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Well, maybe you caught me in an assumption. I'm certain that the '53 Oldsmobile's trunk light and hood light were mercury switches, so the system was...
That's typically a mercury switch, with liquid mercury inside the body of the light that rolls to the bottom when the deck lid is up and completes the...
Ask away, and welcome to the wonderful world of Mopars!
clocks typically only require a light cleaning, lubrication, and cleaning of the points to bring them back to operation.
I wouldn't trust the consistency of printer inks, Ben. Someone that lurks on this message board contacted me through Facebook and mentioned that RM h...
So Ben, who's your paint vendor? DuPont? Maybe I can find something up here for your.
My PPG paint store has been excellent at getting formulas for old colors; in the event that they can't find a formula within their own information in...
On the '28 Chrysler we restored, the engine # is on the center of the left side of the block on a flat tab . The body # I would consider to be the (f...
Yeah, that would be interesting to see in person. The carpeting isn't the black trinidad (from appearances). The rear antennaes are aftermarket. I ...
a little more all the time.......
It's worth mentioning that ANYTIME I've made a request to somebody in the NDC for information and tech help, people with the knowledge and resources h...
If we can keep our momentum, hopefully by the end of the year, which would make it a one year project.
latest progress
Thanks, Mac. I had a nice conversation with Dave Tyjeski earlier today and we talked about antennas a little bit. The Adventurer we are restoring di...