Re: [FWDLK] 1965 or newer rear ends transplanted in 1950s FWDLK

["Bill K." <pontiac@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Sounds like a 'keep it running' sort of repair.   Use what you have, or what
you can get most easily.   I've done that more than a few times on beaters,
and I used to snatch all the used generator brushes I could when I ran my
'60 Pontiac everyday.  I went through two generators and about half a dozen
sets of brushes on it.  I think the second generator was '57 Olds (got
chased out of the bus in the junkyard by a racoon, so I didn't stop to worry
if there was a correct one in it) - I didn't care, it worked, was cheap and
I kept the old one handy.  Usually the old parts end up in the trunk -


In the case of the rearend swap - you had to know the wheel cylinders were
bad somehow.. if you pulled the drums to inspect them and they came off
without a puller, thats a dead giveaway the rearend's been changed.  You
still then have to sort out what it is, but even something like a Motors
Manual might provide enough clues to figure it out close enough to start
matching parts.


Here again the fix may have been done with what was available at the time.
I think it's just something you have to expect when working on a 40+ year
old car.  At one time they were all just someone's transportation and
keeping it going was more important than keeping it 100% original.  A note
would be nice, but it runs through an auction or someone cleans out the
glovebox not paying attention along the way and that's gone anyhow.  About
the only sure way would be to find a hidden spot and paint the info onto the
car -



Bill K.


----- Original Message -----
From: "John M. Zastrow" <fins59@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, January 15, 2005 9:13 AM
Subject: Re: [FWDLK] 1965 or newer rear ends transplanted in 1950s FWDLK


> 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.
>
>
>
> Dick Woodside
>
> 58 NY Wagon
>
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