Andee’s 1953 Packard Clipper Deluxe
1953 Packard Clipper Deluxe 327 “Thunderbolt” Flathead Straight Eight with the Ultramatic Tranny Originally sold in January 1954 at Earle C. Anthony’s Packard Showroom at 901 Van Ness Ave, San Francisco. I acquired her in February 2007…. She’s a dream to drive! Andee’s Packard Comes Home, 2.16.07 Thrashing to get it started, 5.13.07 Andee’s Packard...
Firing up the engine in Greg’s Gasser Ranchero!!
Greg’s Ran-Gasser-Chero!! See more of Greg’s Ranchero HERE. Read More →
Thunderbolt 327
Andee’s Packard, sporting the original “Thunderbolt” 327 cubic inch Straight Eight and an Ultramatic automatic tranny!! Read More →
Greg’s 1968 Chevy Truck
This truck was his high school ride, and has been in his family for years! Read More →
Off the Old, onto the New – Frame Swap 1940 Dodge
Doug (with the black primered ‘58 Plymouth) came on over to give me a hand pulling the body off the Dodge. With everything removed and torched out it was pretty light and easy to maneuver. This was a preliminary mock up of the body and the frame. I will need to pull the frame one more time to do some cutting and welding, I believe about four inches need to be sectioned from the middle. I’m...
Moving Forward on the 1940 Dodge
The frame on my 1940 Dodge was cut up pretty badly, so I had been looking at my options for a while. The Dakota chassis has received some good praise on a couple of the message boards I frequent, so I began casually watching for a decent but cheap one to come available. Eventually, this little gem popped up: a 1987 Dodge Dakota with 118k miles on the odometer with a 3.9 liter V6 with a 904...
Mopar Alternator Upgrade
While at the junkyard, if the Mopar you are looking has the standard (not the 100 amp huge mother) alternator, grab that too, along with the plug, harness and voltage regulator. This gives you a much better voltage regulator and a dual field alternator (one field is constant output which works very well with the electronic ignition). Here is a wiring diagram for it: Read More →
Chrysler Electronic Ignition Wiring Diagrams
Here are some useful schematics for the Chrysler Electronic Ignition system. When pulling parts at the junkyard you can use the Chrysler electronic ignition distributors from ‘73 until the vacuum advance unit on the distributor disappears should work. Avoid anything from a “Lean Burn” setup completely. You will need to get the distributor, control module, ballast resistor...
Four Rides at John’s Burger, 7-10-09
Mid Summer’s evening burger run. From left to right, my Dad’s 1969 Chevelle, my 1970 Dodge Challenger, Doug’s 1958 Plymouth, and Janelle’s Ford F-1 Pickup Truck. Read More →
Vacuum Gauge Reading for Diagnosing Problems and Tuning Up Engines
My Dad showed my how to do this, and has helped me a couple times since then, so I figured I may post it on my web page. You’ll find this in most older “low tech” repair manuals. Read More →