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Location: Connecticut | On 60-1 Chryslers, the lower lip (where the trunk weatherstrip lives), seems to be a prime area for rustout. Has this piece been reproduced by anyone ? What do folks generally do for this problem ? Ron |
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Location: Twin Falls, Idaho | Ron....
That is typical for all 50's and 60's mopars.... I have no knowledge of anyone repro-ing the pieces. I usually go to a local wrecking yard to get a good one or get one off one of our parts cars. Right now, we don't have any 1960's mopar except the 60 Polara coupe we are working on. If I see one around, I will email you.
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Location: Victoria, BC, on Vancouver Island, Canada | I once had a very good body man build a new right side partial trunk lip on my ex-1960 Polara. He was a transplanted Aussie who knew how to form sheet metal really well. |
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Location: Finland | ronbo97 - 2008-09-10 2:01 AM On 60-1 Chryslers, the lower lip (where the trunk weatherstrip lives), seems to be a prime area for rustout. Has this piece been reproduced by anyone ? What do folks generally do for this problem ? Ron I have the same problem with my `60 DeSoto. I have done new lower lip by hand. It is not welded in yet (I broke my wrist) but I´ll start that work soon (before snow falls). I made a wooden template with the correct "curve" and attached the 1mm metal sheet over the template. Then it was only "few" hours hammering with patience. I can try to take some pictures of my stone age tools if some one interested? -jupe- |
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Location: Southern Sweden - Sturkö island | Jupe - post some pic's, I'm sure that many want's to see your tools and methods |
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Location: Finland | I opened a new album for this topic. Few photos can be found: http://www.forwardlook.net/forums/photos/photo-thumbnails.asp?albumid=294&Page=1&sortdir=asc |
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Location: Bismarck, ND | That's great to see! Make a wooden buck first, love it. Necessity really is the mother of all invention. Thank you for posting photos. |
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60 Chrysler - Lower Lip Replacement
