Video-'33 PC Running, (Finally!)

[gillettealvin]

Here is a link to a video from this morning:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jy-ZpD_NVtk

More information about the car at:

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=548773

and:

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=547699

Cheers! GA

[TodFitch]

Looking good.

I thought on a different thread you wrote that it was a later engine but the oil pump looks like a mid-year 1933 version. Is that a '33 engine?

[P-12 Tommy]

Sharp!!

Tom

[TodFitch]

Looking good.

I thought on a different thread you wrote that it was a later engine but the oil pump looks like a mid-year 1933 version. Is that a '33 engine?

Finally followed your links to see you have a 1933/34 block with the rectangular water pump outlet and without the full length water jackets. Basically the same engine I have except you've done some nice performance mods.

I like how your wood graining came out.

[gillettealvin]

Finally followed your links to see you have a 1933/34 block with the rectangular water pump outlet and without the full length water jackets. Basically the same engine I have except you've done some nice performance mods.

I like how your wood graining came out.

Hey, Todd, Those words from you mean a lot to me, thank you. The wood graining is a direct result of some I've done in the past, but your (excellent) site has been an immense help on topics like this!

The engine is indeed a PC, as near as I can tell. It has responded well to the mods; I think the single most significant is the dynamic balance. We also ended up taking .060 off the head, and .010 from the deck. George Asche had told me that up to a total of .090 was okay to shave. The difference in driving seems minor, although she seems to pull better in third at slower speeds? I had left the choice of cam specs to my grinder, a guy who's been doing Letireo L-100 Ford flathead stuff for me for years. The resultant cam isn't that much different, but he'd warned me that there just isn't that much "meat" left on a stock Mopar cam to play with regarding overlap, (separation,) and lift. The thing is by no means a rocket ship, but seems, so far, to be a well mannered, 50 to 55 MPH (?) cruiser. (Which your stock sedan probably already is! ) On that subject, the "jury is still out" on the rear and the 3:55 gears in the '69 8 3/4 Chrysler rear. I haven't been over 35 MPH, yet, but the clutch chatters a tad when starting from a dead stop. Maybe some adjustments will help, and I have toyed all along with sticking a 4:11 back in the stock 4:37 rear and putting that back in. I don't particularly like the necessary 1" spacers required to run the wire wheels on the Chrysler rear. Time and driving will tell.

Lastly, your "Repair Section" article on your Website has saved my bacon while trying, (this very morning,) to dial in the front (still "stock" '33) brakes. Obviously there is a disparagement between the late model Chrysler rears, (3" wide!!) and the puny little '33 fronts, let alone the stock master cylinder. I am going to try to adjust everything I have and get through the summer with it as is. Charlie at Rusty Hope says the later (D-300??) pickup backing plates and drums may fit the '33 spindles. I am opposed to putting discs on this particular car at this point, as I love the "feel" of it as is, including the wire wheels.

Thanks again to you, (and the other contributors here,) for your kind words. Will keep you all posted as I sort out the little glitches.

GA

[lanny haff]

Beautiful car! I have a 33 PD coupe with a '48 dodge 230 with a milled head, hot cam [from George Asche] split exhaust + 3 carter weber carbs. It has a GM 350 auto trans GM 12 bolt rear + GM discs infront It cruises nicely at 65 MPH. Mine is a diamond in the rough. Enjoy.