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Hello all, I've been a ghost on this forum ever since June 1st of this year, when I acquired this fairly awesome, well-documented, mildly famous 1949 Dodge Wayfarer: Some members who have read quite a bit on these cars may recognize this car from a certain Mopar reference website. This is the oldest vehicle I have owned (newer notables include a 1967 Dodge Coronet and 1958 Plymouth Belvedere), and therefore came with a new set of challenges for me like 6 volt positive ground electrical systems and the wonderful tapered rear axles, and Fluid Drive. So thank you all for making this forum what it is today. I've gained the info I've needed to get going on this awesome car. As of today, front brakes and master cylinder have been replaced/overhauled, and the rear axle is to be reassembled in the next couple of evenings. She should be safely on the road for a neighborhood cruise-around this Independence Day. Stay tuned for updates. Glad to be a part of this forum. PS - It's a shame to say that this car was actually under a carport within the debris field of a tornado about three years ago, so the driver's side isn't as pretty as the rest of the car. That will be fixed later. It may need a door. You can see so many ripples in the metal around the large bondo spot. The whole door skin just looks "pissed off" for lack of a better way to say it. I feel like I can fix the fender myself. Also - I DID NOT PERFORM the Bondo "repair" you see pictured below. That would have been a PO.

I was out driving my 48 over the weekend and came across two 46-48 D24's on the side of the road on display for sale. (I don't know if this is allowed, I am not the person selling - remove if not allowed) I have too many project vehicles personally, so I thought pass it along. These are in Worley, ID, about a half hour south of Couer D'Alene, ID, just south of the Casino and outsided of town. I had someone tell me about them last weekend and figured I'd go take a look at them. I have no idea how much they are, as the people weren't home to ask. They looked pretty solid, the sedan had an engine and interior, the coupe was missing interior and powertrain. I am always looking to help rescue these when possible, and figured someone in the Northwest may be in the need of a new project.

Looking for a P15 driver. 4 door sedan, maybe even a coupe. Must be driver, original or streetrod. Lmk what you've got.

Maybe I can get a little help from you all out there. I am going to look at a parts car this weekend and most likely will be buying it. The one issue is its a 48 Sedan where my car is a coupe. One guy who has a rusted out coupe told me the rear fenders are not the same, where they guy with the sedan told me he's not 100% certain but believes they are. Looking at pictures online they sure look the same So are they or aren't they the same? Thanks in advance for your help

Can anyone recommend an exterior visor for a 1940 plymouth P10 Sedan?? Thank you tydavis73@gmail.com (951) 543-2376

Ok hi chaps, time to introduce myself due to the impending arrival of my ( by far) biggest project to date. I´m sig..(thats what they call me) I´m british but have been living in spain for the last 20 years. ex architect turnrd furniture designer making one off contemporary stuff in steel and stainless. anyway since finding a pile of old custom car magazines in a tip when I was about 8, I´ve always been into classic car design with an edge, hidden speed and tricks with stock externals. so the problem with spain is that they don´t really have a car culture to speak of. the dictatorship until the mid 70´s meant no-one owned any interesting cars, and therefore there are very few to renovate. The sale pages are full of 2cv´s, old SEAT´s and the odd renault. most of the cool stuff is brought down from france (the citroen DS´s, the strombergs etc), but this is expensive. so unintentionally one day I looked to see what US ebay had going on and found a 1339 luxury liner sedan within 1 minute, at a price of a 2cv with papers over here! without too much thought (as is usually my case) I was in touch with the seller and we struck up a working relationship. anyway long story short, its now mine and sitting in NJ port waiting for the slowboat to barcelona. this has given me a time frame to figure out exactly what I am in for!. the floors are riotted out, and the chassis is pretty pitted but I hope saveable. body pieces are all there and the dash is ok. it has the flatty 6 in and 3 on the tree. unfortuantely the rear bumper is somewhere on a roadside between north carolina and new jersey, during the first part of the voyage now I have been informing myself and the idea of 80km/h top speed worried me so whilst looking for a rear axle change I happened across a 1988 daimler/ jaguar for 300 €!, working 3.6litre automatic leather interior etc etc.this seemed to be too good a bargain for spares so it was bought a couple of weeks ago and has since been stripped of everything and chopped up waiting the scrap man. you see , its important you all understand, that this is spain, there are no spares for a prewar dodge or a flatty. transport and import charges from the states are stupid, so I´ll be limited to using euro stock . this will be no traditional rebuild, it can´t be..besides being british, my idea of traditional is very different to the american version. I say this because of all the grief some people get when mentioning engine swaps and the like. In this case is kind of out of neccesity. I hope you all understand (if not agree!) that said, I massively respect all the original features of the car, even if they are wrecked I want to keep it as antique looking as possible to all but the inspecting professional eye. ok so you´ll be wanting to see the specimen in hand these are the pix from the seller, as obviously I havent seen the car yet

Pulled out the radio and glove box yesterday to give a cleaning and test... clock I didn't test yet, can hear something rattling inside, small but still a rattle. Is there a trick to removing the front lens? Well, more so removing the small dial for setting the time? Looks like a slot head, with a small pin hole in the end. I'd like to get it open, cleaned, find the rattle and maybe oil it a little before powering it up for testing, in case something is seized and turning it on ruins it.