Gas Tanks

One day, Dan Shady asks me if I have "the gas tank" for this car.  I tell him, "I think I may have a couple, or maybe even three.  I stored them upstairs in the garden shed years ago.  I'll check."

Well, today (6-23-2012) I checked.  Here's what I found:

So now, I guess I'll take them down to Shady's this week.  We can determine which one is in the best shape.  I'll take the sending units out of the ones I don't use, clean up the tanks, and sell all of them on eBay over the next few weeks.  I promise you'll never see 5 Model PB Plymouth gas tanks in one location ever again!  And I have no clue where I got all 5 of these fairly rare items.

Rumble Seat Steps

20 June 2012 - A few weeks ago, Dan showed me a strange observation.  Under the passenger side rear fender, there were some extra holes in the body that weren't mirrored in the driver's side.  We concluded that there must have been some kind of reinforcement at each of the locations where the step plates are located for climbing into the rumble seat.  I wrote to my friend Andrew Edler in California, owner of several Model PB Plymouths to inquire about these holes.  Sure enough, Andrew responded by sending us a tracing of each of two different braces along with the side profile to show how the heavy gauge sheet metal was formed.  Then, this weekend, I got to see another Model PB Plymouth sport roadster.  There are two braces, one for each step, exactly as Andrew had drawn them:

  

  

... and now, in early July, 2012, Dan has acquired the 1/8" steel stock and is fabricating the braces:

And, Voila!!!  The pieces are completed and installed.

Rubber Pieces

6 June 2012 - I have ordered the rubber components that we need from Lynn Steele.  This will include the little hard rubber bumpers that cushion the door when it closes.  These are little half-round pieces that fit in preformed recesses in the door jambs.