1950 Desoto

I-R-POPS · Apr 16, 2020

Glad to see you're keeping it stock. It fits the car perfectly..[cl[cl

05snopro440 · Apr 17, 2020

falconvan said:
Success! Got the motor fired up today and it sounds great other than the carb being pretty iffy. I might try one of those EBay YF knockoff carbs; this one needs rebuilt and the choke needs replaced. But it sounded smooth and had 40psi oil pressure so I’m happy.
When I got this the previous guy said the whole car was rewired. Technically it was; it had a new universal street rod harness but it was really a mess with a bunch of wire nuts and THHN house wiring added to it. I decided to redo it; solder and heat shrink the connections and just tidy it up.

Wire nuts on a car

Glad you're redoing it!

falconvan · Apr 18, 2020

Finished up the wiring today; much neater looking. Starting on building a mount for the seat tomorrow.

falconvan · Apr 19, 2020

The seat came from a late model Dodge extended van. The shape and length were right on but it had to be lowered 4” and needed sliders so you can adjust it. So I got some universal sliders from Amazon and built a mount with some angle iron and rectangle tubing . I think it came out really good.

DozerII · Apr 19, 2020

Seat turned out great.

soltz · Apr 19, 2020

Very nice[cl

Old Iron · Apr 20, 2020

Looks good in there

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Burgerman · Apr 20, 2020

DozerII said:
Seat turned out great.

2X. Nice work. [P

bob w · Apr 20, 2020

X3 Nice work.

falconvan · Apr 21, 2020

I call that little project my Bob W Special.

I-R-POPS · Apr 21, 2020

NICE!!![cl[cl[P[P

falconvan · Apr 23, 2020

Thanks! Got my carb switched out today and it really runs great. Swap was super easy; very little modifications.

Old Iron · Apr 23, 2020

Good lookin carb and a clean install

Torchie · Apr 23, 2020

Old Iron said:
Good lookin carb and a clean install

^^^^^^^^^^ X's 2 ^^^^^^^^^
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Torchie

falconvan · Apr 26, 2020

Got a ton of stuff done the last few days. Finished some wiring bits, got the exhaust put on, got the parking brake working, got the carpet glued down and the seat in, and started cleaning up the front clip pieces to start putting the front end back together. Hopefully I’ll be wrapping it up in May.

falconvan · Apr 27, 2020

Coming back together...

joedoh · Apr 27, 2020

i love oxblood interiors!

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Old Iron · Apr 28, 2020

joedoh said:
i love oxblood interiors!

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Me too [dr

falconvan · Apr 29, 2020

The pile of parts is shrinking!

Torchie · Apr 29, 2020

That's going to be a bitch'n cruiser.[cl

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Torchie

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