'59 Plymouth Forum

For sale: 1959 Plmouth Savoy 4 door sedan Rust free South Dakota car, looks and drives great Originally a 318 Poly. Now is a 400 Chrysler. New parts: Engine has all new bearings and rings, seals. New Lunati Voodoo Camshaft/lifters Mopar performance chrome valve covers March performane serpentine pul...

Those there appear to be some nice rubber inserts that the can mounts on the 318 poly fit over. The bolt is skewed to one side so you can turn it to ensure there is no pressure. Easy way for minor adjustments.

one went through the area... didn't hit here directly.

Hoping to have the car back this weekend. Should be at Iola at least for the show days. Will see what the weather and everything else brings. There is supposed to be shows in New London and Winnecone this weekend, so I may make it to my first show of the year... wish me luck!

No go this weekend. Steering gear isn't in, and now I am having trans issues. Grrrrrrr.... Anyway... Hopefully, I will catch you at a show sometime this summer. Was great meeting you last year. You will not believe the changes in my car.

I tried that already. The lower seal didn't work. There is lots and lots of play in it, so...

a new steering gear is on order... wish me luck, and I may just see you tehre!

Well, it will be anyone's guess if I will be there to Tomahawk. My steering gear is leaking real bad, so.... I have to get me a new one.

Any of you going to Tomahawk wisconsin on the 28th? Or Ripon on the 21st?

Well, you could use wire rope rigging to make your own cable to match up with the stock cable from the rear of whatever car you got your rearend from in the back...

Yes... do the parking brake on the rearend, although... if the trans is from a mid 70's cordoba, you will have the parking pin built in, but you will have to make an adaptor to use the push buttons. There is a thread on how to do that on the forwardlook site. Otherwise, you will have to do a floor s...

1. if you use a stock later model mount..... The engine is really far forward. 2. if you set the engine back where it probably should be, you have to cut the heater box to fit the valve covers... I chose option one. Engine mounts.... You have to make them.... Driveshaft will need made..... Pick your...

What do you want pics of?

Sorry... the old 318 will work with the newer 727s.....


But.. the more I think about it... couldn't you adapt hot head's design the other way, ya think?

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Hey... One of you guys should tell Dan to put some of my newer pics of my engine that I have posted over on FL...