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55 Dodge Conv at the Jim Gauthier Heritage Automotive Museum
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Burnemup
Posted 2010-03-19 11:33 AM (#214669)
Subject: 55 Dodge Conv at the Jim Gauthier Heritage Automotive Museum



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Does anyone know about the 55 Dodge CRL Convertable at the Jim Gauthier Heritage Automotive Museum in Winnipeg, Canada? Is the suspension stock or altered? It looks lowered to me.

Thanks,

Ernie Baily



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57burb
Posted 2010-03-19 11:35 AM (#214670 - in reply to #214669)
Subject: RE: 55 Dodge Conv at the Jim Gauthier Heritage Automotive Museum



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Location: DFW, TX		That is either very worn stock springs, or something has been intentionally modified to lower the car. It is certainly lower than stock.

That said, it has a perfect stance-
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B/G 61
Posted 2010-03-19 12:06 PM (#214676 - in reply to #214670)
Subject: RE: 55 Dodge Conv at the Jim Gauthier Heritage Automotive Museum



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57burb - 2010-03-19 11:35 AM

It is certainly lower than stock.



You are right -absolutely lowered -
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JERSEYBOB
Posted 2010-03-19 1:26 PM (#214685 - in reply to #214669)
Subject: Re: 55 Dodge Conv at the Jim Gauthier Heritage Automotive Museum



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Posted 2010-03-19 2:33 PM (#214704 - in reply to #214669)
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Location: Heaven Above (Formerly Oklahoma City,OK)		Absent the addition of lowering blocks on the rear and cutting the coiil springs in front, how can I make my '55 sit like that?

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JERSEYBOB
Posted 2010-03-19 2:40 PM (#214705 - in reply to #214704)
Subject: Re: 55 Dodge Conv at the Jim Gauthier Heritage Automotive Museum



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Posted 2010-03-19 3:24 PM (#214716 - in reply to #214669)
Subject: Re: 55 Dodge Conv at the Jim Gauthier Heritage Automotive Museum


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Location: New Jersey		Earnie---The back end sure looks lowered----too much sitting? My '56 Dodge convertible sits like that in the front and maybe a couple of inches higher in the back. The car is a D500 and is supposed to sit lower; but I couldn't tell you the specs off-hand between '55 and '56, with the '56 D-500 thrown in. Smarter people here will give that info. What a beautiful color combination on that '55. Even the steering wheel reflects the color from the saddle down. I might need a paint job----Hm-m-m-m-----Fred

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55CRL
Posted 2010-03-19 3:35 PM (#214722 - in reply to #214669)
Subject: RE: 55 Dodge Conv at the Jim Gauthier Heritage Automotive Museum



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Location: Magra, Sweden		This 'vert is absolutely gorgeous but compared to mine it must be lowered.




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old mopar guy
Posted 2010-03-19 5:27 PM (#214740 - in reply to #214669)
Subject: Re: 55 Dodge Conv at the Jim Gauthier Heritage Automotive Museum



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Location: new york		That car is great and so is yours "55crl" , When Chrysler photographed the FL car they strapped them and weighed them down so they looked lower and longer!
love those 55's!!! HAPPY MOTORING! Victor..
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d500neil
Posted 2010-03-19 5:37 PM (#214743 - in reply to #214740)
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Posted 2010-03-20 11:30 AM (#214846 - in reply to #214743)
Subject: Re: 55 Dodge Conv at the Jim Gauthier Heritage Automotive Museum



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Some interesting shots may be posted by Sir Clive, soon....






POSTED FOR NEIL D500
Well, this car does not have a standard 1955 Dodge
color, but, it appears to have something akin to a certain
1956 Dodge Custom-scheme!

As the 55's have been under-appreciated, of late,
here's some photos, from the Archives, showing a
couple-few 55 Dodges, and how they sit on their
chassis.



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Rebels-59
Posted 2010-03-20 11:31 AM (#214848 - in reply to #214846)
Subject: Re: 55 Dodge Conv at the Jim Gauthier Heritage Automotive Museum



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55CRL
Posted 2010-03-20 12:01 PM (#214855 - in reply to #214669)
Subject: RE: 55 Dodge Conv at the Jim Gauthier Heritage Automotive Museum



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Location: Magra, Sweden		A cartoon from 1955 featuring Roy Rogers and the man from Dodge City.
This car is pictured as low as the Conv at the Jim Gauthier Heritage Automotive Museum.

Edited by 55CRL 2010-03-20 12:04 PM




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d500neil
Posted 2010-03-20 2:18 PM (#214898 - in reply to #214669)
Subject: Re: 55 Dodge Conv at the Jim Gauthier Heritage Automotive Museum



Exner Expert 19,174 posts. Neil passed away 18 Sep 2015. You will be missed, Neil!

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Location: bishop, ca		...as are virtually all of the cars in the photos that Clive posted above here....thanks, Clive.

Advertising artwork , as John Samsen has pointed out, will always show a car to be as long and as low as possible.






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55CRL
Posted 2010-03-20 6:00 PM (#214933 - in reply to #214669)
Subject: Re: 55 Dodge Conv at the Jim Gauthier Heritage Automotive Museum



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Location: Magra, Sweden		...and it was the advertising that made the previous owner paint the rims pink instead of eggshell white.
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d500neil
Posted 2010-03-20 8:03 PM (#214958 - in reply to #214669)
Subject: Re: 55 Dodge Conv at the Jim Gauthier Heritage Automotive Museum



Exner Expert 19,174 posts. Neil passed away 18 Sep 2015. You will be missed, Neil!

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Location: bishop, ca		..That is very-true, for the 57 Dodges, too!

They only came with Eggshell wheels, unless there were dog-dish hubcaps installed, but, the '57 advertising is replete
with multi-hued wheels on the various cars, so, it's open-season for the 57's to have 'painted' wheels.

Alas, none of the '58(+?) advertisements showed body-colored wheels in them.

The worst part of the Eggshell wheels is that they make the white walls look hugely-wide.




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55CRL
Posted 2010-03-21 5:03 AM (#215005 - in reply to #214669)
Subject: RE: 55 Dodge Conv at the Jim Gauthier Heritage Automotive Museum



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Location: Magra, Sweden		A collision pic of a pretty new car in another thread show clearly how the Dodge wheel was painted in 1956, center is black and outer rim is white.




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