After a good fifteen years, we are going to see to it that the Chryslers are rolling in the near future. We? My best friend's dad has been collecting parts for a couple of '48s, like what he had as a teen, and is ready to see them roll. A little over a year ago, my best friend and I got hitched; now we're going to make a new commitment: We're going cruising in class.
Green
First up, we'll be getting the resto job started on the green Chrysler. FIL has been collecting trim pieces, chrome, interior parts, motor parts, every little last thing. Green will be getting a relatively-stock drivetrain: A 114hp/204ft-lb 251ci flathead straight six, backed by a Fluid Drive coupling and a three- or four-speed transmission. I'm not sure about the transmission, since the Fluid Drive is just a coupler and a standard slushbox is behind it. Sitting on top of it is a Carter BB single barrel, Fluid Drive specific for its shifting needs; the shift is triggered by a floor-it-and-release-the-throttle move, with the throttle getting trapped open by a magnet grabbing the butterfly actuator and holding it open temporarily.
Firewall Tag Decoder reads C38 Windsor sedan (with h*ckin suicide doors) plus a bunch of stuff that I haven't sussed out. Importantly, this is not the VIN tag, as I discovered; the '48s have them in the driver's side doorjamb.
First up will be a carburetor restoration job. FIL picked up a couple extras to cannibalize, since we need some options for the magnet, to ensure we have a working unit. There's also a gasket kit in the case of parts. If I remember right, the magnet sits about where the fuel bowl cover is located in the diagram.
I have never done a carb rebuild, as I am an OBD1-era Civic kid, so this will be a neat little adventure. A friend's kiddo has been out working on the Civic with me, so she might get a taste of carb rebuilds from sixty years before her time.
Yellow
The yellow sedan will be the toy car, the hot rod. Instead of Original Recipe, this will be the Extra Spicy RestoMod version. I don't know the parts count so far for this car; it will be less-pretty, but more scoot-y by way of getting a 318 with a 360 top-end, high rise Edelbrock intake, and Holley four-barrel backed up to a TorqueFlite. I might try to convince FIL to go to modern heads and EFI on this one, but we'll see how it pans out. No body tag or VIN plate yet, so I'll see what it's like at some point soon.
More photos to come, as I give it the documentation treatment.
