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Re: Another '56 Parts Car w/ Factory Air

In my recent experience, that car looks solid!

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Re: Message board updated

Are we back to a smaller size limitation on images? I tried uploading one that was 640X480 and it wouldn't go, but when I made the image 480X320, it ...

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Re: "Loaded" '56 4-door Sportsman parts car

Here's a picture of the data tag. Aint it purty? What we can tell is that the paint code is 356, and the trim code is 560. Also there is a "5&...

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Re: "Loaded" '56 4-door Sportsman parts car

I found the data tag; it was on the passenger side of the car over by the gas heater. It, like almost everything else, is terribly corroded and didn...

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Re: What Kind of Replacement Generator Can Be Used on '33 De

I guess we need to start somewhere.... So if the generator and the cut out both test good, but the vehicle's amp meter on the gauge shows discharge, ...

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Re: "Loaded" '56 4-door Sportsman parts car

Here's a few photos taken during our trip. Interestingly, there's no data tag on the firewall. I don't even see a shadow of where it used to be. Sa...

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Re: Movie Prop's or Commercials

why don't these production companies hire a competent care taker for when the cars are in their possession? You'd think the insurance companies would...

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Re: 1955 DeSoto FireFlite Parts

The '56 door handles are different than the '55. I have handles on the parts car we just retrieved that I can sell once I know they are working. Do ...

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Re: "Loaded" '56 4-door Sportsman parts car

hooooo-weee! What a rusty piece! Good thing it had a lot of options. I'm pretty sure that the '57 Plymouth that was entombed in Tulsa for 50 years ...

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Re: Brakes STILL stuck

I read that you can clean soaked brake linings by immersing them in rubbing alcohol and then heating them to evaporate the alcohol. We tried this on...

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Re: "Loaded" '56 4-door Sportsman parts car

Are you from the Branson area? That might explain why he thought he'd talked to me already. We're both named Tim..... I am intending to part the ca...

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Re: Brakes STILL stuck

Paul is correct that there is a separate rubber hose going to each front wheel cylinder, but there's only one to the rear, and then there are steel li...

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Re: 1955 Desoto fuel tank

You might try and see if there's a station near you that sells non-ethanol fuel. Cars with carburetors run better on real gas, anyway. And your mi...

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Re: "Loaded" '56 4-door Sportsman parts car

I'll be sure to post the information when I have the car.

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Re: "Loaded" '56 4-door Sportsman parts car

Well, I would have hated for you to be disappointed when I showed up instead of Steve.....

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