Andydodge Posted August 2, 2016 Report Posted August 2, 2016 Just got this issue today and it has 2 mopar articles, an in depth feature on the 1951/52 Chrysler Saratoga and a photo feature on a 1953 Plymouth Cranbrook Convertible...........however Pilothouse Truck fan and Oz De Soto pickup owner DeSotoDav has his vehicle pictured in a short letter from an Oz contributor as a followup to the Pilothouse article in the June issue..........GO DAV!!!!!.............lol........andyd 4 Quote
Brent B3B Posted August 2, 2016 Report Posted August 2, 2016 Ata boy Davin! Should have been the centerfold! Quote
Desotodav Posted August 2, 2016 Report Posted August 2, 2016 Thanks for the heads-up AndyD, and the well wishes from others. I wrote an article on my blue 52 truck "Ernie" and supplied it to the magazine editor (David ) earlier this year. There was a full version of this article in the July issue of Retroautos (pages 45-57)... https://issuu.com/retroautos . David informed me that he intended to run the article in a few magazines, but other magazines had requirements which would require the article to be modified. I am well pleased with how the story came out and can only hope that my effort can generate more interest in these old MOPAR trucks. I most look forward to the 1st May 2017 as I will be travelling down the Coast to take the original owner (Ernest) of the blue 52 truck for a drive to celebrate his 100th birthday. 6 Quote
Andydodge Posted August 2, 2016 Author Report Posted August 2, 2016 Dav..........can I have your autograph?..........lol............you star...........lol...........seriously tho, its a good pic, albeit a little small but good never the less.........that Retro autos mag is only on line isn't it?.................andyd Quote
Desotodav Posted August 3, 2016 Report Posted August 3, 2016 Dav..........can I have your autograph?..........lol............you star...........lol...........seriously tho, its a good pic, albeit a little small but good never the less.........that Retro autos mag is only on line isn't it?.................andyd I'll drop in and give you an autograph when I'm down your way next RetroAutos magazine is only available on-line as far as I know. It's actually quite a good magazine as it often has interesting in-depth articles on car design... as well as interesting articles of those with an 'illness' for old cars/trucks! Quote
ggdad1951 Posted August 3, 2016 Report Posted August 3, 2016 awesome article! what are you still looking for? From the pictures your wire loom looks to be different than ours over here? I do have some NOS window cranks for the B1/2 trucks if you are looking for those! Nice to see all the pics in one nice bundle! Quote
Desotodav Posted August 3, 2016 Report Posted August 3, 2016 awesome article! what are you still looking for? From the pictures your wire loom looks to be different than ours over here? I do have some NOS window cranks for the B1/2 trucks if you are looking for those! Nice to see all the pics in one nice bundle! Thanks for the offer of window cranks Mark, but even our window cranks here in OZ are slightly different to your USA ones. We seemed to do a lot of smaller things different here back in the day! I wrote that article a while ago and tidied it up recently for publishing. I am pretty well right for parts now as I have bought a number of complete trucks over the past years. I'll be chopping another parts truck up as soon as my 53 coupe truck project is finished, but will be stripping every possible salvageable part off it before the bare body goes off for scrap metal - some of them are just too far gone to save. I'm working on obtaining another truck at present... but wifey doesn't know about that one yet! There will always be another truck out there for me! 1 Quote
DJ194950 Posted August 3, 2016 Report Posted August 3, 2016 Just your "wifey" does not make your illness into a terminal case! DJ Quote
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