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Hey, Wiggo, Again, Thank You for this information. The graphics are fantastic. I don’t know how you did them, but they really look great, and help clarify your described procedure. Now, I’m really considering giving casting another go using your methodology. Warmest Regards . . . .

Wiggo, Thanks for the info. I think I may give casting another go, but using your methodology instead of mine. Regards . . . .

Wiggo, What are you going to cast your part with? I tried to cast an emblem with aluminum, but it was so porous that is wasn’t usable. I suspect I had the temperature of the molten metal wrong, or that my process was faulty, but as it was my first attempt, can’t say with any certainty, other than I wound up with a piece of junk. Thot's???

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Wiggo, I’m not a patient person (keep in mind that I’m a retired doc), so I’m not even going to hazard a guess as to the time to tune six carburetors to one-another. The name “Medusa” is perfect for those headers. That car’s definitely “out there”, and that’s probably why I like it so much. The car I drove in undergraduate school was a chopped/sectioned/channeled/lowered Pontiac with a supercharger on the engine. It only had two inches of clearance—all of the time—NO airbags on that beast (after all, it was 1969 . . .). Andy, And I tho’t some of the states here in the U.S. had tough standards. I’ll admit, and agree, that the intention of the inspections is to keep unsafe vehicles off of the roads, but sometimes bureaucrats get so pumped up with their own imagined self-worth, that they take it too far. The car mentioned just above failed an inspections because it didn’t have outside door handles (they were electrically operated), and the logic was that if I was in an accident, the first-responders wouldn’t be able to get the door open. I took this up to the next level of authority, and stated that if such a circumstance occurred, it’d be reasonable to just break the window, thus negating the need for an exterior door handle. The authority agreed with my logic, and the registration and license tag were issued. Just sayin’ . . . . . T120, It sounds like just a piece of yard art to me, so I totally agree with you - what's the point?????

Wiggo, That’s one crazy set of headers!!!!!!!

Andy, No need to apologize, my friend. Question, tho’—why is it problematic to register a car that’s had a frame clip? Is it that way with any car? When I was in hi-school, and undergrad school, I worked at a shop that built dragsters and funny cars (‘60’s and ‘70’s), as well as custom work. We often took two different brands of frames and blended them together without any problems, legally or failures. If anything, we went overkill to make sure the ‘new’ frame was safe. I was also the body shop manager at a Datsun dealership (see, I’m o-l-d . . .), and on severe wrecks of pickup trucks, we’d take another decent frame and put the two together to get one good one.

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Knuckleharley, The”Puff” we saw was firing, but we couldn’t hear the shots, only a “whirring”. Later on, we saw what “Puff” had accomplished—there wasn’t even one foot between any bullet strikes. And, the trees—not a leaf on them!!! I’ll bet seeing “Puff” in action at night would’ve been a memorable site to behold. Now that’s what we called “fire power”. Makes one proud to have served, and survived. Hmmmmm, I wonder if that’s where Chrysler tagged the name “Fire Power”. Or, maybe not. Wiggo, As for old, we’re not old, we’re just “mellowed”, like a fine wine, or a vintage cigar, or a well-cared-for and well-loved old car. Pflaming, I think we’re talking about two different “Puff’s”. Altho’ I haven’t heard the term “Mary Jane” since the days of the hippies, and Yes, I do remember the days of the hippies—been there, don’t that, survived it, and grew up. But, there were some good times had back then. Canned Heat, Jethro Tull, etc. . . . . . .

Knuckleharley, I DO agree with you about older cars—that their charm springs from the fact that they are old cars, and as such, they handle like old cars. Which, in my opinion, is why driving an old car is like time-travel to a better/kinder/simpler time. USAF—I remember seeing, and getting to see the results of, Puff the Magic Dragon. Awesome!!!!! Best and warmest personal regards to you, my brother in arms!!!

Wiggo, Great information!!! I didn’t know all of that, but you being from England, you’d certainly know. I lived in post-WWII Germany for 4 years when I was a kid, and we went to England several times. We all really liked it—the people were very nice. I remember some really good times there. Now, as for changing the front clip on a horse—while jousting. I’ve never had the occasion of changing the clip on a horse. Further, I’ve never been involved in a jousting match. So, put those 2 activities, and I’m still unskilled at either, and unskilled in both simultaneously. Warmest regards to you from this side of “the pond”.

Knuckleharley, I can relate to your VAMC trips. I have to make frequent “pilgrimages” to the VAMC just outside of Philly, Penn. As an agent orange victim, you must’ve been in the Army, or the Marines. Being in the Navy, I wasn’t subjected to that. Warmest personal regards to you.

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After 32 incredibly long years in healthcare, I practically ran out of the office on my last day, knowing I wouldn’t have to deal with patients anymore. Retirement = “Every day is Saturday, and every night is Friday night”!!! Enjoy yours!!! Regards . . . . . .

Hey, Andy, Yet another tho’t, albeit not just a random one. What do you think about putting on a late-model front suspension, say from a 1972 Ford, or similar era GM, from the a-arm shafts outward, onto an older Plymouth’s frame??? Sounds simple—just remove the original Plymouth suspension from the pivot shafts on outward, and bolt on the later-model pivot shafts to the Plymouth’s frame, and then assemble the remaining components per Ford/GM protocol. Hmmmm . . . . . . . I think Knuckleharley would say that I’ve got way tooooo much time on my hands. Remember the song of the same name by Styx? Now I’ve got that running thru my mind, in stereo! Warmest regards!!!

Hey, Andy, Do you know if there’s such a thing as a translation dictionary for American-English/British-English, or American-English/Australian-English, or British-English/Australian-English, etc, much like already exists for English/French, or English/Spanish??? If not, maybe we could capture a here-to-for overlooked/untapped market. . . . . Hmmmmm. . . . . Just a tho’t . . . . . .

Andy, Thank you for the explanation. I’ve read it several times, not because I didn’t understand it, but rather—because I found it very interesting. The comparisons between the U.S. and Australia are fascinating to me. Do you know why England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales drive on the left side of the road? It dates back to medieval times when knights rode their horses in jousts. Statistics vary, but approximately 13% of the world’s population is left handed. So, the knights rode on the left so they could use their dominant hand for their sword and/or lances. Australia followed in England’s footsteps, by virtue of being part of the British Common Wealth. Winston Churchill popularized a phrase from George Bernard Shaw, when he used this paraphrased variant: "The Americans and the British are one people separated by a common language." So, while you “waffle on abit”, I just “ramble on”. Different, yet the same. And, do I remember just going to my favorite junk yard on a Saturday morning, and just wander around looking for “just the right part”. Yeah, again paraphrasing your comment—“those were the days. . .”. Warmest regards, my friend.

My grandfather was a rather wealthy man who enjoyed his resources, but he also established a trust fund for the orphanages in a mid-western state, just because he could, and he because wanted to (it still exists). He loaned money to friends who he know would never be able to pay it back. I remember when I was a kid he once told me that “money is like manure, it does no one any good until it’s spread around”. Thx.

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Andy, Did you encounter any major problems with putting later model A-arms on your car. I’ve been wondering if putting later model upper and lower A-arms, along with the commensurate spindles/brakes/etc, would make parts availability any better. But, now that the car sits more than it moves (it runs and drives just fine, we just don’t enjoy driving it like we used to . . .), so, at this point, it may be moot. Warmest regards. Thx.

Hey there, DJ194950, The Club Coupe has a rear seat, and the roof/turret-top is longer (from the windshield to the rear sight (the very back glass), as are the quarter-windows, is therefore longer to accommodate the additional space in the interior. That makes the area behind the top shorter than that of the Business Coupe, since that doesn’t have the rear seat, but a lengthier trunk instead. The wheelbase of both coupes is the same. The photograph of the coupe with the red wires wheels is ours (the black streak beneath it isn’t from the car—it’s water from hosing off the garage floor). 1949 Plymouth Club Coupe (above). 1946 Plymouth Business Coupe (above). Warmest regards . . . .

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