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Yeah...I bookmarked their site. We will be down there in October....I think we want to go over 58...cuz last trip through there we went from kfalls to the coast via medford cuz hubby had put the banks setup on the duramax and it started sqwacking going up the pass on 97 out of Biggs....turns out it was just warning us of very minimal tranny slippage towing our 13000 pound fifth wheel. The Allison place in Medford hooked up their computer...assured us everything was great and sent us on our way...lol...for free...anyhow..hubby used to race over there at the drags and my dad raced at the old dirt track....so I spent time there. We will try to come by and pick your brain and see your cars....and regret passing up that 25 dodge brothers for sure...pm me or STEPHEN your phone number...please...and we can let you know when we will be there. Thanks

OK, thanks. We will still go see. His inventory said he had a 50 Windsor last year...maybe he still has parts. It will be a good side trip...we can only stand so much family time in the city...so if we HAVE to go check out this junkyard for a day it will be a welcome break...lol . we will then be heading to Klamath falls, my hometown...do you guys know of any others we should check out?

Hmmm. Stephen posted a link to a site he had found the parts for that motor...but the URL had an extra character on it..here is the correct link. 1950 Plymouth Special Deluxe

Thanks. We will be on the lookout. They did that with cars, too. And some were Packards and cadilacs. We enjoy driving around looking at them. In Sprague, wa...near us there are a bunch....hundreds... Of various BIG trucks in one place. We looked at the Chevy trucks and looked right past the dodges. We will go back and look. We see a lot left out to rust in the field when we are driving around the reservation, too. I bet the traveler has been in a tiny little garage that disintegrated around it all this time. It had a city address in Spokane....but an older part of town...poor car. She won't be in the city much anymore...lol

I think interior is original....it eveneven was on dash. I figure if I make kick panels I can use the material I cut off for the dash....unless I findfind the alligator skin material somewhere online. There are even little areas on the door end that are formed and look so cool. I did find a hole about ten mm in size on passenger side firewall...and the rear seat floorpan feels a bit softer the rest. It is very solid and straight. It was last licensed in 63...the SAM date the last owner transfered title...he didn't get much out of it...we think the eighteen thousand miles may be original....cuz everything is so tight...and the pedals still pretty new...the title list a different number than the serial number on the car...hoping it is just some other number like my chevy Which had motor number instead of vin on title. We still arent sure why it would have a 46-48 motor, either. It was sold to the guy we got it from through a reputable auction place...as part of an estate. Yep, keiser13. Have u been there? If so is it worth going to? We also plan to visit one with all makes in boring.

He didn't mean we found that setup....but we wish we did....I think he was amazed they had such options....that would be bad...we get lucky enough to find a very rare car for dirt cheap, then a motor for cheap that runs and is all there...then that. I bet you wanted to punch us...lol just kidding. sorry. How many trucks had em? We live in rural farm country...and them old farmers always loved horsepower and had nice trucks...maybe we will run across one.

They are both very cool...I like the red one better...I love the frontend look.

I thought I saw that. I was surprised how well it looked...but it will look much better soon...I love detail work. Got a pic of your first car? I'd love to see it. We almost bought a basket of parts that were supposed to combine to build a 1925 dodge brothers coupe. The guy was our neighbor and he was building a sedan and selling his coupe for 1500 bucks....we have kicked ourselves over and over for not getting it.

Cool. Thanks for the confirmation on the motor....he wanted to be sure it wIuld work out before selling it...I told hubby, just tell him we want it no matter what...cuz even if it didn't work it had all the stuff ours is missing. It looks dirty but no major oil spots...tranny they pulled off was clean...he said it ran strong and he was keeping it for himself....and I think I could have got it for 250 but knowing the trouble he went through to get it out where we could see it...I figured the three hundred he wanted would be OK. Hubby told him to tell him when he gets others...he has tons of big old trucks and cars come through there...and he prices stuff to sale...I saw some company that wanted 750 for a core motor...jeez. We are working on the wheels part. neither of us can stand em either...but i just got tires for my 51 Chevy....any suggestions what wheels to look for? We are going to Oregon next month and plan to go to an all mopar junkyard.

I live in Washington and just got a 51 traveler

Any chance you recognize the number wn6322702***. The title lists it as vin number but we found the vin on the door to be 67030***. Any info before we go to DMV next week would be great. My 51 chev had motor number for title purposes....where the vin should have been.

Thanks. I guess it may have been replaced before 1963. Any chance it came with that old of motor from the factory?

I was happy it softened up...the tears that are there are from it being so brittle. I plan to put some upholstery carpet on the bottoms of the doors....below the trim...a kick panel...cuz only two door panels are completely to the bottom...I was telling hubby today I will save all the leftover material I have and condition it whenever I do the interior....I may even be able to redo the dash with a couple door bottoms.....for now.....we will enjoy it a while then really restore it...for now we will get it comfy and go.

We got her cleaned up a bit. We think we got a great deal for 500 bucks...don't you? We will restore and keep her ...but can anyone give me a guesstimate what she is worth now and what she will be worth when restored? Judging by the wear on the pedals and then fact it hasn't been licensed since 64...it may very well be eighteen thousand orig. Miles. Backseat when we got it home wednesday. Backseat after I applied elbow grease. Motor number...how do I decided it? I wanted to wait until the fabric picks up some moisture from the leather conditioner i put on it before i scrubbed it much...it was brittle...it is coming back to life, though.

Fuel pump he meant...it also runs but has a different carb. Someone said there may be issues since it came off a big dodge truck with a five speed...and maybe the stick motors don't work with the fluid drive...is that so? We decided to get it because it has the other parts we need no...and the generator and fuel pump could almost add up to the three hundred bucks...it would be nice to be able to bolt in and feel the car while we get the original one going or rebuilt.....if it bolts right in. Here are some pics of the traveler today. It cleaned up OK. I didn't want to do much scrubbing on it until the fabric softens up a bit.

Thanks for the info. I have checked out a few of those sites...but not the power wagon one. The others want more than that for pistons. I think hubby (STEPHEN weaver) was thinking of a private message that 28chrysler sent talking about putting a chunk of wood on the piston and a strap of metal across tightening bolts to use them to force the pistons to move. He also recommended a fifty fifty mixture of atf and acetone...which sounds like it would penetrate a lot of gunk. As for parts stores....we very rarely go to the shiny ones...we do frequent a Napa in a little town that caters to farmers...but overall they are more spendy and we tend to buy stuff online if we can wait for it to be shipped. We live in the country...between Spokane Washington and Canada....so it is a pretty rural.

You misunderstood me....I have no desire to make this a camaro. I am uninformed but trying to learn. I am no fan of mustang ii. I never said I wanted to change the front suspension. I was wondering how they handled stock. I see it is very beefy suspension...but bulk doesn't always equal the best...I am sure I will like the ride...and I know I love driving the camaro, too. My bus. Coupe probably don't handle like a tractor either...I guess I was being facetious. Sorry you misunderstood me.

Thanks for the info. I will be looking into the shock mount brackets down the road. As for the motor...the guy @ the junkyard said it is frozen up and if he could have gotten it running it would have been...but we did figure we would try to get it going. I know about the cheap cars...my 51 Chevy has babbit bearings and an oil slinger...not pressurized..but I am keeping it stock, too. Knowing the car had been sitting forever we thought we may have to beat the pistons out...we wouldn't replace block unless necessary...but a source for them would also be helpful. Is there a website you guys use? Oi did see that the Chrysler block was the 25 inch one...I will be learning much more after we get her home today. We have couple tricks for unsticking a motor...marvel mystery oil, seafoam, or coca cola in the cylinders..do you guys have any other suggestions to unstick it? The big block was just in case we can't get the 6 running. We may keep it for another project. Thanks again, Angie

Cool. I cant wait to feel it. I imagine it was way more car than my bus. Coupe...the windsor was almost twice as much in 51....i am thinking this old girl will drive like a caddy once we rebuild frontend...i havent really looked at the frontend much. I really look forward to looking it over when we pick it up wednesday. They look to be built very solid. We have decided to try to keep it stock...we will b searching for a block I am sure....so any suggestions on where to find them and any links to research them would be greatly appreciated. I love to learn.

I just mean they don't corner very flat with the I beam suspension....I think even new they wouldn't handle like something with newer style upper and lower control arm front ends....but heck they are fun to drive.

Yeah, we knew no swap is easy. I think he wanted to be sure we kept it mopar...cuz I mentioned we have a 454...lol he said the motor is froze but we will try some seafoam or marvel mystery oil on it. maybe whatever he tried may have even loosened it up. I am an optimist. Yeah...we have fast a camar and understand the classy part....but thinking of a big block in one with class down tge road sounds ok too. I have a 51 chevy business coupe that I am keeping completely stock. I love old cars...even if some drive like tractors. Thanks for your feedback.

Thanks. That was a great read. No, the guy didnt saythe 413 would bolt in. We knew it would be motor, tranny, rearend and components. we will definitely be trying to get stock motor going first. .....or get another 6...but he said the motor would be good in the car...low miles and lots of power.....we asked for a 6 but he didnt have one. He offered this motor and tranny and components for 350 and he normally gets 350 forthe motor he said....so we figured we better get it. Id love to keep it stock. Cant wait to learn more. Thanks

Thanks. My hubby and I both must have misunderstood what we read last night...we will look at the option of a bolt in replacement. We are aware that many things will need changed. We didnt want to pass on the motor cuz he said he would sell it to us with tranny for 350 so we would have a motor....he didnt have any six bangers. We will look everything over and decide what way to go. Hopefully others will weigh in, too. Stock is cool...but will it feel slow? We can do most mods...and if we cant do something properly we take it to a hotrod shop. We have a 57 chevy truck with camaro subframe and 454.....and also a 73 camaro that has aftermarket rear suspension....so we kinda understand the process....plus we used to race so we can fabricate. Once we get it looked over the solution may jump out at us. Kinda bad to change something that is that old. Thanks again. I went and read more about the lhead motor....and directed hubby to it.

We are chevy people but picked up a 51 windsor deluxe traveler yesterday. It is all original but the l-head motor is frozen up. The guy had a 413 out of a motorhome with tranny for 350 bucks and said it would work with mods. Looking at stuff now, this may not be a very good setup without new heads....so what would you do? I say try to get the lhead to turn over...and if that fails put the 413 in as is and drive around town like that a year or so then get a stroker kit....seems to me even a low compression big block would feel ok for driving around town. Id also like any suggested links for forums or parts for these....looks like I will be learning about these old girls. This one will be a nice stable mate for my 51 chevy business coupe. Thanks, Angie