Frank Elder Posted January 10, 2010 Report Posted January 10, 2010 Paul, I see you..We got beat, barely.....roll Tide! Quote
pflaming Posted January 10, 2010 Report Posted January 10, 2010 Frankie, your guys did themselves proud. But for two plays they may have won. Seems that's what they said about that other game. Seriously, have a great year. To others: Frankie, for all his good points is a Texas U fan; I am a Husker fan. He won THIS year. Gonna wager my truck against his coupe for next year. Quote
Frank Elder Posted January 10, 2010 Report Posted January 10, 2010 YOU ARE A GOOF, see you next year at the big 12... Quote
JBNeal Posted January 10, 2010 Report Posted January 10, 2010 Itellyawhut, that is one slick buggy...the checkerboard firewall, white wall bias plys, dual carbs & headers, and boy howdy don't it sound purty too...I like the clean look on this here Plymouth--well done! Quote
Niel Hoback Posted January 10, 2010 Report Posted January 10, 2010 Well, once again I am green with envy. That's some beautiful work. It makes one great looking car. Quote
frankrizzo Posted March 11, 2015 Report Posted March 11, 2015 That red checkered firewall is bitchin! Looks great in pearl with the shaved handles. Really well done. Quote
BobT-47P15 Posted March 11, 2015 Report Posted March 11, 2015 Looks good all over. How do you open the doors, trunk..... as there are now no handles nor locks? Re the wipers.......there was a post just recently by someone who used an electric, one speed wiper motor from the tailgate of an SUV to replace his vacuum motor. He had to invent some mounting hardware, but the size of the unit fit in the available space under the dash. Just a thought. Quote
deathbound Posted March 11, 2015 Report Posted March 11, 2015 Bob, remote controlled solenoids to open the doors (door poppers), with usually a hidden handle, cable operated back-up to open-similar to a front hood set-up. Funny seeing these old threads pop up and seeing members that aren't regularly on nowadays. That car is nice, wonder what the status is. Quote
PatrickG Posted May 6, 2015 Author Report Posted May 6, 2015 Hi guys. Credit to Bob for bring me back to life. Wow. Been a long long time. As a matter of fact I have just recently started working on this car again. Around the time that I last posted, looks like over 5 years ago, I had just fired the motor for the first time and things were looking good. What shortly followed afterwards was not so good. I got about 30 minutes of breaking in the motor and putting around the block, when it developed a funky sound and proceeded to eat itself alive. I am not exactly sure what I did wrong but surveying the damage, and it being the first motor I had ever torn apart and put back together, I am fairly certain I installed a bearing upside down, preventing proper oil flow, which made short work of my freshly rebuilt flathead. -___- At the time I was working very hard on my degree, and as a result not very hard on my bank account. Another rebuild of the engine was just not in the cards and so this car sat patiently in the garage waiting for something to happen. BUT, here we are: 5 years, 2 engineering degrees, and 3 places of residence later, I have my own garage again, an awesome job as a mechanical engineer for Tesla Motors, and most importantly, a little bit of money to burn on the addiction we all share to old cars . Rest assured my plymouth did not get an electric motor, but another rebuild on that old flathead, hopefully the last one it will need for many years. For you viewing pleasure, here I am struggling to back into my tiny garage with a clutch that needs adjustment and no rearview mirrors... https://youtu.be/5m6oZZGDaKM I want to keep the momentum going and get this thing on the road asap, so there should be less than 5 years between now and my next update. Cheers, Pat 1 Quote
SimonTiki Posted May 7, 2015 Report Posted May 7, 2015 Norm, Everything you mentioned above came from Tom Langdon (www.stoveboltengineco.com) They're carter weber carbs, which i went with over the holley's Tom also carries only because the Carters are all new (not rebuilt) for only about 10 bucks more. For the linkage I used everything from Tom's kit, plus some scrap aluminum L channel to to mount it, and possibley (it's been awhile) some little bits from the linkage that came with the Offy intake (ordered from summit). So it was a bit of a mix and match, but all the essentials were there in Tom's kit Looks amazing. I might have to pinch those ideas. Quote
SimonTiki Posted May 7, 2015 Report Posted May 7, 2015 Hi, Did you convert to 12V? The start up is so much quicker than mine. Quote
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