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  1. 1 minute ago, Twisted Shifter said:

    In a 4-door ??  You'd be laughed off the street out west even if you were the first one to the next stoplight. 4-door Chevys do have a purpose, though: they are donor cars!

    Back in the day dropping a 427 into this would be a huge 1/4 mile friday night crusher. Nobody would expect that in a 4 door. But now even 4 door pick ups with a chip could beat it much like the GTO's of the time.  But we still get the sound and the tire smoke of the time machine that kids today don't understand. Unless it is a hellcat charger or challenger. And they do it with AC   LOL

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  2. Short drive for groceries today. Difficult drive 3 weeks out from rotator cuff surgery but at least it is an automatic. Coming home stopped for a light and it felt like I dropped a cylinder with a bad miss. I mean really bad.  At 50 - 55 MPH though never skipped a beat.  Only at idle. Let her cool down and pulled the plugs and all looked fine. All looked the same. Maybe a hair lean if anything. Tossed in a can of Berrymans with a full tank of E-free gas. Let the sorting begin. First ignition issue since I swapped over to Petronix in 2019.

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  3. I like my all original (52k miles)Plymouth I saved from being scrapped all because they couldn't get it to stop from over heating. Nobody seemed to have read the service manuals about yanking the water distribution tube and flushing. These are great cars and I reguarly drive mine 35 miles each way to work and back. Rock solid reliable and simple and only 1700 bucks. When nothing else is running after the apocalypse pretty sure this old flathead surely will be.

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  4. 15 hours ago, Reynard said:

    To make it nice, figure in paint, tires, headliner, a rebuilt transmission, and sorting out the wires under the dash. You'd be in it $12k or more before paint, and it's still a 4-door sedan.

    Willing to bet the wiring you see is a jumper made for the heater motor. These things had a nightmare of vacuum lines controlled by a plastic multi input housing switch where each vac nipple connection just crumbles. And the number of actuators are nuts. My 1963 dodge 880 has a similiar push button set up. At least the damper door is cable but thats it.

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  5. On 10/30/2023 at 7:35 AM, John_S_in_Penna said:

    Have you ever noticed that mid-1950's cars have

    graceful lines and almost happy-looking faces?

    That may sound silly, but I think it speaks to the

    spirit of the times.  In addition to mere technical

    knowledge, a designer must have a calm

    and elevated thought to produce beauty and grace.

     

    For some of today's cars, designers make them

    scowling and aggressive.  Have they lost the purer,

    higher sense of design?  They need to take more

    inspiration from the timeless excellence of the past--

    and that's one reason we preserve such excellence!

     

     

    All the jap cars of today look like angry fish to me. Scowling carp.

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  6. what was the year Hudson used in the last Jimmy Hoffa movie with Robert DeNiro ?   My grandfather had a 54 or 55 that my Dad drove off the dock while "on a date" and some how kicked it into gear while "occupied".  Always asked him what was wrong with the back seat.   ha

  7. I think there is a endless warehouse of old mopar parts as well for these years.  Even finding a fluid coupler is easy.  Jist one thing seems to be made of gold.  The fuel pump. These are pretty easy to rebuild but even the kits went through the roof. For some reason the new diaphram that is ethanol resistant must be made from material from nasa and is priced as such.

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