A few years back I bought a 59 Plymouth Fury. Went to
install a new set of points and 59 Ply 318 points just wouldn’t fit.
After going a summer with a gerry rigged set, I found out thru dist # and
vendor parts book someone in the past had replaced the distributor with one
from a 60-61 Dodge or 60-61 Plymouth.
So now when buying points I have to buy for those years and models. Like
Dick said, a note in glove box would have been nice.
From: Forward Look
Mopar Discussion List [mailto:L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Richard Woodside
Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2005
5:19 PM
To: L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [FWDLK] 1965 or newer
rear ends transplanted in 1950s FWDLK
Sorry about the earlier (empty) message.
If you're going to transplant a
later-model rear end into your 1950s Forward-Looker, how about putting a
notation (plastic coated, too?) in the glove-box, to let future owners know
what's in there, and what size drums and shoes they're dealing with?
My 1958 NY wagon has a transplanted axle,
which was discovered the hard way: the wheel cylinders purchased from Kanter
wouldn't fit and neither would the shoes purchased locally. A fair bit of $$$
lost for shipping and customs brokerage and local taxes unrecoverable.
I still don't know what car the axle-donor
was, but I was able to match up wheel cylinders from a paper catalogue with the
help of a counter-man who took the trouble to help. That was in 2000. There is
an early-20s kid there now, who couldn't care less about anything pre-2000,
wouldn't open a book to save his life (why start now?), and knows his job is
done, as soon as the computer says the parts don't exist. And this is in the
most old-fashioned parts store around here! Before you suggest, I'd be happy to
take my business somewhere else, but there aren't any better alternatives.
So help the next owner by leaving a
permanent note about what you've done.
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