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56D500boy
Posted 2026-02-16 8:49 PM (#642888 - in reply to #642885)
Subject: Re: What did you do to your FL car today?



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Bought an Carter AFB rebuild carb kit for my AFB to WCFB manifold project.

Well actually 2 kits (357B):

One from Rock Auto that seems to have gotten lost. Came out of California and started to
head north to me in Canada but ended up (for now) somewhere in Illiinois (makes no sense to me).
And at least a week later than they initially promised.

So for "fun" I ordered a second identical kit from PartsAvatar.ca that I assumed meant
shipping from Canada (and faster delivery)

I just checked out my orders for the same Carter AFB carb kit.

Rock Auto with shipping to my door (and all taxes, duties, etc) was $CND 65.03

Partsavatar.ca for the exact same kit was $CDN 65.69 to my door. I assumed from Canada (but
I was recently told that it was just a shell game and it was really from the US)

I thought that Partsavatar.ca would be faster BUT no. Same delivery time.

So no real difference.

Live and learn.

Too soon old, too late smart
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RDP
Posted 2026-02-24 12:09 PM (#642926 - in reply to #165059)
Subject: Re: What did you do to your FL car today?



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Location: PL / EU		I picked up the seats from the upholsterer last week. They look quite nice.
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57Fireflite
Posted 2026-02-24 5:02 PM (#642928 - in reply to #642926)
Subject: Re: What did you do to your FL car today?


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Pics, please!
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RDP
Posted 2026-02-25 3:11 PM (#642934 - in reply to #165059)
Subject: Re: What did you do to your FL car today?



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Location: PL / EU		I prefer original cars, in fact, I'm a fan of original interiors. My other cars are like that, but this one is different.
When I bought car, interior had already been redone and didn't look nice (the paintwork also wasn't original).
I wanted to restore the original design and cut, that's important to me.
I repainted car daffodil yellow. The faktory daffodil yellow body, had a silver-gray interior.
Nowdays all new cars have gray interiors, and I don't like it.
The colors were my own idea, and the materials were locally available, as was the upholsterer.
This interior color combo was not available on the '59 Plymouth.
But, this is not a high-end resto, I did the painting myself in my garage.
So, I thought this combo outside / inside would look good. After all, I'm the one who has to like it, right?



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Plymsa
Posted 2026-03-03 2:49 AM (#642986 - in reply to #165059)
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Location: Finland		Took my Plymouth to a technical check (compulsory here in Finland).





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wizard
Posted 2026-03-03 3:52 AM (#642987 - in reply to #165059)
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Location: Southern Sweden - Sturkö island		Nice car, looks to be totally solid
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57Fireflite
Posted 2026-05-08 4:51 PM (#643475 - in reply to #165059)
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Wrapped fuel line from pump to carb to mitigate vapor lock.
Made new door weatherstripping at the a columns.
Gave her an alignment.
Repaired front driver's electric window switch.
Plugged some holes in the firewall with body sealer.
A good day.
Taking her downtown to be seen.
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JedRhule
Posted 2026-05-08 7:31 PM (#643477 - in reply to #165059)
Subject: Re: What did you do to your FL car today?



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Location: Palm Beach County Florida		I found that Ethanol-free gas helps the vapor lock.
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57Fireflite
Posted 2026-05-30 11:32 PM (#643655 - in reply to #165059)
Subject: Re: What did you do to your FL car today?


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Reinstalled the fuel pump, freshly recored radiator, and convex mirror on passenger side: http://www.forwardlook.net/forums/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=80719&...

Took it for a short drive and got lots of compliments on the road and at the gas station.

The joy of owning a running DeSoto....!

Tomorrow I get into the off-idle stumble... http://www.forwardlook.net/forums/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=80730&...
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