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soiouz |
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Expert Posts: 3480 Location: Montreal, Canada | I have bought Jeff's (Resurrector) 1958 Dodge Regent Sport Coupe last August, and haven't posted about it in the proper "member's rides" section yet. So today's the day, and the beautiful fall colours in my area are a perfect pretext for a picture introduction. (Colours1.jpg) (Colours2.jpg) (Colours3.jpg) Attachments ---------------- Colours1.jpg (263KB - 292 downloads) Colours2.jpg (213KB - 245 downloads) Colours3.jpg (224KB - 311 downloads) | ||
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Extreme Veteran Posts: 314 | Great pics! | ||
Windsor59 |
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Expert Posts: 2596 Location: Upplands Väsby, Sweden | Super Nice 58 Dodge regent (with Nice color East trees) side sweep like a DeSoto 57 Nice in green/White color Edited by Windsor59 2013-10-14 3:04 PM | ||
d500neil |
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Exner Expert 19,174 posts. Neil passed away 18 Sep 2015. You will be missed, Neil! Posts: 19146 Location: bishop, ca | If you were in SoCal, we could say "Van Nuys" about the pics! | ||
toddst |
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Elite Veteran Posts: 726 Location: Some Island called Prince Edward | DROOL! That's a beautiful car. | ||
The Chrysler Kid |
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Expert Posts: 1384 Location: Ocala, Florida | Great looking car with those trees I would hang that photo on a wall! Great color also! | ||
big m |
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Expert 5K+ Posts: 7807 Location: Williams California | Those are some excellent photos, really highlights the car. ---John | ||
Lancer Mike |
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Location: The Mile High City | Thanks for sharing the pictures, David - and congratulations on owning the car! beautiful on all accounts! | ||
wizard |
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Board Moderator & Exner Expert 10K+ Posts: 13050 Location: Southern Sweden - Sturkö island | Mighty fine photos! Thanks' for sharing! | ||
soiouz |
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Expert Posts: 3480 Location: Montreal, Canada | Not many days left before the car will be stored for winter. Another couple of pics taken today: | ||
FIN ME |
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Expert Posts: 2788 Location: USA - KY | Gorgeous car in beautiful surroundings! Thanks, David! | ||
Resurrector |
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The Regent is looking awesome, David! I have heard of the spectacular fall colour in eastern Canada. It's a funny feeling looking at her now, brings back many fond memories of cruising with her | |||
Chrys 68 |
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Elite Veteran Posts: 673 Location: Malung, SWEDEN | Beautiful pictures of an interesting and different car. | ||
soiouz |
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Expert Posts: 3480 Location: Montreal, Canada | I have created an album in the Albums section of this forum, to post more pics of the car, and to eventually post pics of the restoration work I'll be doing to it, as time, budget and parts availability allow. | ||
Doctor DeSoto |
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Location: Parts Unknown | What are the proper wheelcovers for a Regent ... the ones in the top photos, or the ones in the bottom ? I sure like the look of the ones in the bottom photos better. The uppers look like a 71 Pontiac or similar ... not real 50's looking. | ||
grunau |
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Extreme Veteran Posts: 444 Location: North of the 49th | Hi The ones in the Bottom photos are correct for a Canadian built Dodge, the ones in the Upper photos are Canadian '58 Plymouth wheel covers ....I know I own one thats completely original. | ||
soiouz |
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Expert Posts: 3480 Location: Montreal, Canada | grunau - 2013-11-23 5:15 PM Hi The ones in the Bottom photos are correct for a Canadian built Dodge, the ones in the Upper photos are Canadian '58 Plymouth wheel covers ....I know I own one thats completely original. Exactly!! I had here a nice set of the canadian 58 Plymouth wheel covers and put them on it when I got the car, but I went back to the original Dodge wheel covers after a couple of weeks. The Dodge wheel covers will remain. Grunau, I'd love to see pics of your Plymouth! Edited by soiouz 2013-11-23 5:21 PM | ||
Mayfair |
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Veteran Posts: 128 Location: Bavaria, Germany | Beautiful car! Maybe the nicest Plodge I ever spotted on the web. Magnifique!!! Why does she have the rear view mirror in the middle of the dash, like a 1957? Did Chrysler Canada use leftover stock from the last year? | ||
d500neil |
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Exner Expert 19,174 posts. Neil passed away 18 Sep 2015. You will be missed, Neil! Posts: 19146 Location: bishop, ca | The Dodge wheel covers look ,much better than do the Plymouth 'covers. That is a beautiful ride. | ||
VAN HELSING |
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Elite Veteran Posts: 982 Location: Upper Hunter NSW Australia | ... When I saw the first pics with the sunset on the car it looked like it was painted in a gold-ish/copper like color.......at least it was on my monitor that is ........ I was very surprised when I scrolled down to see it was a green color !!! Absolutely love that car and those amazing pics, love 'em !! !!!!!!!!! .... .. | ||
soiouz |
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Expert Posts: 3480 Location: Montreal, Canada | Thanks a lot for the good words! Yeah, the low autumn sunlight makes for beautiful photos! | ||
Doctor DeSoto |
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Location: Parts Unknown | When will you start the Christine clone conversion ? | ||
soiouz |
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Expert Posts: 3480 Location: Montreal, Canada | Doctor DeSoto - 2013-12-18 2:58 PM When will you start the Christine clone conversion ? As soon as you finish putting a floor shifter in your DeSoto!... ...Oh, wait. You ARE going to put a floor shifter in your DeSoto!! Seriously, though, I like Christines as much as the other guy, but this car will eventually go back to original in green and yellow, with black and white interior, Savoy sportone and Dodge front clip and script and as such, is as much un-Christine as a car with this body-style can be, and it will remain so for as long as it belongs to me. Just my personal taste and the opinion that a rare car like this (around 1600 made and not many left) should be preserved as the unique Canadian oddity it is. Edited by soiouz 2013-12-18 5:22 PM | ||
soiouz |
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Expert Posts: 3480 Location: Montreal, Canada | Mayfair - 2013-12-16 4:39 PM Beautiful car! Maybe the nicest Plodge I ever spotted on the web. Magnifique!!! Why does she have the rear view mirror in the middle of the dash, like a 1957? Did Chrysler Canada use leftover stock from the last year? Thanks a lot! The 57 rearview mirror is not original and was installed by the former owner. As soon as I find the three dash edge moldings to replace the ones damaged by the 57 mirror, I'll put the mirror back in its original 58 location, on the dash. | ||
reed.bradzsavoytoy57 |
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Veteran Posts: 245 Location: Lewisville, TX. | Good choice! I am keeping mine as original as possible. | ||
Doctor DeSoto |
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Location: Parts Unknown | Being a Canuck, the novelty of the unique Canadian hybrid model has to be special. Although I must say this attitude was not the case in the 80's and 90's, .... at least in western Canada. Back then, it was all about max bling and those guys were all bugging me for U.S. models and talking trash about the Canuck cars. Your car is exceptional in having a nice level of flash, yet being a little conservative with the green color. Smartly understated. I find the more upright angle of the front fender forward lean to be odd looking, but I am used to the Plymouth nose. I love my ugly green sedan for being the anti-Christine. Flash has it's place (I have a DeSoto for that), but I like the quaint charm of the green and lack of accent color. Like you guys, mine remain about as dead stock as I can make it. My only mod was to remove the back up light "billboard" and finish the valance to match. O/W, it will look as if the Forest Service just took delivery of their new fleet of 58 Plymouths. | ||
FIN ME |
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Expert Posts: 2788 Location: USA - KY | I lived in Vancouver in the 80's...never heard any trash talk about the Canadian models coming from myself or from anyone else. Soiouz - do you ever make it to any shows or events in the northern USA? I'm sure many of us would love to see your beautiful car in person some day. We hope to make it to a few Canadian events some day in the future, so who knows, maybe we'll see ya there! | ||
soiouz |
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Expert Posts: 3480 Location: Montreal, Canada | FIN ME - 2013-12-19 4:06 PM I lived in Vancouver in the 80's...never heard any trash talk about the Canadian models coming from myself or from anyone else. Soiouz - do you ever make it to any shows or events in the northern USA? I'm sure many of us would love to see your beautiful car in person some day. We hope to make it to a few Canadian events some day in the future, so who knows, maybe we'll see ya there! :) I'm just old enough to remember some car shows from the 1980's and early 1990's and I have to say Doc is right. I remember very clearly people saying things like "it's nice, but it's just a Canadian car"... or "no one wants a Canadian model, it's best to use it for parts".. To be fair, though, that was also true of Meteors and Monarchs, for example, and the finned Mopars in general, canadian or not. I've personaly witnessed the change of opinion about these cars in the last 12 years, max. Now, they've even become very popular and every event I go to, people come up to me and congratulate me on preserving such a rare car. People always tell me how they're glad to see one of these, as so few seem to have survived. As for going to shows in the northern US, that's in the plans next summer, yes. I'll most probably go to Stowe, Vermont, amongst others. Edited by soiouz 2013-12-19 5:38 PM | ||
Doctor DeSoto |
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Location: Parts Unknown | I did a big chunk of my parts business with Canucks, and they were all there for the same reason, they wanted U.S. model cars and parts. I guess the guys looking for Canadian model cars weren't going to waste their time in the states looking for them, eh ? !!! I never saw a change of attitude towards the export models until I joined this site .... about 2001 ? Edited by Doctor DeSoto 2013-12-19 6:05 PM | ||
d500neil |
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Exner Expert 19,174 posts. Neil passed away 18 Sep 2015. You will be missed, Neil! Posts: 19146 Location: bishop, ca | I just had a horrible thought: a Canadian Christine! Say it ain't so. | ||
FIN ME |
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Expert Posts: 2788 Location: USA - KY | Just sayin' - I myself, never heard any preference for "American" models over the "Canadian" models coming from Canadians during my travels. Not sure if I hung out with a completely different set of folks than did you guys, but that's the reality of my past experience, so not much I can do about it now. Just as one example, folks used to lust after my dad's old '64 Meteor way back in the day; he could've sold that car many times over. Still wish I had that car, darnitall, but it is long gone, unfortunately. Soiouz, we are really going to try to get to more northern shows in the next year or two, so hopefully we will be able to get to meet up with you and your beautiful car some day soon! LOL, Neil. Now that you mention it, I have seen the Christine tribute cars at shows in Canada...mysterious beasts...always popular with the crowds. Hmmmm...Neil, I wonder how the Canadian Christines would do away with people? Maybe force them to learn the metric system?! Aughhhh! | ||
Mayfair |
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Veteran Posts: 128 Location: Bavaria, Germany | soiouz - 2013-12-18 10:05 PM Mayfair - 2013-12-16 4:39 PM Beautiful car! Maybe the nicest Plodge I ever spotted on the web. Magnifique!!! Why does she have the rear view mirror in the middle of the dash, like a 1957? Did Chrysler Canada use leftover stock from the last year? Thanks a lot! The 57 rearview mirror is not original and was installed by the former owner. As soon as I find the three dash edge moldings to replace the ones damaged by the 57 mirror, I'll put the mirror back in its original 58 location, on the dash. Thank you for the information. Do you have a clue why the former owner did this modification? | ||
LD3 Greg |
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Expert Posts: 1906 Location: Ontario, Canada | I don't think these were just Chrysler Can. As I recall, lots of them were built in Newark and Detroit bound for export anywhere. Greg | ||
soiouz |
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Expert Posts: 3480 Location: Montreal, Canada | Mayfair - 2013-12-20 3:16 PM soiouz - 2013-12-18 10:05 PM Mayfair - 2013-12-16 4:39 PM Beautiful car! Maybe the nicest Plodge I ever spotted on the web. Magnifique!!! Why does she have the rear view mirror in the middle of the dash, like a 1957? Did Chrysler Canada use leftover stock from the last year? Thanks a lot! The 57 rearview mirror is not original and was installed by the former owner. As soon as I find the three dash edge moldings to replace the ones damaged by the 57 mirror, I'll put the mirror back in its original 58 location, on the dash. Thank you for the information. Do you have a clue why the former owner did this modification? I don't know why, and he must have really wanted to do it because it took a lot of effort to modify the moldings at the top edge of the dash, and plug the whole where the 58 mirror would be on the dash panel.. He's a member here so maybe he'll chime in to explain it. It must have been a simple matter of personnal taste, I guess. | ||
soiouz |
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Expert Posts: 3480 Location: Montreal, Canada | LD3 Greg - 2013-12-20 4:07 PM I don't think these were just Chrysler Can. As I recall, lots of them were built in Newark and Detroit bound for export anywhere. Greg You are right about so-called "Plodges" that were available in all the markets except the US. But Mayfair/Regent/Crusader were unique to Canada. Everywhere else, they were called Kingsway. That's why I was saying that this Dodge Regent was a unique Canadian oddity. | ||
Doctor DeSoto |
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Location: Parts Unknown | Say that three times ! "Unique Canadian oddity, unique Canadian oddity, unique Canadian oddity" !!!! | ||
Chrycoman |
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Expert Posts: 1819 Location: Vancouver, BC | LD3 Greg - 2013-12-20 4:07 PM I don't think these were just Chrysler Can. As I recall, lots of them were built in Newark and Detroit bound for export anywhere. Greg Built at Lynch Road in Detroit, Evansville and (except 1955) Windsor for export all over the world, even Hawaii before it became a state. First Plodge was in 1932 - Plymouth PB with a Dodge design front end by at Lynch Road. Next Plodge was the DT built at Windsor - Plymouth PE with the short Dodge DR front clip and end and instrument panel. 1935 brought the DV, built at Lynch Road and Windsor. The Kingsway name was adopted for 1946. Replaced by the Dodge Dart for 1960, built for export at Hamtramck and Windsor. The Canadian Plodge came in two series from 1936 through 1941 while the US Plodge was in one series during that period, offering all Plymouth body styles, including 13 4-door convertibles in 1939. | ||
soiouz |
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Expert Posts: 3480 Location: Montreal, Canada | A year later, the car has changed a lot! I updated my photo album here: http://www.forwardlook.net/forums/photos/photo-thumbnails.asp?album... | ||
SaratogaFan |
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Veteran Posts: 149 Location: Iowa | Really beautiful car! Congrats David. | ||
60 Imp |
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Location: North Australia | That is a super looking Dodge. Well done with your back to original restoration efforts. If only Chrysler had sent these to Australia . We missed out on the coups here in Aussie. I have not heard or seen of any FL coups imported here back in the day. Steve. | ||
soiouz |
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Expert Posts: 3480 Location: Montreal, Canada | Thanks a lot guys! | ||
soiouz |
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Expert Posts: 3480 Location: Montreal, Canada | Time for another update. Many new pics in my album: http://forwardlook.net/forums/photos/photo-thumbnails.asp?albumid=4... | ||
jimntempe |
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Expert Posts: 2312 Location: Arizona | Love the dog in the back seat! | ||
soiouz |
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Expert Posts: 3480 Location: Montreal, Canada | jimntempe - 2015-01-20 6:57 PM Love the dog in the back seat! She loves to ride in the old car too! In fact, the 58 is the only one of our cars the dog is not afraid to ride into. | ||
soiouz |
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Expert Posts: 3480 Location: Montreal, Canada | Another update in the photo album, as I finally came 'round to restore and install original headliner panels in my car. Here is my photo album: http://www.forwardlook.net/forums/photos/photo-thumbnails.asp?album... The headliner is not perfect, as the panels I found were not perfect to start with, but it is way, way better than the glossy white roughly cut plastic panels that were in the car when I got it. For good measure, I'll start with a "before" pic. (58resized250_021.jpg) (IMG_3151.jpg) (IMG_3149.jpg) (IMG_3157.jpg) (IMG_3155.jpg) Attachments ---------------- 58resized250_021.jpg (72KB - 195 downloads) IMG_3151.jpg (179KB - 215 downloads) IMG_3149.jpg (174KB - 212 downloads) IMG_3157.jpg (189KB - 205 downloads) IMG_3155.jpg (228KB - 200 downloads) | ||
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