3macboys

I had to chuckle with the windshield sticker advertising the same owner for 20 years - that sounds like a relatively new purchase to me! Flippers are everywhere...

Take another look at the rocker panel under the driver's door. Between that and the big dent on the top of the fender I suspect that it's in the right spot. But enquiring minds want to know where the yard is? My buddy might be able to use a couple of parts off the TR6

There is a chance that I have what you are looking for - I have to double check and it might be Monday before I report back - if you haven't heard from me by Tuesday send me a reminder. The caps I have have the right Dodge script - I just can't remember if they are the car or truck ones and just as important the condition. Don

My unbiased opinion is that it is better! Moparfest in New Hamburg, Ontario is the second largest Mopar show after Carlisle if he wants the Canadian Mopar experience.

By the end of the day this is where I was at. I'll admit that it's not perfect but I can at least see what's there and it will have to do until I can to the other side of the shop. Just before I stopped for the day I pulled down this set of wheels and tires that a fellow is coming to get in the morning put replaced them with the 4 extra wheels that we have fro the 1930 Ford AA truck. I swear that wheels were filled with concrete! It's a good thing that my sister that those Dodge Journey wheels belongs to isn't on the forum - she doesn't know yet that they've been sold. I'll let her know when I send her the money - she no longer has that vehicle so I think that I'm safe and she lives over 5 hours away so I have a head start! Just for reference as to how high up those AA wheels went And one last picture for @JACK M Next up with be this corner...as long as I can find a home for that tree!

Today was the day to target the outside wall. I've become convinced that we are all accidental hoarders - we didn't intend to get that way but we have a hard time parting with something that we might need in the future or that someone else might need. That at least helps to explain all those small cut off pieces of wood that we can't seem to part with or wheels and tires, transmissions.... These first few pictures are more or less the starting point of the day I don't know how much demand there is out there for the rear end from a 1923 or so Dodge and all four doors from a 1966 Plymouth VIP hardtop but I've them in stock! Again, someone, somewhere either does or will need them and they are way too good for scrap. The oven that you can see came from the house. It's not hooked up and it all still works. The original thought was that we could try our hand at powder coating small parts. The right power is right where it is, I just need to wire in the proper outlet. Now that I can get to it again there's not really an excuse so stay tuned. I think that you could play a mad game of eye spy or even a What is it? thread everything along that wall. I'll admit to finding more than one part that I didn't realize was there.

Slightly off topic but in searching online I stumbled on this picture and thought you might like the overalls on the guy on the right

I'm curious to see what cars show up on Saturday as well. I joined this club and my father joined the HASC. A condition of participating in any tour with that group is that they have to do their safety inspection each year. My understanding is that it is not a substitute, nor intended to be a replacement for the safety inspection that you have to do to register your vehicle here in Ontario, but more of a second or third set of eyes going over the cars each spring to make sure all is in order but I will get more details on that on Saturday and report back. On a side note, here in Ontario the only safety inspection required for passenger cars is when they are first registered in the new owners name, we don't have yearly inspections and they did away with the emissions testing a few years ago. Commercial vehicles are different and require yearly inspections. Ongoing safety issues are dealt with by police and Ministry of Transport inspectors. Now back to the regular program....yesterday I notice a little pool of fluid behind the right front tire of the 51 Plymouth - bit of an odd spot and at first look I couldn't see where it was coming from but at least it wasn't still dripping. A little bit of detective work today and I notice this pool on the intake which is right in line with where the little pool was on the ground And the ultimate culprit was this "dress up" hose that is on the car - one more knock against modified cars as it makes for twice as many connections for the upper rad hose. One of the clamps had come loose where the flex hose fits into a rubber hose and the flex one had started to pull free. It's tightened back up and I'll have to keep an eye that the fix is in!

My guess would be a topper from a counter top display rack in the parts department. Can't say that I've seen one though so that's just a WAG

The tree is inside the door, does that count?

I don't have a lot of seat time in the 1931 Pontiac and I am still getting used to it and getting it sorted sitting. I had it out for a run around the village today and as I slowly figure things out I had the unpleasant experience of the throttle getting hung up, not once but twice. Of course it was in third gear just as I was wanting to down shift. I quickly realized the pedal was getting hung up on the carpet but still a little disconcerting when it first happens. A quick pull back on the pedal with the side of my foot rectified it but I was reaching for the ignition key and pushing the clutch in just in case! I'll keep taking this one for 5 block runs until I feel more confident in its operation. On a side note on this car, a couple of weeks ago I received a notice in the mail from a collection agency for a parking violation in a private lot - in downtown Toronto, in the middle of February! At first I was puzzled by the plate number shown on the notice as a I didn't recognize it right away as it wasn't on one of our two daily drivers, aside from the fact that we hadn't been in Toronto at the time. The next trip to the shop I confirmed that it was the plate on this car - needless to say that when I called both collection company and parking lot company both were more than a little surprised when I told them the plate that car was registered to! I have to compliment both of the people that I spoke to - very polite and pleasant and great customer service for someone who wasn't and didn't want to become a customer!

Around here the barns have disappeared faster than the finds, not too many 100 acre farms left, 1000 plus and where the barn stood is land to grow on, same with old farm houses. The but is, there is still more stuff stashed away in different buildings than most of us will ever know of. My 66 Coronet was the closest to a barn find we have but the more typical story. It was a one owner car that had been parked in a garage in a back fire lane in 1976. In 1990 my father was having coffee with the owner who asks if he wants to buy an old Dodge. Years late we bought another car out of another garage in the same lane. We were happy to get it loaded and back into the shop we had at the time. A few years later I was even happier to get it loaded a second time and then loaded onto a new others trailer - how it was moved 3 times without breaking apart in the middle I'll never know, but I do know that the 50/50 warranty applied on my sale...50 feet or 50 seconds which ever comes first!

Not everything about the shop is about getting it cleaned up - it really is all about the cars and today the sun was shining, blue sky, just right around 20 C (just under 70F). Fluids checked, tire pressure checked and adjusted. I can't tell you the last time the top was up on this car. Because this is what it's about.... It was a nice Sunday morning run to town to fill up with the good fuel. About 20 kms(12 miles) round trip but a nice little shake down run for the season. Later on the in day the last vehicle that was in storage was picked up and we can now offer drive through service! A few more pieces down the centre will be disappearing this week and next Saturday we will be hosting the local HASC (Historical Automobile Society of Canada) group for their yearly safety check. One of my goals had been to have this clear passage way for them so that no one has to back up.

My thought process is to start off with the simple fix first before going in for major surgery. I was thinking the same thing but it spins freely and now that I know how it all goes together and comes apart it won't be a big deal if I need to dig in further. It's kind of the way that I used to look at work - hope for the best and prepare for the worst.

My WAG guess is about a 61-63 something or other Right Front Fender Molding, that's based on the indent on the one end that would where the fender meets the door, but still looking.