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Our friend Mike L. was heavy into the DMAC, along with 13 other clubs they belonged to. He passed away in 2015. Seems to me there was someone in the DMAC that was reproducing those about that time. Have you posted in that forum for that part? If not, seems like that would not be hard to make out of some conveyor belting material.

Looks to be a fairly complete old original car. I sent you a private message. Art

One solution would be to find the remains of a 40s to 50s Chevrolet car, or truck cowl. It is recessed about 2-1/2" so as to give more foot room while compensating for the length of the engine.

Hello Terry, I have not been on this forum for a couple of weeks and even then did not see the notification at the top of my home page. I think I have a scanned copy of that article on a thumb drive. Give me your email address in a PM and in the mean time I will make sure I have the info.

'36 was a big transition year for Chevrolet. Last year of the early 6 engine but the first year of a full water jacket. First year of the hydraulic brakes. A '32 transmission can be used in a '36 if you remove the "free wheeling" apparatus off of the end and move the torque tube ball receiver forward. Brake drums are no longer attached to the axle so you do not have to pull the differential cover to work on the rear brakes. Many other small changes as well.

That is pretty cool. Some old engine valves like that had sodium in the stem to help cool the valve. As the valve moved up and down it would slosh up and transfer heat away from the valve head. Exposed to air it is rather explosive. Do not cut those valve stems open.

Hello Paintman, I seriously doubt much of anything mechanical from a model 72 will fit a model 52. The 52 was a continuation/hold over from the early days of Chrysler and was more of a Maxwell than a Chrysler. Call Jay Astheimer at 610-462-3631 Eastern time zone Monday. Or Roberts Parts. Body wise some parts from a Buick may fit because at least some of the Chrysler bodies before 1929 were made by Fisher. Try the smaller 30 series of Buick, or possibly '28 Oakland, Pontiac, or Chevrolet closed body cars. I had a full set of wood wheels made out of hickory by a fellow in Vancouver. A lot depends on that wood so I wanted new wheels. Other than a lot of sanding it was not too bad. Like I said in another thread I had a steep learning curve with our '28 model 72 Golf Club Coupe. We sold it and a high end model 72 Town Sedan parts car with lockable dual side mount spare rims to a fellow in Vancouver WA. This photo is from the day we won "best vintage dressed" at an event on Officers Row at Vancouver Barracks National Monument in Vancouver WA.

That actually looks like an interesting piece of equipment. Would be fun to get it at least somewhat working again. So by looking at it, it looks like the coils turn the facing with the triangular colored lenses. In 1929 Chevrolet, and some other manufacturers (Durant for one) used an electric heat gauge. It used a set of 4 bimetallic strips to move a standard electric heat gauge. As Normally the small spring in the gauge would move the needle to the lowest setting. As more bimetallic strip contacts closed to ground, it would move the needle to a warmer setting. When all 4 were closed the needle would move to the HOT setting and you needed to respond. This was in a 1/2" unit threaded into the cylinder head just above the water pump, and used one wire. It was found to be a somewhat problematic assembly and was only used in 1929. Seems like the sending unit was made by the Nagel Company. I suspect the sending unit that you are missing could have had a similar setup with 3, or 4 bimetallic contacts. The middle 2 contacts would indicate in the normal (green) range. There was a technical article about rebuilding the Chevrolet bimetallic unit and dash gauge in the VCCA technical data site. I think this and the membership directory section are the only 2 areas of the website not accessible to non members. I may have a printed copy of it if you cannot find it elsewhere. I have 3 1929 Chevrolet's.

Hello Paintman, Congratulation on your new acquisition. While much of the information is still relevant, the previous posts are from 2010. I recommend you start a new thread for your questions. If you scroll down the page you will see a forum that addresses Chrysler products separately.

The Filling Station carries these.

The '32s were called the "Baby Cadillac". It had a lot of innovative features for a low priced car including synchronized second and third gears in the transmission. It did have the freewheeling feature outlawed by some states in later years. Going to take a little sorting out but looks like it could be made drive able fairly easily. Other than sheet metal, parts are pretty easy to come by for this model.

The area where you thought the top is being cut off is where the seam from the top sheet metal meets the body. It should be covered by a 3/4" wide aluminum trim strip which is missing. If you look at the photo of the interior just below the rear photo you can see where the side strip ends and the rear strip should start on the left hand side. We had a '28 model 72 golf club coupe for some years and everything on it was similar. '28 was the last year Fisher made bodies for Chrysler. A little more research could tell if this is a Fisher body, or a Hayes body. Our 72 was a Fisher body so similar to a '28 Buick. I had to do quite a git of research on the '28 Chrysler line to get the car in a safe more functional state. The '52s came with either 2 wheel rear mechanical brakes or 4 wheel contracting Lockheed hydraulic brakes. In the engine picture you can just see the reservoir mounted on the firewall so it looks to have hydraulic brakes. That special reservoir is absolutely critical to this style of brakes. In 1929 everything Chrysler made was changed including the brakes. The 52 line became Plymouth, the 62 line became DeSoto, and the 72 stayed the Chrysler marque. Many of the DeSoto bodies, Dodge bodies, and others, were made by Budd which were all steel.

The round cork gaskets you found in your gasket are probably the ones for the engine side cover. They glue to the inside around the spark plug holes. '29 did not use them and it is vented in a different manor than the '30 and newer engines.

I have one of the 4 seat picnic tables that folds up into a suit case I would love to find a new home for. It has a lot of surface rust but not all the way through.

Our '28 model 72 had the original 2 contact regulator. It was mounted under the dash on the inside of the cowl. Have you looked there?