good for a laugh...39 plymouth with big black chevy engine

[Powerhouse]

it even has a camaro drive trim...

Edited May 3, 2011 by Powerhouse

[Don Coatney]

I like the interviewer better than the owner. Headlight lens? I doubt he knows exactly what engine is in the car.

[windsor8]

Maybe its just me but when someone that's not a car person shows an interest in my old cars I will take the time to explain and show them things about the car. I consider it a compliment when they take notice and appreciate my car.

At least the guy is going to put the original style lights back in the car, maybe he'll get a Mopar engine for it too.

[greg g]

Couldn't watch more than 30 seconds....

[Powerhouse]

This made me cringe a bit for a few reasons.

Just shows how some people do not have the time of day for anyone, also shows how people get misinformed about history..and shows how some people think old cars are pretty much illegal because of the old technology.

She seems genuinely interested but he kinda doesn't seem like he wants to be bothered. I can understand that.

[TodFitch]

Maybe its just me but when someone that's not a car person shows an interest in my old cars I will take the time to explain and show them things about the car. I consider it a compliment when they take notice and appreciate my car.

At least the guy is going to put the original style lights back in the car, maybe he'll get a Mopar engine for it too.

I lost interest before the end of the video. The owner did seem a bit off-putting...

And I wonder why he thinks that chroming the headlight reflectors (not lenses as he called it) would be a good idea. Chrome makes a lousy reflector for optical systems.

[Captain Neon]

I lost interest before the end of the video. The owner did seem a bit off-putting...

And I wonder why he thinks that chroming the headlight reflectors (not lenses as he called it) would be a good idea. Chrome makes a lousy reflector for optical systems.

If I'm not mistaken, the best way to do a reflector is to silver-plate and then a very thin coating of glass to seal. Am I right?

I have a soft spot for '39 Plymouths.

[Powerhouse]

They were originally silvered...I think. Looks like silver to me anyway.

The silvering on mine was not so great even after polishing so I made my original buckets able to house halogen bulbs by adding the modern socket. Works great.

[BobT-47P15]

It sounded as if he's going to chrome the bucket AND use a haolgen

bulb. Theoretically should be mucho bright.

[TodFitch]

If I'm not mistaken, the best way to do a reflector is to silver-plate and then a very thin coating of glass to seal. Am I right?

I have a soft spot for '39 Plymouths.

Originally they were silvered. The problem with silver is that it tarnishes easily.

Modern reflectors typically use aluminum. If it is a design with a separate reflector then a glass coating is put over the aluminum to reduce or eliminate oxidization problems.

Your old sealed beam headlights are "PAR 56" bulbs. The "PAR" stands for "parabolic aluminum reflector" the 56 is the diameter in 1/8s of an inch (i.e. 7 inch diameter).

I understand from a retired astronomer that large astronomical optical telescopes also switched from silver to aluminum because, while aluminum is not quite as good at optical light frequencies as silver, it could go much longer between polishing and re-silvering operations.

[TodFitch]

It sounded as if he's going to chrome the bucket AND use a haolgen

bulb. Theoretically should be mucho bright.

They'd be brighter still if he had them silvered or send off to Ulvira for glass coated aluminum.