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ronbo97
Posted 2009-09-02 10:27 PM (#187421 - in reply to #187414)
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d500neil
Posted 2009-09-03 2:40 PM (#187481 - in reply to #165059)
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hemidenis
Posted 2009-09-03 4:54 PM (#187514 - in reply to #165059)
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Location: Northen Virginia		Ron that looks like a piece of s**tt!.........Just kidding great job, look very nice, are Gary repros?
I started my car today after 2 moths, It run almost instantly with the new AFB and POINTS AND CONDENSER back on the car. All the 12 radio preset memories were gone.
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d500neil
Posted 2009-09-03 5:00 PM (#187519 - in reply to #187514)
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Location: bishop, ca		Denis, the trunk liners are two pieces, that are riveted together.

It IS a bitch to maneuver the section-piece around/behind the driver's side fuel filler tube.

As Doc Soto has said, removing the fuel filler tube is (supposed to be!) a simple operation, which would/will allow the
driver's side panel to be installed, behind that tube, incurring no damage to the trunk cardboard liner.






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d500neil
Posted 2009-09-03 5:20 PM (#187524 - in reply to #165059)
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Location: bishop, ca		Shiit; I just deleted my follow-up message!

If I recall, I said that I had not, up above here, posted a view of my car's passenger side cardboard liner, as the trunk hinge
had badly cut into its notched-out area, which is/are 'cut' too short to allow the hinge to pass through the cardboard liner(s).

I said that, from looking at Ron's passenger side cardboard notch-out area, that it looks to be LONG enough to allow the hood
hinge to pass through it, but that the notch might not be WIDE enough to allow such passage, without damaging that section.

I then said that because my car is not freshly restored and/or a trailer queen, I have not been overly concerned about the
significant ripping on the passenger side, and the slight ripping over on the driver's side(as seen in my pics, above).

I finished by saying that I know that I can repair those ripped-areas by using careful measurement, a straight edge, and a VERY
sharp utility knife, to enlarge the notched-out areas on the cardboard panels (altho I would really only have ONE good
chance to do those cuts, neatly and correctly !).

Yes, Denis, Gary Goers makes-up these trunk cardboard liners.

A great view, of an OEM PLY trunk liner is seen, over on our Craigslist message board, on the new-recent "57 Belvedere " thread.






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1959Dodge
Posted 2009-09-03 6:07 PM (#187537 - in reply to #165059)
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Location: Yorba Linda, Ca		We took both Dodges, 59 Convertible , and 64 Polara 500, to a car show in Solvang. about a 3 hour drive each way.
Weather was hot but both Dodges "Kept their Cool" 413 in the 64 and 400 in the 59.
That is the good news, the bad news is that I "Donated a 59 Spinner hubcat" on the way up to Solvang.
Does anybody know where I can get another one , before I put wire wheels on it and (tick off Neil)
Thanks for your help!!!

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suburban61
Posted 2009-09-03 6:11 PM (#187538 - in reply to #165059)
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d500neil
Posted 2009-09-03 6:12 PM (#187540 - in reply to #187537)
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1959Dodge
Posted 2009-09-03 6:39 PM (#187542 - in reply to #165059)
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Location: Yorba Linda, Ca		Lay off the "Mushie Stuff" Neil, and find me a hubcap Kwik----Thanks

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57burb
Posted 2009-09-03 6:44 PM (#187543 - in reply to #187542)
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Location: DFW, TX		Gary, an original is worth a fortune. An entire set from the aftermarket would be cheaper! Good luck-
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d500neil
Posted 2009-09-03 7:19 PM (#187547 - in reply to #187543)
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Location: bishop, ca		An original in very good driver-condition might cost $100-$150, "depending...", but, that's not a 'fortune',
and there are quite a few spare real 59 spinners on the market and/or in private hands.

Agree: for your car, go re-pops.



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Doctor DeSoto
Posted 2009-09-03 9:43 PM (#187560 - in reply to #187547)
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1959Dodge
Posted 2009-09-03 11:21 PM (#187569 - in reply to #165059)
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Location: Yorba Linda, Ca		I like the hubcaps, there is one on ebay , so trying to get Börje to get it for me , as I'm not an evil bayer.
I would do wire wheels before I did after market hubcaps,(the wire wheels were an option for the 59 Dodge) and most the aftermarket spinners that look like mine are 15 inchers, I have 14 inch wheels and 14" disc brakes up front.
Thanks for the inputs!

Gary
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hecksheads
Posted 2009-09-04 5:24 PM (#187665 - in reply to #165059)
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Posted 2009-09-04 5:36 PM (#187668 - in reply to #187665)
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hecksheads - 2009-09-04 5:24 PM

I bought some cheap Pep Boys radials then took my grinder to them and made my own wide whites.


great! how did you grind the sidewall to a smooth surface?!

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d500neil
Posted 2009-09-04 5:47 PM (#187671 - in reply to #187668)
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Location: bishop, ca		What happens, on some thin-white wall tires, is that the manufacturer applies a 'raised' layer of blackwall over
a large area of whitewall, to produce the subject, exposed, thin-wall area.

A person (and at least one company, which did this for me, on H's prior set of tires) , can grind-off the raised black-wall
layer, exposing the WWW area.

The PROBLEM (one, anyway), with this protocol is that the underlying tire oils will leach out of the tire core and discolor
the newly exposed white areas.

The cola-looking discoloration can be periodically removed with scouring powder, but it is something that will continue to
occur/develop on the tires.

NICE job, though, Franklin!







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d500neil
Posted 2009-09-04 5:51 PM (#187672 - in reply to #165059)
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Location: bishop, ca		Again, anyone interested in this protocol needs to look for a thin white wall that is covered by a raised black wall
section.

A lot of tires (like the late lamented Goodyear Arrivas) had their white areas be raised-up, above the level of the sidewall
of the tires (either by formulation, or removal/grinding-off of the 'extra' non-needed white area; you can't do anything to increase those type-tires' WWW effect.

AND, of course, if you are going to the time/expense to do this deal, you need to find the correct
size of the radial tire which is as close to that of our cars, as possible.







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Posted 2009-09-04 7:08 PM (#187680 - in reply to #165059)
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d500neil
Posted 2009-09-04 8:08 PM (#187690 - in reply to #165059)
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Posted 2009-09-05 12:42 AM (#187720 - in reply to #165059)
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Posted 2009-09-05 4:59 AM (#187727 - in reply to #165059)
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Posted 2009-09-05 7:30 AM (#187735 - in reply to #187727)
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d500neil
Posted 2009-09-05 3:03 PM (#187765 - in reply to #165059)
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Location: bishop, ca		Those look like the good old 11 x 3" persuasion, unless that's some sort of optical illusion.





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Bart_59_Dodge
Posted 2009-09-05 9:53 PM (#187792 - in reply to #165059)
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Was unsuccessful locating a source for a new Clock Adjustment cable for my '59 Dodge....



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lawrence
Posted 2009-09-05 9:56 PM (#187793 - in reply to #165059)
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Posted 2009-09-06 11:25 AM (#187824 - in reply to #165059)
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Location: Slidell La.		Installed a new radiator this week , with a new 170 degree tstat . Temp has been mild the past 2 weeks or so (unusual) but it has been in the 70s and80s , so I haven t been able to put it to a good test . Usually when I run it hard on the interstate , the temp goes up and stays up , so far after a hard run , it ll go up to 190 and back down to 170 pretty fast . Ordered it for a 69 Newport from advance auto parts and lo and behold it came in as an aluminum rad . Wasn t so happy when I opened my new box , but then figured WTF and painted it black . Pretty good deal I thought at 250.00 US dollars .



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Posted 2009-09-06 7:06 PM (#187884 - in reply to #187824)
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Posted 2009-09-06 9:53 PM (#187904 - in reply to #165059)
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BigBlockMopar
Posted 2009-09-07 3:50 AM (#187923 - in reply to #187672)
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d500neil - 2009-09-04 5:51 PM

AND, of course, if you are going to the time/expense to do this deal, you need to find the correct
size of the radial tire which is as close to that of our cars, as possible.


That would be a 60-series tire then right Neil?

I had a shot at tire-grinding once. I used a cheap and worn 'General' tire with raised white lettering.
After grinding I found the white beneath the black didn't match up right so the tire looked junk 'again'. Read CHEAP!




Since then I've painted whitewalls on a set of tires which looked very good.
I used the paint from the guy from Iceland which is called (duh) "White Tire Paint"...
http://www.mbzponton.org/valueadded/other/tirepaint.htm






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Posted 2009-09-07 4:22 PM (#187974 - in reply to #165059)
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57burb
Posted 2009-09-08 2:46 PM (#188075 - in reply to #165059)
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Location: DFW, TX		Took the beater to a little show in downtown Dallas. Cruised around with my dad a little bit. I know it's too low and rusty, it's still fun.









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d500neil
Posted 2009-09-08 2:52 PM (#188077 - in reply to #165059)
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Location: bishop, ca		Danny, I hope that those aren't expensive tires, because you've got some serious NEGATIVE camber wear going on with them
due to the car being slammed, like it is.




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57burb
Posted 2009-09-08 4:48 PM (#188090 - in reply to #188077)
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Location: DFW, TX		Nearly $800/set and I've already been through a pair. They were bias-plys though. The new set are all radials and it drives a ton better and are wearing better. I have a friend custom-making some upper control arms when it cools off.

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BigBlockMopar
Posted 2009-09-08 5:17 PM (#188093 - in reply to #165059)
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d500neil
Posted 2009-09-08 5:42 PM (#188095 - in reply to #188093)
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Location: bishop, ca		$800.00 is what a set of Diamondbacks cost.

The new UCA's, will, hopefully, allow for at LEAST 1.5 degrees of positive Caster, without affecting the Camber adjustment,
too.

POS-Caster provides for self-centering action; 2 degrees would be very nice to get.





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57burb
Posted 2009-09-08 5:46 PM (#188096 - in reply to #188095)
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Location: DFW, TX		$800 is also what a set of BFG radials cost from Coker.

It's just been hot in the area lately, and when a friend says he'll do a freebie, you're kinda on his timetable ya know? I'm not in a huge rush, I'm going to rebuild everything else while it's down.
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59CRL
Posted 2009-09-08 6:52 PM (#188106 - in reply to #188075)
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57burb - 2009-09-08 2:46 PM

Took the beater to a little show in downtown Dallas. Cruised around with my dad a little bit. I know it's too low and rusty, it's still fun.


Nice ride, and she dont look that bad, the wheels look awesome!!

Today I worked on my gauge assembly, making it out of wood, will have Tach, volt and water temp gauges.....

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d500neil
Posted 2009-09-08 7:43 PM (#188116 - in reply to #188106)
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Location: bishop, ca		Greg, I forget if the 59's have a removable fascia plate surrounding the gauges, but, if they do (similar to
the 57-58 Dodge), you could custom trim that fascia plate to act as a surround/face plate for your three
extra gauges, and still use your wooden piece as a housing for the gauges.

I've toyed with this idea for extra gauges (tach/trans oil temp--or pressure--/fuel pressure/vacuum) on my car, too,
and would use a spare '57 gauge fascia plate, that I've got, to make the installation look like OEM.




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Posted 2009-09-08 8:13 PM (#188122 - in reply to #188075)
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57burb - 2009-09-08 2:46 PM

Took the beater to a little show in downtown Dallas. Cruised around with my dad a little bit. I know it's too low and rusty, it's still fun.




As a rule, I say the higher the better, HOWEVER . . . That thing looks AWESOME !!! Once you get the front a little more in line I say drive it as is - SUPER KOOL ! ! !
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Posted 2009-09-08 8:24 PM (#188124 - in reply to #165059)
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Posted 2009-09-08 8:33 PM (#188127 - in reply to #188096)
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57burb - 2009-09-09 9:46 AM

$800 is also what a set of BFG radials cost from Coker.

....or about $120 each for THE correct Goodyear Custom Super Cushion tire, like your car was built for on the assembly line....made in USA.... from Kelsey Tires.
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Posted 2009-09-08 8:39 PM (#188130 - in reply to #165059)
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57burb
Posted 2009-09-08 9:08 PM (#188132 - in reply to #188127)
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FURY - 2009-09-08 7:33 PM

....or about $120 each for THE correct Goodyear Custom Super Cushion tire, like your car was built for on the assembly line....made in USA.... from Kelsey Tires.
Glenn.


Show me where, Glenn. I'd gladly buy them for that price.

I'm just using a round figure based on price/tax/shipping. But $120 is still a good deal cheaper than I paid and I do need another set for the Chrysler. Going to run bias plys on it, but not in the stock sizes. Thanks.
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Posted 2009-09-08 10:23 PM (#188136 - in reply to #188116)
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d500neil - 2009-09-08 7:43 PM

Greg, I forget if the 59's have a removable fascia plate surrounding the gauges, but, if they do (similar to
the 57-58 Dodge), you could custom trim that fascia plate to act as a surround/face plate for your three
extra gauges, and still use your wooden piece as a housing for the gauges.

I've toyed with this idea for extra gauges (tach/trans oil temp--or pressure--/fuel pressure/vacuum) on my car, too,
and would use a spare '57 gauge fascia plate, that I've got, to make the installation look like OEM.





Good idea, that would look really nice, with a factory face plate, but lots of luck finding one lying around....
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Posted 2009-09-08 10:31 PM (#188139 - in reply to #165059)
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Well, I cleaned up the new set of tail lights that were given to me for free! One is broken, and one has a small crack in it. But they are in great condition, not faded at all. No major scratches either. I also made a deal to buy a '59 DeSoto sedan. I posted about it in the Parts section. (If anyone has any needs PM me with them...) Also discussed buying a '71 Imperial coupe. Has a 350hp 440 in it. Figure it might be fun in Virgil, my '57 wagon. So even though I didn't do anything technically with my FL car. I did get some things going for it's future...

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57burb
Posted 2009-09-09 12:03 AM (#188145 - in reply to #188132)
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Posted 2009-09-09 12:35 AM (#188149 - in reply to #165059)
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Kenny J.
Posted 2009-09-09 12:48 AM (#188151 - in reply to #188145)
Subject: Re: What did you do to your FL car today?



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Location: Las Vegas, Nevada		Danny, here's the '57 tailgate I mentioned. It has some rust, but is not eaten through, other than a few bubbles along the lower seam. The rest is surface rust, which isn't deep at all. It does, however, have some dents in the same spot as yours.

This is how I received this tailgate, other than me removing the bumpers for where the tailgate touches the rear bumper. I needed those for my black wagon. The crank assembly was already broken and regulator is still inside. There were no interior panels, nor glass.

K.





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Kenny J.
Posted 2009-09-09 12:52 AM (#188154 - in reply to #188151)
Subject: Re: What did you do to your FL car today?



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Location: Las Vegas, Nevada		The tailgate is yours for the asking.

BTW, next time you are in Downtown Dallas, park one of your '57s along the McKinney Avenue streetcar line and take a photo of one of the vintage streetcars passing your ride.

K.
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Doctor DeSoto
Posted 2009-09-09 1:28 AM (#188157 - in reply to #188154)
Subject: Re: What did you do to your FL car today?



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Location: Parts Unknown		Been having a helluva time trying to wrap up my footing forms for the shop. Have a testy neighbor on one side, so some double-extra certain adjustments were made to make sure that side of the building is exactly at the setback. On the opposite side, I have to keep a driveway operational - which is giving me fits - it has been narrowed to just over seven feet and is undermined further to fit the required footing forms. The amount of dirt produced from the trenches overwhelms the property and it is getting to be a mad dash to get this foundation poured and get all this dirt back in as backfill. From there it is all downhill, standing walls, etc. There will be space to park the cars and move about. As is, it is either a deep trench or a huge mountain of dirt ! Tonight I fabbed up another 80 feet of forms and got them in the hole. All the steel in on site. Just gotta get the last 80 feet or so of forms in and tied together, then drop steel, then adjust level and call the mud truck. Frustratingly slow progress. Snow is coming !
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