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The fitting with ball check should look similar to this on my '32 Dodge 8. That's the ball down inside the center where the tube connects.

What c49er said. The ball check is usually in the tube fitting.

Took a while to find these photos of my car's window tracks. This is a '34 Dodge convertible coupe. I only had one track of one side complete, so that served as a pattern. The rest were fabricated. The front and rear track are slightly different. You'll notice that there is a spring loaded plate within each track that keeps the window rollers under tension and prevents the window channel and frame from rattling. Since the rollers were all flat spotted they were replaced with ball bearings of the same O.D. and width so they might have a better chance of rolling rather then sliding in the track. The tracks also need a stop at the bottom of each track to limit the down travel. Hope this helps! Bill

Very nice car! Here's a paint color chart that should answer your question about paint colors.

Great story of your cars history, and a nice find for you!

Kevin, good to hear you found your moved (hidden) posting! Here's a few more pics of the '39 coupe as requested. It's the second one I've owned. I sold the first one to a guy that just had to have it, and I soon regretted it. I ended up finding this one a couple of years later in 2003 and bought it. Had to replace the old blackwall tires right away as they were too old and went with the whitewalls. I'm now ready to go to blackwall radials. That is amazing the previous owner of your car never drove it at night! I'm still with the 6V system and the headlights are OK, though I don't drive it much at night either. I tried out the 6V halogen bulbs when they came available but they did not work with the '39 lenses and were not focused at all, so went back to the original bulbs. Wish the woodgraining on my car was as nice as yours, is it original? Also, here's a photo of a similar description of what 58L- Y8 mentioned in his post above, though this from the Dodge Story.

Here's a page from the manual that explains how, see: To remove lens and To insert lens. It's best to do with the headlight bucket mounted on the car, but you may want to have a cardboard box below to catch the lens in case it gets dropped. They're getting harder to find and not cheap! The screw at the bottom is for the lens retainer.

Rata, Here's a few photos of what the US version '39 Dodge looks like, though the headlights have been changed to sealed beam with a conversion kit. The brown car photos were taken during the 2012 Vero Rally in and around the Whanganui NZ area which I attended, so you may come across it some day. I never got the chance to talk to the owner to find out if it was imported and converted to rhd, or what the story was. The black car is my US '39 Coupe with the correct headlights. Your car looks great and must be quite rare! Best of luck with your car. Bill

Happy to help. The '38 manual is also used for '39 along with a '39 supplement that covers a few differences between the 2 years. I have a '39 coupe. Good luck with your projects! Bill

Here's a 1938 Dodge wiring diagram from the 1938 Dodge manual. Hope this helps. Bill

Happy to help. Hope it goes well for you.

Hi jiminiy, Here's the info I used to adjust the '37 Chrysler O/D I installed in my '34 DB convertible coupe. I just did this last week. This is from a Motors Manual. While the instructions says factory cut-in speed is 25-35 mph depending on make, I set my cut-in speed at 45 mph. I never found any initial starting point adjustment info either, so your idea of getting both pawl springs tension adjustment the same is a good starting point. Then drive the car to see what the cut-in speed is with your initial adjustment, and go from there. You'll have to remove the floorboard to access the top of the O/D adjustment plug, and as there wasn't enough access through the floorboard for me to rotate the drive line, I just left the wheels on the ground, put the car ind 3rd gear and rocked the car to get the transmission to rotate while watching the adjusting screws come around. Also, I found that one "click" (half turn) was equal to 2 mph. Hope this helps! Bill

Hi, Sent PM regarding your luggage rack bracket grommets.

Sent PM

Wow, surprised to see my post from 10 + years ago! I'm no longer looking!