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Re: 1949 S11 thermostat

Well, the shop manual for my S13 says to use 183. I would expect that would work fine for your S11 as well. There's no listing for a lower temp ther...

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Re: '61 Desoto Restoration

Thanks, Stan! Our biggest concern and area of care while handling front windshields is to not bump the edge with any kind of hard tool, such as a s...

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Re: '61 Desoto Restoration

It's important to make every attempt to save the original weatherstrip with our Chrysler products. The reproduction front and back glass weatherstrip...

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Re: Adventurer People Might Be Interested In This

Hmm. Learn something new every day.

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Re: 1956 Body Tag Decoding

that's exactly the same as we've been doing, until I found out that cad plating is so dang cheap. At shop rate, hand cleaning and then painting all t...

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Re: 1956 Body Tag Decoding

I agree with your assessment that the date on the door panel doesn't solve the manufacture date for the car, Jim, and that it does at least suggest a ...

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Re: 1956 Body Tag Decoding

Well, since we're talking about dates, here's one I found today on the backside of the passenger door's interior panel. A little difficult to see, bu...

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Re: 1956 Body Tag Decoding

Jim, do both carbs on your car have chokes? There's an article on the web about the Adventurer, ( ) that says the Model was introduced on February 1...

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Re: 1956 Body Tag Decoding

Thanks, Mac. Good luck tomorrow!

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Re: 1956 Body Tag Decoding

Does the production date show here? What's 160 mean under SCHED mean? Knowing the accessory groups would be cool too, Mac. Thanks for your help!

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Re: Aruba DeSoto

That's cool. I had a call from Aruba about a year ago or so about woodgraining the dash of a '49. The owner wondered if the dash could be touched...

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Re: 1956 Adventurer Restoration

Thanks for the heads up on that, Ed. When I add more images, I do some initial copying and pasting, and sometimes miss updating the links to the thum...

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Re: 1956 Adventurer Restoration

Does the grille V on Tom Iverson's car look gold to anyone else?

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Re: 1956 Adventurer Restoration

Hey, uh... Jim.... Your comment pointing out the gold "V" makes me go "hmmmm...." So far this car is so "unmolested", ...

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