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Doctor DeSoto |
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Location: Parts Unknown | Well, "good looking" is a matter of interpretation ! laugh: ... but yes, it has come a long way. It is a few K away from finish paint, then we can do the interior and hang the trim and it will be the embarrassment of the civilized world again ! I am reminded of a snooty little b!tch friend of my sister, who pitched a royal fit over her mother picking her up from school is a very decently preserved 67 Firebird convertible because her friends might see her in or near it. She repeatedly pitched the same fit over the moss on the roof of their home, lest her friends see that and associate her with the kind of scum that allows moss to grow on their roof (?) What would that sweet little princess think of my Plaza ? | ||
garrettwilson30 |
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Veteran Posts: 121 Location: bossier city, louisiana | Lol!! Have you come to a final decision on the interior? | ||
Powerflite |
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Expert 5K+ Posts: 9729 Location: So. Cal | There was a '70 Barracuda for sale not too long ago that was going for $2000. It looked TERRIBLE. The roof was smashed in, the front end had been in multiple fender benders, the doors were bent, and the whole car leaned to one side a little with parts barely hanging on etc. Looked like it had been to hell and back, and someone was obviously still driving while it was in bad shape because that kind of damage doesn't occur all at once. I was seriously considering purchasing it to get it running, make the windshield work and drive it to car shows - as is. I would call it "Shaker". Park next to all the $200k hemicudas and hang out with the E-body crowd. They would have loved me. It would have been worth it just for the reactions. I wonder if they would end up sueing me for loss of property value. Edited by Powerflite 2013-11-30 12:12 AM | ||
Doctor DeSoto |
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Location: Parts Unknown | We call those "Mad Max" cars in my circles. The interior is all purchased and ready to assemble ... fabrics, door panels, floor mats, instrument cluster, steering wheel. Look back in this thread and you'll see all the goodies. | ||
henricthornsund |
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Location: Sweden | Nice work, Brent. Are you going to run blackwall custom super cushions and doggies on her? | ||
Doctor DeSoto |
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Location: Parts Unknown | Yes, Sir ! 4 doors, Buzzard Puke Green paint, no side trim, no mirrors, body colored wheels, blackwall Super Cushions, and dog dishies ! | ||
henricthornsund |
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Location: Sweden | Thats very cool! Your car reminds me of the first 58 i hunted, same specs as yours only in belvedere form, i passed on the deal. I do regret it though, as it would have been a nice complement to my convertible, i can only imagine the sight of them two parked next to each other at my driveway keep up the good work! see link: http://hasselsvensson.se/Plymouth%20bilar/58/pl58_36.htm | ||
Doctor DeSoto |
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Location: Parts Unknown | I look forward to having the DeSoto and Plymouth parked side-by-side in the shop for that same reason, ... bookending the top shelf and bottom-of-the-barrel offerings one might have found at their friendly DeSoto-Plymouth dealer in 1958. One probably occupied a turntable in the center of the showroom floor, the other held a cramped spot in the back corner of the lot, waiting for Felix Frugal to come in. | ||
1960DesotoAdventurer |
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Expert Posts: 3588 Location: Plymouth Spaceport | Just came back to look at this thread again. I love your Plaza Doc! can't wait to see the pictures of the finished product in all it's sickly puke green glory. I'm sure you're dying to be able to tool around town in her. Hope you'll have her done soon. | ||
56royaldodge |
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Account deactivated by owner's request Location: On this barrel | I just farted AGIAN | ||
Doctor DeSoto |
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Location: Parts Unknown | While I keep applying for jobs and interviewing, hoping to land something so I can unleash funds to finish the car, our boy Robt. just seems to suffer with an endless bout of intestinal issues. | ||
1960DesotoAdventurer |
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Expert Posts: 3588 Location: Plymouth Spaceport | Too bad there isn't money in that type of "gas",he'd be a rich man...er,Vulcan. :laugh: Hope you land something good soon Doc. | ||
soiouz |
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Expert Posts: 3480 Location: Montreal, Canada | What's happening with this green beauty, doc? | ||
Doctor DeSoto |
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Location: Parts Unknown | Not much. Took a trip out to see the car and retrieve a part for a member here, and saw it is in primer and fairly close to paint. But with the job search in stall mode, it is just waiting. | ||
57Kelii |
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Elite Veteran Posts: 695 Location: Los Angeles, California | Another 5 months have passed? Good news I hope Reminds me of the highly anticipated build of John's "Rusty" now "Toothless" | ||
Doctor DeSoto |
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Location: Parts Unknown | While the car is still just kinda "sitting" we ordered weatherstripping for the doors and trunk and are gearing up to finish the paint and begin reassembly. The big push right now is to finish my shop and the current goal is to take the project to the 2nd floor decking and lay down a membrane roof layer to keep the wet out before the snow flies. With the place weathered-in, I can focus on other stuff. | ||
big m |
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Expert 5K+ Posts: 7810 Location: Williams California | Thanks for the update, Doc! ---John | ||
Doctor DeSoto |
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Location: Parts Unknown | With my head buried in the construction of the new building, I gave up on posting much to my favorite forums. I am currently framing in the complicated stuff around the staircase and tower support before I can deck it and call it "game over" for the season. The 2nd floor and roof are going to be complicated stick-builds too, and I will dedicate next spring/summer to finishing it all the way up. What I am really looking forward to right now is a sealed up building that can be heated, even if in one section, so I can farkle about with my projects during the cold months. | ||
soiouz |
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Expert Posts: 3480 Location: Montreal, Canada | I miss following this car's restoration. | ||
Doctor DeSoto |
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Location: Parts Unknown | I brought the car home last fall and just a few weeks ago jockeyed it into a longer term storage area where it can be worked on if I wish. I need to get the parts pile organized for long term storage so I don't lose anything, but it is home and good to see every day. I have made a priority list of major projects and currently restoring the gutted upstairs bathroom holds the top spot, followed by framing the 2nd floor of the front half of the shop and weathering it in as a finished structure. Those two things done, I will be free to detail finish the shop, work on the cars at will, or whatever I want. With the shop heated and nice inside, I get all winter to play out there with the wrenches and welder, putting my cars back in order. I began the final demolition of the old bathroom today. I hope to have it done by the end of June so I can begin the work on the shop. I want that done by the time the snow flies this November. | ||
soiouz |
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Expert Posts: 3480 Location: Montreal, Canada | Doctor DeSoto - 2016-04-10 11:17 PM I brought the car home last fall and just a few weeks ago jockeyed it into a longer term storage area where it can be worked on if I wish. I need to get the parts pile organized for long term storage so I don't lose anything, but it is home and good to see every day. I have made a priority list of major projects and currently restoring the gutted upstairs bathroom holds the top spot, followed by framing the 2nd floor of the front half of the shop and weathering it in as a finished structure. Those two things done, I will be free to detail finish the shop, work on the cars at will, or whatever I want. With the shop heated and nice inside, I get all winter to play out there with the wrenches and welder, putting my cars back in order. I began the final demolition of the old bathroom today. I hope to have it done by the end of June so I can begin the work on the shop. I want that done by the time the snow flies this November. Great! It sounds like you got a lot of irons in the fire! Keep us posted! | ||
Doctor DeSoto |
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Location: Parts Unknown | It's called "being SERIOUSLY over-extended" !!! But a plan and a little discipline and we'll pull this through to a good place. | ||
firedome |
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Expert Posts: 3155 Location: NY & VT | I have no doubt you'll get her done, and done well. Then the fun begins! I wish I had a heated shop, we do have nat gas, I need one 'o them Hot Dawg things. | ||
Doctor DeSoto |
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Location: Parts Unknown | The wifeperson sees all this as hopelessly beyond reach. I see it as having a vault full of all the right stuff to fuss with when I retire (or sooner). The alternative would be what ? NOT having all the right stuff and still working on getting my shop and life together ? | ||
firedome |
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Expert Posts: 3155 Location: NY & VT | That 'Flite oughta keep you busy for awhile! But if ANY car was ever worth the time & effort it's that one. | ||
Doctor DeSoto |
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Location: Parts Unknown | The weather has turned, and I could not hold myself back any longer. I gutted out the bathroom and attic space beyond, built a new support system under the west side rafters, and cut off all the collar ties to leave the roof ready to remove. I then jumped up top and cut the roof section loose from the rest, before pulling a giant construction tarp over the whole thing. I will remove the shingles, vents, and skylight and dispense to the dump, then cut the wood structure away to make way for the full height walls and clerestory roof/windows. Windows are ordered, so once framed they should arrive to ready sided walls and the whole thing will look good from the exterior. We'll leave that project at that for the summer and move to finish the shop before the snow flies. I can finish the bath interior in the indoor comfort when the weather sours. With the shop all buttoned up, I can then look to really working on the cars again. | ||
hemidenis |
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Expert Posts: 3896 Location: Northen Virginia | Having cars it is everyone goal, but a building a shop to work on car is the real holy grail... | ||
Doctor DeSoto |
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Location: Parts Unknown | So true. Having the right tools for the job (whatever that is) makes doing the job so much easier. Working on our cars out in the dirt can be a PITA, nevermind how much extra effort it takes. I acknowledge this gratitude every time I work in the front half with the concrete floor and heat. What a blessing. I am also grateful for Arne telling me why Swedes restore old fin cars ... something about a good shop and having something to do all winter to enjoy in the summer. I had not quite connected the dots on that "good shop" part until he said that. It makes the "work" part of messing with old cars fun instead of a chore. | ||
Powerflite |
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Expert 5K+ Posts: 9729 Location: So. Cal | Unfortunately, it looks like I will be doing the same thing this year. I can't take another summer of working in the sun so I will need to postpone car activity to pour cement and put up a car port. As Marvin the martian says, "Delays delays....." | ||
Doctor DeSoto |
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Location: Parts Unknown | LOL .... most guys are building shops to stay out of the rain or snowdrifts ! You will be much happier when you can work in a pleasant work place. Why a carport ? Won't you have every crackhead trying to help themselves to your goodies and every kitty/dog in the county trying to piss on your projects ? | ||
Powerflite |
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Expert 5K+ Posts: 9729 Location: So. Cal | It is all that is allowed because of it's proximity to the road, and it is actually better for this climate. You want the air flow to keep it cool, you just need shade from the sun. Shade temperatures are actually pretty nice, but direct rays from the Southern sun are brutal. But I won't be storing anything there, just the cars themselves. | ||
Doctor DeSoto |
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Location: Parts Unknown | Roger that. I came home last night and put in a couple hours carefully pulling the roofing off and loading it in neat stacks on my Model T truck. We'll make a dump run when it is all down. Got about half of it peeled before it got too dark to work, but not before smashing a finger with the nail bar, feeling around to get the bar on the nail head. As this relates to the Forward Look, I have two primary historical interests ... "Atomic" 50's era stuff (not just cars) and the 1860-1920-ish "steam era" Americana. As it has worked out, the house is slowly becoming 1958, while the shop will the centerpiece of the older stuff. Afterall, a 1958 car looks perfectly fine in a 1920's shop, but a Victorian table looks all wrong in a George Jetson house, right ? I am holding off with changing the counter and shower tile in the downstairs bath until I have the upstairs one done, but otherwise, it is something that would make Neil proud. The upstairs bath is a bare canvas that is being built especially for that final look. 2/12 canted roof, clerestory windows up high. The whole design centered on a photo the wife- person found several years ago of a free-floating vanity counter, and we have slowly been accumulating "parts" to put it all together. The toilet and sink/s are 1958 Briggs in "aqua". I will do much of the trim in light finished wood. The flooring is a wonderful speckled vinyl that looks like barf. Shower will be done in an as-yet undetermined tile to match the aqua fixtures. And in the process of moving these into the house, that means I get them OUT of the shop ... yippee !!! | ||
58coupe |
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Expert Posts: 1741 Location: Alaska | Boy Doc, what does your wife think about all your "changes" to the house? | ||
Doctor DeSoto |
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Location: Parts Unknown | She's the one pushing for it ! After I finished this lamp, she's gone off the deep end again ! (atomiclamp1.jpg) Attachments ---------------- atomiclamp1.jpg (89KB - 721 downloads) | ||
b5rt |
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Expert Posts: 2519 Location: central Illinois | I got to thinking about your Buzzard and looked up this thread, then noticed the date of the last entry. 5 years ago. Since then I got my 60 done and have been reminiscing about the restoration. My tiny 2 car garage was about as small an area as I'd choose to restore a car. The garage has got a good roof, concrete floor and basic electrics with finished walls and average lighting. But there's enough room to move around with the door open. I still don't have room for a proper work bench. People ask how long it took to restore the Adventurer and I say 6 total with 1.5 waiting on the body/painter to pull his head out. There's no heat and it's not deep enough to do much so I pretty much just work on it from mid April to Oct. My R/T deserves a proper restoration but it's a good driver fun car till then. I just have to wrap my mind around tearing into another lengthy resto, and if I'm not focused on the end product I know it could go off the rails. I'm not on here as much as I used to but enjoyed reading about and seeing the pictures of your car. Hoping the house and workshop are coming along. | ||
60 Imp |
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Location: North Australia | This thread started over a decade ago, that old green Plymouth would be plugging a ditch somewhere by now? Steve. | ||
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