Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2021 The Belvedere is snug in the garage waiting to get prepped for the local Christmas parade on Dec. 3rd. I’m planning to use the same type of small Command strips to string the Christmas lights on the car, along with the two large, lit wreaths on the front and back of […]
Local car guys meet up; a new Mopar project; Christmas coming …
Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2021 — The weather yesterday was cool but sunny, so I drove the Plymouth to the Cruisers Monday gathering at Burger King. Good turnout, and had a new guy — actually a couple — originally from Hillview in Bullitt County. He was driving a gorgeous 1979 medium blue Pontiac Trans Am, just […]
Friday update
Friday, Sept. 17, 2021 I had an opportunity to take my daughter Katie on a cruise in the 1956 Plymouth, and we had a good time. She really enjoyed cruising in the car, and was surprised at how nicely it road. Of course, it points to the real need for seat belts! Saturday she has […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Parts is parts … except when they aren’t
Saturday, June 26, 2021 I’m here at my PC feeling frustrated. The fuel pump — the expensive one — I got from the eBay seller arrived yesterday and it was not a close enough match for my Plymouth. The arm was about 3/4 of an inch too short,, the body of the pump was significantly […]
One pump, two pumps, good pump, bad pump(?) …
Sunday, June 20, 2021 Happy Father’s Day to me! Right now my work on the Plymouth is dead in the water while I await the arrival of the first of two fuel pumps I have on order. Two pumps?? Let me explain. PUMP 1. The local mom-and-pop parts place I’ve done business with the past […]
Parts is parts … when you can find them
Friday, June 18, 2021 Today I was able to get the fuel pump off the Plymouth once I got the fittings loose. I had to run to town for flare nut wrenches … wherever mine where they weren’t available, and I wasn’t going to wait forever to find them. When I removed the line from […]
Heading to the shop …
Earlier this week I stopped by my new mechanic’s shop to talk about the vapor lock issue with the Plymouth. I told him that I’m fine with installing an electric fuel pump, but first I wanted him to make sure the cooling system is working properly. Why my suspicions? The heat under the hood is […]