1950 Desoto

[I-R-POPS]

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

 

[05snopro440]

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]

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

 

[falconvan]

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]

Seat turned out great.

 

[soltz]

Very nice[cl

 

[Old Iron]

Looks good in there
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[Burgerman]

Seat turned out great.

2X. Nice work. [P

 

[bob w]

X3 Nice work.

 

[falconvan]

I call that little project my Bob W Special.

 

[I-R-POPS]

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

 

[falconvan]

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

 

[Old Iron]

Good lookin carb and a clean install

 

[Torchie]

Good lookin carb and a clean install

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[falconvan]

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]

Coming back together...

 

[joedoh]

i love oxblood interiors!


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[Old Iron]

i love oxblood interiors!


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Me too [dr

 

[falconvan]

The pile of parts is shrinking!

 

[Torchie]

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