute worst for car-loving people....lots of nasty by-laws that they love to enforce.

It means we stepped out of it about 11 years ago, when we moved from Staten Island....

Greg, Funny you should mention the smell/step method. When I lived in Buffalo, they said the same thing about New York City!

FWIW, the block in my '51 Plymouth business coupe doesn't have a number on it, and has a casting date of 1955. The head has a casting date of 1953. A real mutt!

Maybe we should change the name of this forum to the "Automotive Home Decor Forum".....

Welcome to the forum. Good to hear a flathead six found a home in your tractor. You're in the right place to learn more about it. The engine may not have come from a stolen vehicle. Many 'production' engine rebuilders routinely ground the original numbers off the block; some would add their own serial number tag to show that the engine was rebuilt. Also, some factory replacement engine blocks came without numbers from the factory. Harold

Where are you located?

Welcome to the forum. I've got a '52 Cambridge also they're great cars. Start asking questions and for sure you'll get answers. Harold

I've thought about this for a while and it may work. Try copying the Killer Chrome application process with regular paint and see what happens? Black paint, aluminum paint, then clearcoat.

I think that the painters recognize a 'prepped' car when they see it, and do a better job because they realize the customer is not just your average walk-in.