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Location: Montreal, Canada | 58WindsorDartline - 2008-09-11 9:33 AM
Hi All !
As you can see I am new to this forum, had i look'ed a little up on this page i woul have seen that it was You "Chopper John" who had the picture, and that i have a fellow Sierra man on the look fore parts, are yours also a 9 pass. Spectator "Catman" ?
You mention a fellow Sierra man. I taught it was one of your friend. Sorry if I misread you.
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Location: Hinnerup, Jylland (Jutland), Denmark | It is ok Catman, you where the fellow Sierra man
Because i'm the one with the Sierra, I have a 1959 Dodge Sierra Spectator 9 Passenger stw., which lead me to this, the bracket and retainer you show on the picture, ore rather on the insertet picture are not for the 2 seat, it's to lean the back of the 3 seat against in a Spectator.
I also have a 1958 Chrysler Windsor 2 door hardtop, with the rare spring option "Dartline" moulding, but unfortunaly this car need a total restauration, an it need a lot of parts. |
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Location: Montreal, Canada | DUH !!!!
Cool,
What I am looking for is the bracket and retainer to hold the second seat in place.
I would love to see pictures of your car. I will post picture of my car pretty soon because I am moving the car to my friend's dry storage, I will document the event and will post it here.
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Location: Florida | Torben- since I wrote in this thread last time, I brought what was left of the 1958 Windsor four-door hardtop up to my friend Tim (TNLOWRIDER) in Tennessee. I know he has removed the perfect grille and some other parts he is willing to sell. You will need to contact him at this point. I removed only the parts I will need for my cars, which were many parts. I made a list below.
When I brought him the Windsor, it had only a few pieces of stainless and chrome on the body (but the complete front bumper is on it) no rear bumper, no tail lights, no interior, no front or rear windscreen glass, no gauges or radio, no radiator and no air cleaner assembly.
Tim will be using, as a minimum, the chassis, front fenders, trunk lid, dashboard assembly, glove box door and front inner fenders for his 1958 DeSoto Firesweep Sportsman hardtop coupe.
John
Edited by Chopper John 2008-09-12 4:14 PM
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Location: Hinnerup, Jylland (Jutland), Denmark | Hi Catman, i will post pictures of my cars as soon as i find some that works, look forward to see yours.
Hi John, I will try to contact Tim because i need all to get her ( my Windsor ) back to life, did you keep the tail light assembly and the rear bumper fore your 58 coupe ?, I will hear Tim what he will be willing to sell, and thanks for getting back to me.
Hi Tim ( TNLOWRIDER ) if you are out there will you contact me, I might be interestet in some of your leftovers from the Windsor.
Yours truly Torben |
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Location: Florida | Torben - I sent a message to Tim about your interest in his Windsor parts.
I did keep the rear bumper and tail lights for my car. They were both only in fair condition, and require rechroming. |
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Location: Hinnerup, Jylland (Jutland), Denmark | Hi John, thank you for your help.
I thought so abouth the rear end parts, I was just curious.
At some point I will put some pictures on so you can se my cars,
who knows some of you might fall over some of the parts i will need along the way.
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| Hi Mike , Do you have a number I can call you, in need of a complete roof off one of the plymouths 2 door ht if possible , Thanks Tim  |
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Location: upstate new york | Mike, Any windshields left? I am coming into this late I know, but need a windshield for a 57 New Yorker...billy |
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Location: Australia | just saw this thread what happened to the '61 wagon(s) did there end up being any decent pictures of them? adriana |
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Location: Florida | Adriana - check out Page 3 of this thread - there's the '61 Plymouth wagon - I took that pic, and it's the only one I have - it was pretty rough, not much left.
If he doesn't respond here, I'd PM "ilikedodge", the fella who started this thread to find out about current status of this yard.
Edited by Chopper John 2008-11-27 8:52 PM
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Location: Australia | my goodness, i must have been asleep when i looked at this thread first, i see the pics now... poor thing... i need the glass and the rear quarter panels would be helpful, damb shame i live so far away id go and pick the poor thing up... feel so sad looking at this thread...do they really crush the cars with that much stainless left on them??? what a waste.... adriana 
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Location: Australia | does anyone have the contact details of the yard or anyone going to the yard that could get me the VIN and the engine bay plate number from the '61 Sub?? pretty please... adriana |
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Location: kansas city, mo. | UPDATE APRIL 2009! the 61 plymouth wagon is gone. it was crushed last year when scrap was up. what is left are the two 59 dodge wagons, a 57 plymouth 2dht, 55 chrysler, 59 plymouth 2 door sedan, 2 55 dodges, 1 2 door sedan and 1 4 door sedan, 1 57 dodge 2dht. i believe that is it of the forwardlook era. the 55 desoto body might be there, but the grille and the engine are long gone. |
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Location: Florida | Hey Mike! Long time no chat. Did you find a home for your '59 Dodge yet? It's a pretty darn good buy.
Since I was out there to pick up the '58 Windsor 4-door hardtop last summer, I bought a '57 Chrysler Windsor Town & Country wagon. The '58 Windsor, which was always a parts car, is now evenly split up between Florida and Tennessee, and will be put to excellent use. Some of the '58 Windsor parts are going on my wagon, some on my '58 2-dr hardtop, and the rest are going on tnlowrider's '58 DeSoto Firesweep hardtop in Tennessee.
QUESTION about the WAGONS at Van's Auto - do ANY of the '57-'58'-'59 wagons have their perforated cardboard headliner in place still? And have the plastic retaining strips too? From the couple wagons that are left, I MIGHT be able to make up a single good headliner. Mine is completely missing the section aft of the panel that has the dome light, and the other panels are dry and flaky, sort of like my jokes.
I'm also looking for Solex glass for the four doors (wagon rear door glass is different from the sedans) - each door glass I have is either cracked or delaminating. There are other bits I could use, too, but I just don't have room for a whole parts car
Everybody's buddy Mopar Mel will make up a new perforated cardboard headliner for me if I send him mine as a pattern (no price given) and provide the retainer strips ($800 for the set). I think I could possibly get some decent usable used ones for less than that. Or fly out there, remove the parts, and I fly/drive back home.
I left a message this afternoon for Jim at Van's Auto, not heard back from them yet.
Thanks.
Edited by Chopper John 2009-04-22 3:02 PM
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Location: kansas city, mo. | my feeling is that the headliner sections are toast, but i have not personally looked at them. next time i am ther, i will look for you. it might be this weekend. keep in touch, mike in k.c. |
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Location: Florida | Mike - I spoke to Van's - of course I didn't expect them to know the condition of the headliner. He vaguely recalls that they are toast - at least the the plastic retaining strips - but he wasn't 100% certain.
I did find out that Van's has no problem selling me the door glass - IF I buy the whole door, each of the four doors. I can understand that - doors has FAR less value if the glass is gone.
SOooooo, if you ARE in the yard, THANKS IN ADVANCE for lookin the glass really closely to see if it is delaminating around the edges like the glass I have already. if it ISN'T delaminating, I'l probably get out there again. Wish he had a wagon roof rack, too - but I looked thru my pics i took of the yard and saw none. Same regarding the interior cargo/rear wheelwell area side panels, another item I'd like to have.
Chat with ya later.
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Location: Florida | Just so y'all know, Mike did get a chance to look over the couple of Mopar wagons at Van's - and all the headliner parts were no good - sort of what I expected, but I was hopeful! |
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Location: Ny | Did this yard end up in the crusher yet? Any idea if there are any 58-60 ramblers? |
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Location: Florida | Hi Jessica - I see your post is kind of old, but when I was there, I don't recall seeing any Ramblers. If there were any, they would be in the pics in this post.
The pics I posted here are pretty representative of what was in the yard in April 2008. Mike "ilikedodge' said above in April 2009. about 150 cars were crushed.
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