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I had the exact problem on my '60. The grease in the wiper motor transmission had hardened and would not let the park Prawl drop into place and park the wipers. Cleaned it out and put in new grease and they worked fine.

An old time joke about Brush automobiles: Wooden Frame, Wooden Axle, Wouldn't Run.

You need to discuss this with a lawyer and DMV. The car is titled jointly with your wife and you leave the car to someone else, then they will now own the car with your wife! Overall, great suggestions.

Your original dash knobs appear to be a celulite material which no one can reproduce. The closest replacement is to do a marble effect.

After a knob mold is made from the original, the plastic is broken off the original stud. A matching hole is machined in the new knob and it is epoxied to the original shaft. There may be some other options as well.

Yes, grind it or look for bar stock of the correct size.

If it has the 3800 engine it is bullet proof. They are known to go for 300,000 miles with no internal problems. One of the best engines GM ever build.

I can recast the window crank knobs with no problem. The dash knobs are more complicated. I'm currently discussing similar knobs from a '36 Dodge and Chrysler. The cost is not excessive. www.danddautomobilia.com

I believe the newer car on the right is a 1941 Pontiac. I agree that the truck on the right looks like an early 1950's Ford.

I'm sure Stan received well over 200 requests from Hershey. He is still working through them.

Gary56 contact the AACA Library and Research center in Hershey, PA. Paid AACA members receive 3 hours of free research time per year. You can join AACA online from the Home page of this website.

Gary56 go the AACA Home page from this site and you can join AACA on line. Click on the Regions tab and you can find an AACA Region near you and how to contact them. We have active regions right in your area.

Glad to know you are still around.

The vent tube is important. You have a defective rebuild and I would return it because of this. You may be able to remove the tube from your old carburetor and install it in the new one. It's only a press fit.

This has turned into another radial vs bias ply issue. The OP's question has been issued. Let's agree to disagree and move on.

Your door handles are chrome plated pot metal.

From Hollander Interchange, the engine from the '51 is a direct interchange with the '48. The transmission is a direct fit but is a different transmission. Looks like it will work with no problems.

Herman appears to be looking for headliner bows for this Dodge.

It appears to be the same vehicle. Much better pictures.

Is that bulb socket attached to the instrument cluster frame? If so, I believe the back of the bulb socket will come out of the front of the mount so you can change the bulb. You should not have to remove the dash cluster to change this bulb. This is what I see from your pictures.

Silicone brake fluid (DOT 5) will not harm paint. That may be your best option.

The prewar Vacamatic Overdrive transmission was used in the 8 cylinder Chryslers and was made to drive like the 6 cylinder semi-automatic Vacamatic. This was a 3 speed overdrive transmission with the low position blocked so you could not place the transmission into the 1st gear position. So the shift controls for driving were the same as the 6 cylinder car. In low range it shifted from second to second overdrive and in high range shifted from third to third overdrive. Just like in the 6 cylinder cars, you had to lift your foot off the gas for the shift to occur. It appears this transmission had a lockout to disengage the overdrive function. Since it was actually a 3 speed transmission (the gears are there, just not used) it was possible to remove the block on the first gear position and then have first and first overdrive. This transmission would also shift into reverse overdrive if you were over the cut over speed and lifted your foot off the gas. Note that the M-4 was not available on the prewar 8 cylinder Chryslers, so this was used to make the 6 and 8 cylinder cars drive the same.

There are many sites out there that scrape for sale adds from other sites and post them. It's strange that the add says it's going to auction, but there is no link to the auction. Also, the appraisal was in 2018. I followed up on one of these type sites once and finally found that the car sold two years before. I hope this isn't the case for you. You may try searching the major auctions for 2018 forward.

Most good professionals will require the trim be removed from the car. How are they planning on doing it?

The four digit date system wasn't used until 2000 so September 1972 isn't correct. I think there may be a different number on the other side of the tire that we need to see. The three digit system was a two digit week of manufacture and the third digit was the year. There was not decade indicated. The four digit system was two digit week and two digit year.