Does anyone have the paint codes for the wire wheels on a 30-U.  I am wondering what colors were offered and if there were limited options  based on body color?  I am thinking of painting the body Crown Maroon and wonder what color options were available for the wire wheels.  The car was originally a dark green with yellow wire wheels.

When I removed the timing cover on my 30-U engine I found that at some point in its life the cam shaft gear was installed one tooth off.  I drove the car for more than 10 years with it that way.  My question is has anyone else encountered this.  I am wondering if it was done on purpose to get more advanced timing. I also found that two of my pistons were marked Chalmers Motor Company while the other two had the Chrysler logo on them.  I believe Chalmers was acquired by Chrysler after Chalmers merged with Maxwell and Chrysler rebadged the Maxwell line as Plymouth so I am assuming they were still using old stock as late as May 1930 when my car was built.  The pistons are standard size but it is possible that they were replaced at some point during the 42 years it was in regular service.  Does anyone know if they were using Chalmers piston in Plymouths from the factory as late as 1930.

Is the lower fan belt pulley on a 30-U threaded on to the crankshaft?

I am restoring my 30-U  and am pulling the engine for a  rebuild.  To remove  the engine it looks like the bell housing needs to come off with  the engine as it does not look like the flywheel can be  removed while  the engine is attached to the bell housing.  Am I missing somethig or is that the way it has to  be done?  It looks like it might be possible to drop the rear of  the  engine and lift the front  so the flywheel drops down and out of the bell housing but  before I try that I was wondering if anyone has removed the engine that way.  Sure would be nice if there was a shop manual to work with.

I have a spare engine block serial # U26823 which I assume is a late '29 Block.  The engine in my 30-U is serial #1511472.  Would the crankshafts and camshafts be interchangeable?  With the exception of the timing cover the blocks appear to be the same.  The difference in the timing cover appears to be to accommodate a shorter shaft distributer in the earlier block.

Hello all, I am new to this forum and wanted to introduce myself.  I have  30-U Rumble Seat Coupe that I have owned since 1962.  I drove the car daily until 1970 when I got married and my wife announced that she would not drive in a car without a heater any longer!  From that point on until 1973 I used tha car to go to the railroad station for the the first part of my daily commute to work.  In 1973 the car developed a mysterious knock so I put it away until I had time to investigate the cause.  Well,  4 children and 42 years later I  am retired and finally have the time!  I have restored other cars in the past but they have been very early cars so I expect that the Plymouth will pose challenges that the earlier, simpler cars did not.  In fact, I also have what I guess could be considered to be an early relative of the Plymouth, since I also have a 1910 Chalmers-Detroit.  Chalmers-Detroit became Chalmers and Chalmers became Maxwell so I guess my Chalmers Detoit is really a Plymouth thrice removed.  I expect that I will be asking some inane questions and searching for some unobtainable parts as part of the process but I look forward to the opportunity.