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Been a while since I checked in here good to see everybody doing good. Did a video of the Caddy/El Camino build so figured I'd go ahead and post it here.

"....Christine! ......." Christine's a sissy ;) Didn't see the episode, but caught a short vid of that Grave yard cars build on You Tube. Looks interesting and should be a E ticket ride. .

Well it looks like my original post got locked. https://gbodyforum.com/threads/revisiting-the-57-plymouth.66016/ I didn't give up on getting power steering in the 57 Plymouth, but between healing up after my hand surgery and putting in a new house the PS conversion kit sat in the trunk for...

Hi guys.......I'm still around though I don't check in near as much anymore. I'm pretty much fully retired now so there are actually days I don't even start a car. That being said with one exception everything I've built over the last 30 years or so have been put together with an eye on...

Just a few quick comments on the swap. Mounting the 500 on a G Body front clip should be close to what I had to do to put a 500 on the El Camino. I offset my engine to the passenger side a bit for clearance and depending on how the things line up on your 52 you may or may not have to do this...

Been following this thread for a while, some good information! A few years back I was hunting for the Chevy version of the 833 but didn't have any luck finding one. I do have some experience with the Mopar version however and am currently running one in my 57 Plymouth behind a 354 Hemi with...

Thanks guys. I purposely held off on the surgery till Jan so the majority of the healing would be over the "colder" months.......it's a lot easier for me to sit in the house then than when it's nice and warm outside and I fell like there is a million things I should be doing. There is...

Shortly after I made the last post some family matters came up and the Plymouth went on hold for a while. Then about 6 weeks ago I had wrist surgery (carpal tunnel and removal of a wrist bone) so it will be a while before I can do very much work out in the shop. Fortunately my old El Camino...

Things go in cycles. Cars/trucks have been in and out as the “thing” for kids for as long as I can remember. I got my license in 1967 at the height of the muscle car era. At that time cars (and street racing) WERE THE THING. There were a bunch of neat cars in my high school parking lot my...

I used a Pilot shift knob PM 2112S (there are a bunch of them on E Bay). It’s all aluminum…..on mine, I bead blasted the handle to give it a little “tooth” and painted it interior color. PM 2112S by M Patterson, on Flickr Don’t mind the dust SOMEBODY had left the window down yesterday...

Oh you youngsters, now this is a turntable LOL Radio 2 by M Patterson, on Flickr Actually my Dad bought this new in 1948, just before he and Mom got married. I inherited it and brought it out here last summer, it was DOA and turned into a winter project. Ended up replacing all the tubes...

I decided to go ahead and get the intake swap done before I start on the power steering. It hit me when I got the intake on the bench that this is the first time on over 30 years that I haven't had at least one Tri Power car to drive. TPDQ by M Patterson, on Flickr The swap was pretty...

Thanks rachet. The Dodge having problems was common across the entire Mopar line for cars built during the first half of the 57 production year. The lines on the 57 Dodges sure did lend themselves to 2 and tri-tone paint jobs I’ve seen 57-58 Dodges done in the blue and white and they are...

Yeah tc I bought an artificial tree this year too. CT 1 by M Patterson, on Flickr At least this time of year makes a good source for targets for my little .22 range............the wife keeps blaming the cat for the ornaments disappearing. SR by M Patterson, on Flickr

If it's as nice on the inside you've got a winner!!!

"........I am sure it was measure x 956 before the first cut was made........" I really agonized over putting a scoop on it......but it was the only way to use the Tri-Power. These cars just don't lend themselves to a scoop. I spent a lot of time looking at various options/styles before I...

".....It would be less work to audition a chauffeur for the boring part across many zip codes..." I've driven the car back to Illinois twice now (4000 miles round trip) and there really are no boring parts when I'm driving it LOL.

Thanks guys. Good eye on the cruise and alternator axsig. “….What else have you done to it ?....” Oh, you had to ask LOL The Hemi is .060 over (now at 364 CI) and runs 10:1 compression. The block is an A1 casting and uses the “triple 5” heads (supposedly the best flowing factory heads...

I hate being bored. With the 37 Dodge PU on the road I decided to revisit the 57 Plymouth I built 10 years ago (with an eye on driving it back to Illinois for my 50th HS reunion in a couple of years). The car has a 1956 354 Hemi, Tri-Power, Overdrive 4 speed, and Chrysler 9 ¼ Rear end with...

Just in case you ever wondered what a 507 Cubic Inch Cadillac motor with a stuck mechanical advance can do to a starter when it kicks back......I have the answer! Starter 1 by M Patterson, on Flickr Other side starter 2 by M Patterson, on Flickr I dodged the bullet, the only damage was...