Tuesday,, Sept. 7, 2021 I posted some photos from our cruise to Taylorsville Saturday on Facebook, and Lisa, the widow of the man who owned the car all those years, let me know that the Plymouth’s gas gauge has NEVER worked correctly — which explains why we’ve run it out of fuel twice! I had […]
Garage built; cruising to Taylorsville; running out of gas … ugh!
Saturday, Sept. 4, 2021 My new 26×41 garage was built this past Wednesday and Thursday by a 4-man crew. I can’t complain about the guys that came and built it — they went right to work and had it framed up and sided by the time they quit Wednesday evening. They roofed it and installed […]
Ready for my new garage to be completed …
Thursday, Aug. 19, 2021 As I may have mentioned earlier, I owned a 1955 Chevy Bel Air 2-door hardtop for roughly 35 years. It was truly my baby, and I knew the car inside and out. II still love the Chevy Tri-Fives, but from afar now since I acquired my 1956 Plymouth Belvedere. Anyway, I […]
I told the counterman, ‘All I need is something like Rain Dance’ …. all I got was blank stare …
Monday, Aug. 2, 2021 The last couple of days I’ve been trying to do something to improve the look of the paint on the Plymouth. Its a bit of a tall order, the Midnight Poly Blue (the dark blue) is fairly dull. The light blue looks fine and bright. I’ve spent several evenings poring over […]
Plymouth planning …
Monday, July 26, 2021 I keep getting parts delivered for the Plymouth, so I’m hoping I’ll get to do some work on the door panels soon. The bare, waterpoof new door panel material arrived a few days ago. I’m going to have to replace both door panels, the original cardboard is warped and appears to […]
Belvedere’s first ‘official’ out was rip-roaring success …
Sunday, July 25, 2021 I’m still feeling the effects from yesterday — from the prep work to getting the Plymouth actually to the shopping center parking lot. I’m not feeling as tired, but I am feeling the effects of being outside in the heat most of the afternoon. But yet, its a “good” tired — […]
Big weekend ahead … Whiskey City Cruisers (and more) …
Wednesday, July 21, 2021 I finally got my new garage “in the queue” for a construction date, which means that someday in the coming months, I’ll have a garage in which to work on my Plymouth. I’ll also have a great garage in which to store my tools and set up a work bench. My […]
No sign of vapor lock … (yet)
Thursday, July 8, 2021 It was a hot humid here in Kentucky, and I went out to my Plymouth and started it up and let it idle for 20 minutes or so. I kept a close eye on the temperature gauge. I’m delighted to report that the gauge barely hit quarter scale and the engine […]
Fuel pumping, Plymouth running … all is right with the (automotive) world …
Sunday, July 4, 2021 I wrapped up the re-installation of the fuel pump on the Plymouth today — after three attempts. Actually, the pump was mounted on the engine all three times; the problems didn’t become evident until it was mounted. The first time, i had the fittings reversed — it takes two different fittings […]
Folks, I *think* we have a winner in the quest for a fuel pump …
Wednesday night, June 30, 2021 The fuel pump that my parts man said would work that was listed on Amazon arrived, and while its a little smaller in diameter, it appears more likely to work without any modification to the pump or the factory fuel lines. Great news, eh?? The weather looks like rain tomorrow […]