Does anyone know if the differentials or transmissions on our Plymouth's have any yellow metals in them?  ( brass, bronze, or copper)

Chet,
I did check Lowes and Home Depot, then searched on-line.  The link you sent  is great!
Thanks!

29UJohn

The pole on my 4 door sedan is bent - was that way when I bought it years ago.  Any ideas on how to repair it would be appreciated.
The pole is thin wall, 1 inch in diameter, rolled, and appears to be riveted on the ends.
Most hardware poles I have looked at have an OD of 1.050 inch, so will not fit.
The rivet it very thin and long, an unusual size.
If I find a pole that is the right diameter, I still need to figure. Out how to rivet ends. I thought about anealing a finishing nail to make the rivet.

Or, I could try to figure out a way to straighten the pole.

If you are pleased with the rebuilders, it would be good if we could list them somewhere on the web site as references.

There is an excellent article on Trico wiper vacuum motors in the January 2017 issue of Skinned Knuckles.

Chet, Thanks -  I'll have to save those instructions!

I posted a picture of a radiator emblem I rechromed using a hobby kit.  It is on the off-site photo page.  Unfortunately the emblem's curve di not match my radiator shell, it was too flat and looke bad on the shell, so I din't use it.

(I could not figure out how to take the picture so that the file size would be small enough to load here.)

There is a fellow that makes the original style hose clamps any size you want for a very reasonable price.

Dave,
Send me your address.
Johnrfain@Gmail.com

Are you sure the connecting rod is bad, or does it just need to be rebattited?
I have some connecting rods for a 29, not sure if they are the same.

I wonder if they were nickle plated and not chrome plated.

      I am sure you are correct. I found another emblem and tried replating it with a hobby kit, but it had fine scratches on the brass that made the chrome Look not so good.  When I mounted it I discovered it was not curved enough and the upper and lower portions stuck out from the shell.  So I polished the brass on my original emblem and went with that for now.

My 29U appears to be some type of copper alloy, maybe brass. I polished it and looks good against the chrome shell.
On mine I had a chip out of the blue which was very hard to match. I never really could get it right, but not very noticeable.
I think my car was built in May of 1929.

OK. I will look and see how many I have and which ones are good enough.

I'll check and see how many good ones I have. Some were prototypes that may not be good enough.