David Maxwell

...$90 per month including our jacuzzi which accounts for at least half of that. Our son moved back home and the bill shot to over $200 per month. Like Don's wife, my son is apparently untrainable. Any hints on how to move my son back out without incurring Lydia's wrath would be appreciated lol....

... at http://community.webshots.com/user/1947plymouth

It literally died as I pulled up to the dealer for the trade-in. Couldn't believe they gave us cash for that pile lol...

...then it would be my 57 Plymouth followed by my 47 Chevy followed by my 48 Ford. After that, my 2000 Nissan 4x4 Frontier, 1986 Honda Accord, 77 Volkswagen Vanagon, 74 Mercury Capri, 74 Volkswagen Bug, 87 Nissan King Cab, 96 Nissan Maxima, and lastly, our 79 Chevy Chevette which was a total pile of...... The 97 Mercedes has always been just my wife's alone so I'm not ranking it. Lately my favorite car hasn't been a car. It's my Harley lol...

...goes by stearman_325 on this forum. Yes, he makes everything you see in the pic and is adding to that. He recently made molds for the assist strap buttons and cowl vent knob. He will soon have the ash tray knobs for both the four door and coupes. He might be making the hood release as well, but I'm not sure. I am sending him some original ash tray knobs to make molds from.

...I would be interested. With or without bright work as someone else has already expressed an interest in it.

They're not cheap, but as Bob mentioned, neither are the old used ones.

This first pic is Lydia on her Sportster the day I brought it home. This pic is on a ride I took with my brother (he rides a Goldwing) on Christmas day. And this is the Christmas card I made by combining a couple of pics of my wife and I on our Harleys along with the Abominable Snowman from that cheesy animated Christmas special we probably all can remember.

...where are you located? If it's So Cal, I would love to see your car at one of the shows.

I've always loved bright red inlay on chrome! Enjoy!

...that were OK, but I've since redone some stuff. I can't believe I haven't taken any pics lately. Just too busy. And in this one I used Photoshop for a retro scene http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v455/bojeta/47%20Plymouth%20Restoration/packageshelf25.jpg

For some reason I can't find my CD version I burned. I'll have to take my old Zip Drive and disks to work and reburn them. I'll send you a copy of that ad as soon as I do.

...and would recommend you be patient. By that I mean I have seen prices range from $15 which I and a few others I know paid, to over $100 from a poor soul that didn't know any better. I would say that if they're in good shape, up to $50 would be reasonable. Just make sure they haven't been water damaged or sun faded as I have seen in the past. Good luck!

I'll get it to run pretty well, but there is always just a slight miss. Most people probably wouldn't bother, but it drives me nuts. Everything else on my car is like new so I would really like to have a "like new" distributor with near perfect timing.

...and I'm pretty sure a couple of sections from the dash could be cut to fit that piece. Still, very interesting that someone would use a dashboard for source metal.

...because this is interesting. However, knowing the process, I have plenty of explanations I can come up with and grain that wraps around edges are very easy to accomplish with the roller process.

...replace the shaft. That's my problem. I replaced everything else, but had a slight wobble due to wear on the shaft.

...just wanted to let you know that I totally respect your skepticism regarding the roller method. It just seemed to me earlier that you were not accepting the possibility that it is the correct method. I hope that someone can find some literature directly from Chrysler on the subject so that we will know for sure. As you and others have said, the most important thing is to get good results regardless of the method. All the best to all of you working on graining!!! David

...distributor for my P15. I have sent inquiries to Yesterdays Parts and a couple of other places. Has anyone used a service or parts supplier that you are happy with? What was the cost? Thanks! David

...hanging on the wall right behind me. I swear, they could diagnose old car disease by the common symptoms many of us share lol....

...on TV last year. Great fun! I know Robert Smith goes every year and has a blast.

...is the V105 valuer. If you were going for the valuer, this would be the combo for a blue paint scheme. Do you have a photo of your original fabric you could post? If you were going for the wool broadcloth option, you could use either the X-14 or X-58 pinstriped material and be accurate. BTW, you mentioned your original paint was "Aviator Blue". Unless your car was an export, the correct color would be Chevron Blue. Probably very similar. You can see the original fabric swatches by visiting my old website at: http://www.angelfire.com/ca/bojeta/indexpage2.html Your best bet for finding the above fabrics would be SMS Auto in Oregon. You would definitely want to send them a sample of the fabric to match. If you just tell them the year and make, they might miss it because those fabrics were used from 1941 to at least 1948 and on more makes and models than just Plymouths. Good luck!

...when I was a blood courier back in the 70's. Great loss for America..

...is the braided cord that is mounted on the back of the front seat. It allowed passengers to hang their robe, coat, sweater etc. safely where it would not be stepped on or sat on. Haven't heard the term Robe Rail before. I suspect it's something similar. Desotos and Chrysler had hard handles at each end of the robe cord. Perhaps that's what he's referring to.

Not only that it works as evidenced by the many examples you can view on Grain-it-Technologies site, but by the works of those of us who now use that system. I don't understand your refusal to accept that which you can see and touch. I guarantee you, no one has TAKEN OUT AND LOOKED AT more P15 dashboards than I. Contrary to your assertions, the original dash grain reveals clearly that a roll on process was used. Of course you only know what to look for if you've successfully used the technique. The factory touch-ups are evident on every dash I've ever looked at including the garage full I currently have. Add to this historical documentation of the technique and it's kind of like people still trying to tell us that dinosaurs didn't exist and the holocaust never happened. Please, look at the evidence that surrounds you. Just because you personally can't do it, doesn't mean it can't be done.