I'm glad you said something, I sort of forgot about it this year. I'll have to check the calendar and get back to you. I'll say something to Ryan too. We enjoyed it last year. - Apparently my other friends (Rick ) will not be attending! haha

Rick can be happy / grumpy at the same time whilst enjoying his car in the garage while working on projects around the house.

We can have a blast at the show in union bridge. Tell Ryan he can even bring some newish non MōPar thing that he is currently driving and plans to flip in the next 6 weeks.
Then lets all go and get peach milkshakes!

I will probably toss the bike on top and go to the C & O Towpath sat night or Sun. morning for a few hours too!

Greg

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Peach milkshakes? That changes everything!

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12.70 @ 104.6

I thought so!!

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9/11/25:

When I bought this car, the previous owner had upsized the wheels from the original 13" x 4" wheels to a mix of 340 swinger sized 14" x 1/2" wheel and some 14" x 4 1/2" wheels.

I got 2 more of the 14" x 5 1/2" wheels, bead blasted them and got my local paint shop to "camera" the paint to get a Match for PPG.

I just got the 2 wheels back from the painter, semigloss on the back with color on the front. Now all 4 wheels match in width.




5 1/2" wheel Left and 4 1/2" wheel on the Right:



While My Daughter was at band rehearsal tonight, I drove on over to the shop, and swapped the tires from the narrow rims to the newly painted rims.
I also was able to install new TR413 Valve stems and Toss the wheels on the balancer for a static balance.




First scratches with the wheel gun and poppin' the dogdish on for the first time makes me all warm 'n fuzzy inside.

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Looks great, Greg! 5.5" will be a much better width for those tires. I remember doing that upgrade back in about 1989 and was very happy with the results. Wider is better!

Lou

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I believe I still have some Wider ~7" AL wheels for the SBP from my '69 dart (only 2) , but they are still in 14" diameter I think. I might just like to experiment with some other options but keep these wheels / tires for looks.

I would like to throw some 225 50 15 or possibly 235 50 / 55/ 15's on as they have waay better UHP tire selection than the 215-70-14's that are currently on the car. Those oddball (nowadays) tires are usually relegated to the clearance rack and always all season tires with poor tread wear and grip.

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10/13/25:

I got some small things done on the wagon that I have been meaning to get to. First, I removed the residual pressure valves that I installed on the front and rear brake lines. I tricked myself into thinking that I needed them when in reality I did not!!!??!
When I rebuilt the rotors and calipers a few years back, I took the old K-H 4 piston rotors to the local Parts store to get cut. Most places do not even have a brake lathe any longer, so I was happy to find a local place that does. THey cut rotrs for me before with no issues.
I got them cut and installed on the car. Then I had this mystery low pedal issue after I got the car all sorted and together... If I pumped the pedal, I got a good, hard pedal, but every time, no matter how much I bled the brake,s it was soft again.

I thought it was some master cylinder or residual pressure valve issue, so I replaced the MC... no good, same issue.. Then I added additional inline RPV's..... - no good, same issue - so then I measured runout on the Rotors I had cut.

WOW!! They were really @^*#&^ bad!
They gave me a little brake shimmy, but they were also knocking the front pads off the rotor surface so far that I had to give it a few pumps to knock the pads back out every time. This was a new one for me. I also think that brake shimmy with a non-flat rotor feels more pronounced with floating calipers vs fixed calipers?

Who knows, but I put new flat rotors on, and that solved my low/soft pedal. I just finally got around to getting rid of the valves in the lines. The pedal still feels good and has less shoe and pad drag when the car is being driven.

I also realized that it is time to change the oil, which I will do today.
We took the car to the Ligonier Days Festival and parked at my wife's aunt's house. It was a good day for a trip and a visit.
I am also still fine-tuning my Primary Jet / Rod and Spring Combination for best performance and MPG.

Getting ready for a fine western Maryland Mountain trip here at the end of the month to the Open House at Vintage Restorations LTD. in Union Bridge, MD.

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