Death Dodger

I'm on my second and have tried to get all the memorabilia to go with it. This poster is hanging in my living room, an original dealer item.

If I run detergent oil in mine, when the engine's cold it's almost impossible to start. The valves will hang and it will pop. Non-detergent oil doesn't seem to present the problem.

Carlise must be one of the best meets in the country. I drove there in my '40 Dodge in the mid 1990's and it was huge back then, I've only driven past it a few times since (including last year) and it's *amazing* how big it's gotten. The motorcycle event there is pretty great too.

I recently got a "Tanks, Inc" gas tank of Ebay for my 1940 Dodge. It's for a 41 to 48 but fits the '40 great. The sending unit hole was in the perfect position, filler neck mounted right up and fit great (I feared I might have to cut and weld...). The shape is a little squarer than then original, but no biggie. The fitting for the fuel pick up on the new tank looks to be 3/8" but I can't tell if it's flare or NPT. It has the "dome" shaped seat on the back of it like a flare fitting but nothing seems to fit it. 3/8" NPT gets two turns by hand in and feels like it's supposed to fit. The stock fuel line has a flare fitting on it, either 1/4 or 5/16". Can someone please tell me if gas tanks usually come with flare or NPT and what I might be doing wrong? PS. the only other issue I had mounting the gas tank is the straps. The new tank is slightly smaller so the original straps are too lose. It came with straps but they don't have the correct fittings on them. It should be easy enough to cut the fittings off the ends of the original strap and rivet them onto either the new straps or back onto the (shortened) original ones. Thank you.

Many years ago I used a 6v to 12v converter to run a standard car stereo in my '40 Dodge. There are plenty of holes on the bottom of the dash, so mounting it was easy. It all worked great with no issues.

The plate on my 1940 Dodge is readable but weathered.

PS. I have no affiliation with this junk yard, just trying to help out the community. I was there looking for a donor gas tank for my 1940. On the trunk lid there was the distinct outline of "Dodge".

This is at Crescent U-Pull-It in Morrisville, PA. It's just off Tyburn Rd and Route 13. Sheet metal is decent, motor is there (minus head), trans and differental are there. Floors are shot, wheels are gone. I don't know how long it will be there for. Their prices are very good so it would be worth the trip if you need the parts...

The battery was a year old. I pulled it and refinished the battery box last summer. The battery just sat, luckily it took a charge.

How about this? I had to take a few years to learn how to brew biodiesel from used cooking oil... and to make all natural soap from the byproducts

I wonder what he spends per month on bulbs?

Micrometer for the journals and plasti-gauge for the bearing clearances. A decent torque wrench to put it all together and you should be in decent shape. For more power, you may want to see what size engine you have first. Some of the 1950's flat 6's are larger than the older ones. Cam's can be custom ground for pretty cheap and better carbs for more power.

A late 90's 350 Camaro is billed at 8 hours for spark plugs. You have to lower the engine to get the rear 2.

Hello everyone! I used to post here on the old forum a few years ago as Donniej. About 3 years ago I parked my 1940 Dodge sedan. No winterizing, no nothing... I just ran out of time for it. Lately I haven't been able to stop thinking about it though, so I went back to the garage and got to work. The tank was rusty before so I pulled it and decided it needs replacing. I cleaned the carb, filter and fuel pump. I also bled the brakes and gave it a new battery. After charging the battery, oiling the cylinders, changing the oil and rigging up a gas can to the fuel pump; I gave it a squirt of carb cleaner and cranked it over. In 1/2 a revolution it fired up and idled strong. It did however smoke like a house on fire for a good 15 minutes! I thought the neighbors would come running out but they didn't Next trip is to the junk yard to find a gas tank that's "close enough" and to weld on the fittings. After that, I'll check out the brakes and give the front axle a much needed rebuild. Here's some pics... Something else that needs fixing, a loose nut behing the steering wheel