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Last seen: September 20, 2021 11:43 am
Tim, That looks like a lot of fun! Sometimes color photography does a bad job of discerning tans and yellows.... Was that car originally code 345 &...
Hi Roger! I'm always interested to see how folks come up with schemes to modernize systems on old cars when they street rod them. From the photos it...
Congratulations Rich! Good looking kids and a good looking DeSoto!
Fred, Someday my '52 will make it to a National Meet, but unfortunately not this year. It seems the early August timing seems to be in a perpetual c...
A group from the Great lakes Regional including Rick and Joyce Wresche, Don and Judy Smith and Brent and Pat Jacobsen brought their DeSotos to the ann...
This last weekend I had the opportunity to attend the "Wings and Wheels" car show sponsored by the Yankee Air Museum, and held on the hanger...
Tim, I think the whole club is happy to hear you are on the mend. I'm sure you'll fix that pesky misfire, and be back running on all cylinders again...
Tim, O.K. Let me try to put together a chart that details the engines with red squares for applications with a photo from one of the books. I will ...
Tim, Thanks for the response. Since I don't own a pre-war car, ( I wish I did!) this study is kind of academic for me. Still, I have at least five ...
Jim, If your coupling is full, I don't think that is the issue. Did you check the clutch pedal free-play? It is quite possible for a clutch to wear...
Tim, I am interested in the color you are calling "gray-green". Here is a photo of a circa 1928 ZSB H-series engine taken at the Chrysler ...
It really sounds like you are having a problem on the coast-down downshift- is that correct? If so, that is actually controlled by the contact points...
Here is the front view of the dashpot solenoid.
Hi Rick, Here are a couple of photos of a very dirty Carter B&B carburetor that illustrate what the fellows have been telling you. This carb is ...
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