Need Motivation

[Don Coatney]

look at that..the hood is back on....very different from when I last saw this car in NC

I like it much better with the hood in place.

[Captain Neon]

I've been working on my 1946 DeLuxe Four door for over 20 years now. I even had to let my car sit for three years, but I will never forget the advice I received from a more mature old car collector. "If you find yourself lacking motivation or money, don't fret. Just let the car set. It ain't going any where, and when you have the motivation and money the car will be there waiting for you. You will be glad that you held on to it." Best advice I've ever gotten.

I've got a 12 year old Maaco paint job and a worn-out interior, but I still get "Nice Car!" comments all the time. The thing you need to realise when it comes to old cars, they are NEVER done. There is always something that needs doing, want to re-do, or change completely. Right now, I am stalled while I look for a new job, but no matter where I end up or how my life changes, my old P15 has been my constant and a link to the good memories that I've had over the last 20 years. It is also the starting point for many new adventures and memories.

[Arkansawer]

Well sunday i went out and started in and now all of the carpet is out of the car and all of the seats. Floors arent as bad as i was thinking, but it looks like its rotted out right where the front seat was. Now once i clean all of the crud and scrape everything off that is stuck to the floors then it may be different but never know.

Where do yall get stuff for the flathead 6s, as far as dual carb intakes and the different heads and stuff?

[james curl]

Summit has a dual intake manifold but you have to call and ask for it as it is not listed in their catalogue. I split my own exhaust manifold and three others and none of them has had any problems. Lincoln welding has some great info for welding cast iron on their internet site. George Asche who is listed in the vendors section of P15-D24 home site sells both modified intake and exhaust manifolds as well as carburetors. Most everything in the way of Hop Up parts can be found at swap meets and on e bay or craigs list. Good luck in your adventure.

[blueskies]

Where do yall get stuff for the flathead 6s, as far as dual carb intakes and the different heads and stuff?

You can see a list of everything I did with my flathead six under the "suppliers" page of my site, www.50plymouth.com

Pete

[james curl]

Got my 12 port news today and it had an add for quite a bit of speed equipment in it for sale for very good prices. I called the number just after I got the news, he said that the west coast must get their news letter before anyone else. It was all gone, some went to a fellow in Iowa who heard about the stuff from some one else. Two dual intake manifolds, one Edmunds and one Offy, two alum. heads, one Edmunds and one Sharp, a pair of Fenton cast iron headers, a Badger 3/4 race cam, and a Mallory dual point distributor.

[they_call_me_tred]

here's my '50. it's roofless with a chopped windshield.

[49plymouthdotcom]

I have had my car for 12 years. I drove it for 4 years, lost a pie wedge out of a valve and garaged it. I started taking it apart and ran out of time and money due to college and other things. The car sat in a garage that wasn't mine for 8 years. Parts that were good were getting wrecked and it seemed like it was just getting further and further away from ever getting done. The thought of parting it out crossed my mind. This summer things just came together life wise, I had a new job and my brother offered up his garage out of the blue. I was at a swap meet a few days later and found some motivation (ditching the air cleaners).

I have it in the garage where I can see it while I am working on the car. It must be all about timing because things have been moving right along all summer and I'm looking forward to the winter. Hoping to have the suspension, brakes, trans and engine completed and ready to start on the body by Christmas. Probably a longshot to meet that goal, but they way things are going, who knows? All one small victory at a time.

I had some of the same feelings you mentioned too. My car may be a 49 Plymouth 4 door and not something people would think to hot rod or even save, but this one is mine and I plan on saving it and building it up the way I want to do it, then I'm going to drive the tires off of it. When I first saw it I had to buy it. Can't really explain why but that's what happened. Now I feel like I owe it to the car or something after letting it sit in zip lock bags so long. I keep repeating "stay the course, see it through." It's becoming Zen and the Art of Automotive Restoration.

If you are unable to find the space to work on it, maybe find enjoyment in locating the parts you'll need later on. Keeps you involved and helps to avoid buying stuff all at once so you can keep working. I wish I had done that! I'm starting to pick up on the flow of the project now. Get a few parts...do a little work...wait for some money...get a few parts...

[mackster]

I have had my car for 12 years. I drove it for 4 years, lost a pie wedge out of a valve and garaged it. I started taking it apart and ran out of time and money due to college and other things. The car sat in a garage that wasn't mine for 8 years. Parts that were good were getting wrecked and it seemed like it was just getting further and further away from ever getting done. The thought of parting it out crossed my mind. This summer things just came together life wise, I had a new job and my brother offered up his garage out of the blue. I was at a swap meet a few days later and found some motivation (ditching the air cleaners).

I have it in the garage where I can see it while I am working on the car. It must be all about timing because things have been moving right along all summer and I'm looking forward to the winter. Hoping to have the suspension, brakes, trans and engine completed and ready to start on the body by Christmas. Probably a longshot to meet that goal, but they way things are going, who knows? All one small victory at a time.

I had some of the same feelings you mentioned too. My car may be a 49 Plymouth 4 door and not something people would think to hot rod or even save, but this one is mine and I plan on saving it and building it up the way I want to do it, then I'm going to drive the tires off of it. When I first saw it I had to buy it. Can't really explain why but that's what happened. Now I feel like I owe it to the car or something after letting it sit in zip lock bags so long. I keep repeating "stay the course, see it through." It's becoming Zen and the Art of Automotive Restoration.

If you are unable to find the space to work on it, maybe find enjoyment in locating the parts you'll need later on. Keeps you involved and helps to avoid buying stuff all at once so you can keep working. I wish I had done that! I'm starting to pick up on the flow of the project now. Get a few parts...do a little work...wait for some money...get a few parts...

NICE SCORE! that is an awesome find...take a look at blueskies website, that is the one of the sharpest four door plymouth that I have ever seen....

[blueskies]

...My car may be a 49 Plymouth 4 door and not something people would think to hot rod or even save...

What I've found with my '50 more door is this... Everyone and their dog learned to drive in one, aunt Mable had one, it was the family's first new car, the back seat was the first place to get lucky, etc, etc, etc. They may be lowly humble red-headed step children of 50's cars, but they flood people on the street with the fondest of memories. You wouldn't believe the correspondence I've gotten over the last eight years about my car, literaly from every corner of the globe. I never dreamed that my car and it's website would spark so much attention... This is what I love about these cars.

Pete

[toddbracik]

I can definitely relate to this thread and I can safely say that the people who I have met through this site have helped me push through the slow going of bringing the D24 back to life. I have owned my car almost 10 years now and it has probably sat for 7 of them. Now the floor is almost done and I just ordered a tank from tanks inc. She'll get there. Here is when I first got her...

Here is what the inner rocker below the rear driver side door before I started working on them:

Here is the same section after I welded in new metal from an old computer tower actually: