"Bad names and dirty words"

[soltz]

They have good taste like ole dad [cl

 

[I-R-POPS]

Nice looking car and you've got all the good help.

 

[the reverend muddy grimes]

Seems that finding a Desoto master cylinder is like finding a winning lottery ticket in the trash. But a ford master cylinder is only $28. So I have to fab up a mounting plate, but that's easy. I'll post some pics when its done.

 

[MercuryMac]

Rev, I had just been looking through Andy Bernbaum's oldmoparts catalogue and remembered that he has '55 Desoto master cylinders and kits for sale. Find his ad online.
Great car you've got there.

 

[the reverend muddy grimes]

The bracket is done. Steel plate was free. The hard part was finding the nuts. Chrysler used long winded (read fine thread) ones back then. needed 4 5/16 x 24. Cost me 48 cents.

 

[1963hoopty]

Love the name "bad names and dirty words"! I think thats what my neighbors call me when im grinding on something at midnight! Should be a cool car.

 

[05snopro440]

Love the name "bad names and dirty words"! I think thats what my neighbors call me when im grinding on something at midnight! Should be a cool car.

That's probably what my neighbors call me when I'm working on anything outside.

 

[the reverend muddy grimes]

Dad came up with the name so he could call the truck that and try to get us to go tell mom he was saying "bad names and dirty words". He had that kind of humor

 

[05snopro440]

Dad came up with the name so he could call the truck that and try to get us to go tell mom he was saying "bad names and dirty words". He had that kind of humor

That's excellent

 

[the reverend muddy grimes]

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 each. The shoes are about the same. And in the end you still have drum, brakes. A friend called me. His buddy rolled his car. scrapping it out. For $50, I could have his disk brake rear-end, all lines and parts. Duh. Ok, so I know I am going to be grinding and welding and painting the next few days to turn it from a coil spring to a leaf spring rear, but I'll take the labor.

 

[Bamamav]

Are you going to put discs on front too, or just run them on the back? I've never seen anybody run them back only.

 

[the reverend muddy grimes]

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

 

[the reverend muddy grimes]

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

 

[vht]

Very nice ride. I'm really sorry to hear about your dad and other family. Justlost a friend to cancer, xmas eve. I've got some nice wheels for sale, could I bring them to you and come back in 6 mths and we'll split all the stuff you end up with. Man you are wheeling and dealing. Good luck and enjoy your ride. Looks like you got a lot of good help there, cute kids.

 

[bob w]

You do that upholstery thing pretty dang good.

 

[the reverend muddy grimes]

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

 

[Skip]

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

I like the way you think.

 

[Old Iron]

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

That's the way to do it [cl

 

[the reverend muddy grimes]

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

 

[the reverend muddy grimes]

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.