Today was a good day

[1930]

After a long time of trying to figure out what the heck Chrysler did with their numbered wrenches and how they designated them and how their parts numbers corresponded with the parts and the vehicles and with the various parts books most of which say various things I have today finally figured it out. I couldnt be more relieved. There is no such thing as a numbered # 3, and ....well I have worked too hard on this just to give it all away right now. I am compiling all of this information as we speak and then I have to figure out what to do with it all.
Some of this stuff is so simple and makes such good sense in many ways that it just cant be seen right away. Thank-you Rusty since you are the guy that responds most often to my posts and thank-you Noel for having a great web-site such as this and thanks to anyone else that has helped me along especially H.M wrench.  ;D
My two biggest issues now will be finding people that care and the second is finding people that care enough to hear my facts and take anough time to understand it all but its all worth it because i did something that no-one else has in a long time and the people that did it before me are 6 feet underground.

[Papaw]

Sounds like you have the makings of a good write-up going. I bet there are some in the classic car arena that will be happy to see it on the web.
Some of us may be able to help you put it in a proper format for posting somewhere, or as a PDF for readers to see and use.

[kxxr]

So.... I should stop looking for that number 3? Congratulations of figuring it out. I'm sure it's very satisfying. And, we all care. That's why we're here.

[1930]

Quote.....And, we all care..........Its my sense of humor, I have  have to talk with more people than I care too if I want any answers ( begging, pleading and sucking up is part of it as well ) and the majority of them dont have any sense of the point ( a complete waste of time  ) so along the way its better to make a joke about it than get upset. Thanks and by the way the # three is an unmarked 1930 1931 DD-6 and DC-8 cylinder. Its all in the books.
Yes I need to figure out a way to dummy all this down because its so simple that its complicated.

[rusty]

So....do you have a plan B in case I find a numbered 3 wrench? LOL

(Begin rambling)
Writing history is easy , any idiot with a keyboard can make up a lot of useless gibberish, most people will believe it, and hardly anyone will know or care if it is correct.

Writing accurate history is far harder, it takes time, patience, research, and a certain 'I don't give a c*p what everyone else thinks it was' attitude.

And only a small few will appreciate the fact that you got it right....

The internet is making it both easier and harder, easier because information you probably would not have thought of looking for is available, but harder because there are now mountains and mountains of bogus opinion offered as fact to sort through...

But a few will appreciate it, and be thankfull that someone went to the trouble to work it out, and i suppsoe that is the best you can hope for, other than knowing you did what you set out to do.
(end rambling)

Humans are not good with the history thing, I don't know why, we just aren't, we keep doing the same stupid things over and over....
We remember the things that have no real value , and forget the things that matter....
In the grand scheme of things, does it really matter when Elvis's birthday was?
How long did it take to forget the 'War to end all wars'?

*sigh*

[Papaw]

You are so very right, Rusty!

[1930]

One thing that I have always remind myself is do what I do because its what I enjoy doing and not to expect anything from anyone when its done. I truly enjoy all the emotions that come from researching early Dodge Brothers history and these tools have been a blast but I still have a long way to go, I have 28-32 close and dead nuts as it will ever be without someone producing actual photos but I still have a lot of work to do with 33 -39 which is about where I have stopped my collection.

[kxxr]

Writing accurate history is far harder, it takes time, patience, research, and a certain 'I don't give a c*p what everyone else thinks it was' attitude.

And sometimes, even after all of that, we still get it almost right.

You always gotta have that 'grain of salt' handy!
Still, it's a great pass time and has to be more noble than reading comic books or sorting baseball cards. Well maybe not sorting baseball cards. But better than comic books for sure! Just kidding though. It's all good. Hell, I remember when you actually had to drag your ass down to the library if you really wanted to know something uncommon. Remember those? Libraries? Times change, but I hope we always have libraries.
The good thing about the inaccurate posts is that they generally inspire those who know better to share their knowledge. So, in that sense, being wrong can be a good thing.