This is something we have been doing at the farm for years, with some of the older 6 volt system tractors. Chet hit it on the head, 6 volt system, 8 volt battery, better starts, brighter lights. No mods to the system. Drop it in and go. We buy them locally at fleet farm, and tractor supply has them as well

Here http://www.tractorsupply.com/en/store/exide-heavy-duty-farm-battery-8-1

My cloth seat pleats are just under four inches

Elastic

I have a sedan, it has a pouch on the front passenger side door and not the drivers. It also has a pouch on the drivers side rear door but not the passengers side rear. I took pictures of the rear door pouch because of ease of access and lighting. It has the same dimensions as the passenger side front.

I'll try and get some pictures and measurements taken for you, I have original interior. 

Last week I tracked down the owners contact info and left a message for him. Saturday I received a call back and he verified the cars history. Its been in his family since it was new, it came from New Germany MN and is indeed original. They had it running about 14, 15 years ago and that was when the distributor base broke.

I will stay in contact and keep him updated as progress moves forward. I pointed him toward this site, maybe he'll join.

How often do you find a car this old, in this good of shape and be able to track it to its beginning?  Great Story!

Quote from: Old Man on November 05, 2013, 08:49:59 AM
I've lost contact with the site but there is a repro site in Australia the makes a lot of Dodge and Plymouth stuff as well as other vehicles. And I believe one of the things they cast is the base for these Plymouth white metal distributor bases. I remember it was horrendously expensive,by my pocketbook, but it would be quicker. I think it was several $100 U.S. plus shipping from downunder. I think they use one of those new computer printer systems to image a part using a laser.   

I found this on another site

QuoteI have a 29 Ply and also needed a distributor drive. If you will contact Tom Hannaford at Antique Auto Parts Cellar 718-335-1579 they make their version of this drive and housing. They have a whole new bronze cast base and gears for #395.00 He is well versed in this drive and can supply any needed info. Usually the original 90 deg. base is not usable because it was made of pot metal. THEIR gears and shaft only fit THEIR base. (job security I guess) Hope this helps. Happy Motoring!!!! - Rich

I just sent off my parts with my machinist friend yesterday, and hope to have an aluminum base in a week or two. If for some reason that does not work out I'll start digging into these sources. I'll post pictures of the machined base as the work gets done.

Chet- Getting her fired up is always the first and most exciting thing to do !!  I really wanted to see if it had a knock or stuck ring and if I should just pull it right away and rip it down. Kind of wanted to get the brakes, clutch and fuel going so I could play a little while I decided how far to go with car. I haven't put a battery in, I'm a little wary of the wiring but with the hand crank it turns over freely even with the plugs in. Sounds and feels like it builds compression. 

Steve- Thanks. I'll make this my build thread and update what I'm working on. Its going to be slow going, I'm still setting up my work shop and collecting tools again. (moved this summer) I'm learning every time I look at this thing. I'll have a lot of question so thanks in advance guys

Dave

This weekend I stopped back were I acquired the car and got the old owners info. So I will try and contact him soon and get the back story. It is suppose to be a one owner kept in the family since it was new. It would cool to know when it last ran etc. I'll update this thread as the story unravels and as I make progress. (maybe over the course of years lol)

It looks like someone recently attempted to get this car going. There was a newer coil and jumper wire zip tied to the E brake handle in the car. So my guess is when they cranked it, the old distributor base was gunked up and crumbled.

This is interesting in a box of parts I got another distributor, base and timing lever. These are a perfect mirror image of what I need. As you can see from the picture, the gears on distributors drive opposite, and the drive on the base is offset opposite to the bolt holes of the other. (it would mount upside down)

When Frank was out we looked up the part number on the spare parts and believe them to be from a model Q. Delco Remy 630B Plymouth-Q and 635T Plymouth U. So I have an original Q base in good shape that I'm sure someone somewhere would love to have and I need a base for a U. I started trying to hunt down parts here locally at the older yards and have not had luck yet. So if someone knows or hears about one, let me know it would be most helpful. In the mean time, I am going to attempt to have a machinist friend of mine make one out of billet aluminum since I have a good base with the correct diameter measurements available.

I am aware that someone had made reproductions, and booked marked there info. Would like an original eventually. 

Well the battle starts. The first thing I wanted to do with this car is try and get her running, see how it sounds and have any problems hopefully show themselves right away. Well I need a part or two. See below Pics.

Well guys I have a project ahead of me, may need a hand tracking down parts. I started a Plymouth folder on my photo bucket account, its not real organized but I will continue to through pictures in as I go. Here is a link.

http://s466.photobucket.com/user/crazydave4455/slideshow/1929%20Plymouth%20U?sort=3  

I think I'll start a restore thread for this car, and update just that with my issues, frustrations and observations.

Dave

Started getting some pictures uploaded. Here are a few of the crank you guys speak of.

Hi guys new to the forum and these old Plymouth's. Here's my story.

So I sold a toy recently and I was kinda looking for my classic Olds I have always wanted. I took a stroll through a local classic car consignment place just to see what they had. He was showing me cars none which where what I was looking for or in a price range I wanted. I was about to leave when I had mentioned a Craigslist barn find I saw (Ford model T) and it was gone in with in 24 hrs, he said well you have to see this. An original 1929 Plymouth U fresh from the barn and very good condition. I gave it a quick look and went on my way. Well I came back the next week for a closer look after not being able to not get it out of my head, you just don't find cars this old in this condition.  I bought it after a closer inspection.

So I start my mission to seek out parts and info and stumble across Franks barn find thread, yep the one I just picked up. So I contacted him asking a few questions, and he was nice enough to come out and loan me his manuals. Big thanks to you Frank.

Little more background I come from Rogers MN, 5th generation farm family. This car comes from Rogers MN, 1 family has had it since it was new. Ellingson classic cars has the contact info for the former owners. They had planned on restoring it, but for some reason had to let it go. I plan on contacting them and getting more info. Chances are someone in my family knows of them.

I plan on starting a build thread and post pictures as I get time. I'll get into the details soon.