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I am by no means an expert but if the carb is leaking down would installing an electric fuel pump in the system that could be activated by a switch be...
From a very quick look at the club's handbook, I don't see any procedure for establishing a new class of cars at the annual convention Apparently i...
Yes, glad to hear it is running. It usually is something simple that we are overlooking. Sorry about convincing you that you needed to check the timin...
Mark, July 5th to the 10th.
Fred, almost certain you are talking about the 1959 Firesweep owned by Ruth Presutti-Graham. I was judging that class and it sounds like her car. It w...
Welcome to the group and congratulations on finding such a great original Desoto. There are only 36 '51s registered with the NDC so it is one of the r...
It is getting close folks. Sue and I will be there along with most of the GLC and we are bringing ice cream again this year. Looking forward to seeing...
I had a problem with my '52 several years ago when it wouldn't shift. Nothing like your problem you describe but I too thought the screen might be plu...
We took our '52 to the Watervliet, MI 4th of July Car Show yesterday. Actually, Sue and I, and a co-host, put the show on. It is our twelfth year for ...
Sorry about misleading you on the timing chain probably jumped. From some of the things you were saying I thought it probably had but obviously was wr...
The fact that the #1 piston isn't at the top when the pointer is on TDC is enough to convince me it has jumped. To know for sure, take the timing chai...
When I say the distributor might be "backwards" I actually mean it might be 180 degrees off because it will only go in two ways. I think i...
I hesitate to jump in here because Tim is doing a good job and I don't want to confuse things. But, looking at your earlier comment when you said with...
Sounds great. To bad we are so far away.
I tried to start the '52 today. I don't know what gets into it but if I start it often during the winter it will fire up as soon as the fuel pump push...