Recent content by the reverend muddy grimes

Looking for a set of fuel tank straps for a 55 Desoto. Not a lot of luck in my online search. Anyone have a go to guy for these things?

Id go with the truck

Thanks Mac. Well the good news is at the moment it doesn't have a heater motor. The PO wanted a racecar and stripped it out. Also it doesn't have an ignition switch at the moment. Same reason. It is running off toggle switches.

So from what I have read, converting a 6 volt positive ground system to a 12 volt negative ground system is as simple as swapping all the lights and the starter cylinoid. Is this true? I am not using the original radio. So do I need to do anything else?

yep. ordered it off Amazon for $20. I like the classic look and extra power

some work done. The disk brake rear is mocked into place. Will weld it in a few days. Mostly just playing with the interior right now when the weather is nice enough.

killing a little more time today. It's not perfect, but I kinda dig the contrasting colors.

not bad for less than $20 at the Walmart fabric dept

messing around with the interior while I wait for some parts to arrive.

Knox was a company that IHC used to make some of their beds for the K and KB series.

I used to mount mine backwards on purpose. Seemed more logical to pull backwards for reverse, And nobody else could drive it.

Change out your ancient 1955-56 front drums with 3 bolt 11" drum spindles for affordable disc with our CNC laser cut brackets. These cold-rolled steel adapters and new custom hubs bolt straight on to your drum spindles. You will not need to reuse your drum hubs. This setup uses 1999-2006 Jeep...

Years ago I had a 73 Duster. Drum brakes all around. Replaced the rear end with one out of a Lincoln so I had disk. The front, I used Dodge Aspen spindles to get disk brakes. I'm cheap, but this is a safety part, so it has to be done right. I just got a new rear end for the 55 Desoto. Now I am...

Front too, but I have to save up for that since they are like $400 for the conversion

I got the car from a dealer. He was pretty honest when he told me that he knew very little about it. What he did know was the guy he got it from wanted to make a drag car out of it. The guy took the wheel cylinders and rear brakes completely out. So I was reading prices and the cylinders are $38...