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Justin There are a lot of these cars around and they are affordable. I'd recommend you get a nice driver and just drive it. After getting to know i...
Hi Lynn: If your car has been sitting a long time then there is probably rust and crud on the valve seats and the rings are likely stuck in the groov...
Looks Great!!! Have a nice day Steve
OK, I give! an XKE will stop straight as an arrow from 100MPH. As far as drum brakes go, 55 and earlier DeSoto brakes are about as good as it gets. ...
Cost is a big factor. I really wanted to go this year. I grew up 5 miles from Lake Elmo and have friends and family near there. My Spring sales wer...
OK, the anchor point also rotates and is a cam for adjusting the brakes. Rotate them til the arrows point at each other. If you have full thickness ...
Did you get any shots of my buddy Butch with a blue and white '47 Dodge DeSoto Plymouth service pick-up truck and a black '55 Coronado with green roof...
Of course anything is possible, but this is not an easy swap. The newer transmission uses a flex plate while the '55 has the TC bolted directly to th...
There's the problem! New ballast is in order. Maybe 8-9V when you first switch it on dropping to about 6V. Good Luck Steve
Try an AL-111. Maybe not exactly what the book calls for but seems to work well. Have a nice day Steve
What voltage is coming from the ballast resistor? My guess is that you have too much voltage going to your coil. You do have a ballast resistor, cor...
Welcome aboard!! Is that an Adventurer? Are all the parts there? Don' worry about the price. In a year or two, 25 grand might get you a cup of cof...
Oh, just one more thing sir. '56 (and up) have ballast resistors famous for failing. Look for about 9V on the coil side of the ballast, if it is OK,...
wash, rinse, repeat. Black plugs = too rich. Backfiring through the carb = too lean. But backfiring from the carb + black plugs = weak spark. of co...
bad condenser