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Chrys 68
Posted 2014-03-30 2:51 PM (#433840 - in reply to #346594)
Subject: RE: Looking for info on a white 300 F Conv from Texas



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Little progress in the workshop! F rests, G is in the final stages and the Dodge eats time.
Many thanks to Neil for all the good Dodge information!

 

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ronbo97
Posted 2014-03-30 5:58 PM (#433863 - in reply to #433840)
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Just a reminder...be sure to make these modifications before installing trunk floor.

Ron





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christine-lover
Posted 2014-03-30 6:27 PM (#433865 - in reply to #433863)
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Location: Sept. 1958		That donor trunk floor is rusty. Man, Jan can't catch a break! Great work you guys do there, as always, so much rust, not enough time.
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firedome
Posted 2014-03-31 10:31 AM (#433972 - in reply to #346594)
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Posted 2014-03-31 12:22 PM (#433986 - in reply to #433972)
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LD3 Greg
Posted 2014-04-01 2:16 AM (#434100 - in reply to #433863)
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Location: Ontario, Canada		He has done these before, Ron, he doesn't need a reminder.

Hey, Roger, Jan already has offers on the table for several thousands of square feet of heated shop space at my place and several others so you will have to get in line!! I do have a few projects left that could use his energy and magic.
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VAN HELSING
Posted 2014-04-01 4:27 AM (#434114 - in reply to #346594)
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Thanks for posting the latest photos, I really enjoy seeing progress pics like these ( unlike NOT seeing any progress pics from me ) , nice clear shots too, must have a good camera there.
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Chrys 68
Posted 2014-04-01 1:54 PM (#434156 - in reply to #346594)
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Thanks for all the comments, appreciated! As you can see, it is full steam in the workshop even if the "artist"  look tired today.

We know the Dodge chassis and engine factory appearance but have chosen to make certain deviations.

 We hope that the outcome will be successful!

 

Enjoy!

 

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Chrys 68
Posted 2014-04-01 2:58 PM (#434159 - in reply to #346594)
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Forgot to tell you that the first "topless" drive for the year is complete.
It happened at the first major car meet in Lidköping, four hours drive from here.
We had a wonderful spring weather on Saturday, hope it continues.
 Where I live, it is still plenty of snow and we have good skiing conditions...



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d500neil
Posted 2014-04-01 4:28 PM (#434170 - in reply to #434159)
Subject: Re: Looking for info on a white 300 F Conv from Texas



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d500dodge59
Posted 2014-04-02 2:13 AM (#434244 - in reply to #434170)
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i have not put the torission bars in the corect holes to hold it up yet
JAN
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d500neil
Posted 2014-04-02 2:17 AM (#434245 - in reply to #434244)
Subject: Re: Looking for info on a white 300 F Conv from Texas



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Location: bishop, ca		From the picture, above, it looks like the torsion bar is inserted into the rear-most slot, which is the tightest
position of all the three slots.



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Chrys 68
Posted 2014-04-02 2:49 AM (#434250 - in reply to #346594)
Subject: RE: Looking for info on a white 300 F Conv from Texas



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ronbo97
Posted 2014-04-02 7:57 AM (#434269 - in reply to #434250)
Subject: RE: Looking for info on a white 300 F Conv from Texas


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i noticed that the trunk weatherstrip channel appears to be pretty rusty. Do you guys fabricate your own channel or do you have a rust free one that you spot weld in place ?

Ron

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d500neil
Posted 2014-04-02 6:41 PM (#434355 - in reply to #346594)
Subject: Re: Looking for info on a white 300 F Conv from Texas



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Location: bishop, ca		Just noticed the trunk nameplate.

Overland Park, Kansas, is a ritzy suburb of Kansas City (KS, or MO)....there are two of them, you know.



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d500dodge59
Posted 2014-04-03 1:43 AM (#434402 - in reply to #434355)
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sorry to disepoint you the trunklid come from brothers in oregon so i think overland park is a dealer on the westcost somewhere
JAN
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KcImperial
Posted 2014-04-03 2:23 AM (#434403 - in reply to #434402)
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d500dodge59 - 2014-04-03 12:43 AM

sorry to disepoint you the trunklid come from brothers in oregon so i think overland park is a dealer on the westcost somewhere
JAN

Neil is correct. Shortman Motors was in Overland Park, Kansas
http://businessprofiles.com/details/dodge-country-u-s-a-inc/US-KS-0...

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Chrys 68
Posted 2014-04-11 4:28 PM (#435544 - in reply to #346594)
Subject: RE: Looking for info on a white 300 F Conv from Texas



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Today's update! Work is progressing with the Dodge. Also showing a few pictures from friend Zackes workshop.
 He makes a very nice Imperial and is also working on a rod which I promise to show later.
 By the way the 58 New Yorker won last weekend's friendly show in Bollnas, Sweden. See picture 6:18 in the movie:
http://youtu.be/g9rdYW3lw_s

Spring took a step backward, and right now it is snowing here ...

 

 

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d500neil
Posted 2014-04-11 4:42 PM (#435548 - in reply to #346594)
Subject: RE: Looking for info on a white 300 F Conv from Texas



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Location: bishop, ca		Incredible; but the power steering gearbox should be 'finished' in its basic shiny surface; rather like your bell housing
looks, above.

(Is that a 1957 P/S gear box?)

The bell housing got painted in Engine-Silver, too.

The tail shaft section may be in natural finish.

However, the entire engine/trannie looks to have been painted, here; again, note the shiny finish
on the P/S gear box.

If your car was built (well-before) 6/6/57, its suspension parts could appear in black finish.

See Paul William's 58 Regal Lancer frame for correct chassis finishing.

If you're going to do 'it'.....do it as well as Paul does (throwing down the gauntlet).






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ronbo97
Posted 2014-04-11 5:08 PM (#435553 - in reply to #435548)
Subject: RE: Looking for info on a white 300 F Conv from Texas


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What the TSB is saying is that the parts will rust whether they are sprayed or not (probably because the metal is not primed prior to top coating). So mechanics at the time shouldn't worry about it.

Of course, if you're doing a restoration, the last thing you want is a rusty undercarriage. So what I've done for the parts mentioned is paint them with POR-15, Bill Hirsh Miracle Paint or similar. Then when the paint tacks up, top coat with either semi-gloss black or cast blast paint, which simulates a bare metal look, yet won't rust because of the coating underneath.

Ron

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d500neil
Posted 2014-04-11 5:50 PM (#435561 - in reply to #346594)
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Location: bishop, ca		Of course, you can MAKE your "bare-metal" parts look like that, by finishing them with a product that merely makes them
APPEAR to be non-finished.

Didn't think that this was "Breaking News" to restorers.




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Adventurer 60
Posted 2014-04-12 9:35 AM (#435670 - in reply to #346594)
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Location: tailFinland		I am just repairing the transmission of G. It looks like it was painted black so was the bell housing. Non of those has hardly any paint left after over 50 years. Surface paint do not stick to aluminium and transmission is also totally covered with surface rust. I m gonna paint them black and thats it, do not worry about how they look after another 53 years :). I´ll be then 105
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d500dodge59
Posted 2014-04-15 1:30 AM (#436149 - in reply to #435561)
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hallo neil when i bougth the car from frank shomaker in kansas it did not have the corect steringbox and was without engine and transmition and we did not have a 57 steringbox but i had 58 rebult box and pump so i desided to use that.
JAN
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d500neil
Posted 2014-04-15 5:35 PM (#436253 - in reply to #346594)
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Location: bishop, ca		I KNOW Frank Shoemaker-----haven't heard from/about him in many years.

He used to own a real red/white CRL 2-dr HT D500 (basket case, but real).

It is a small MoPar world.

I can sell you my spare steering box, cheap, but, it needs a Lares/Steer-&-Gear overhaul, as it leaks badly.

PLEEZE....install a correct P/S gearbox in your restoration.



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d500dodge59
Posted 2014-04-17 1:30 AM (#436510 - in reply to #436253)
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that custom royal coupe is in sweden now i bougth 10 cars from frank sent 3 to sweden and parted the other partscars we dont have 57 steeringbox or pump here nov and the car will be delivered to finland may 16 so we dont have time to wait for it have to go on with 60 polara coupe and 57 new yorker conv i should have start with them allready but this took longer then i hope
JAN
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d500neil
Posted 2014-04-17 2:50 AM (#436515 - in reply to #346594)
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Location: bishop, ca		have your parts/cars been shipped out yet, from the US?

If not, we can make a deal off-website for my spare 57 P/S gearbox & I can ship it to wherever/who-ever is brokering
the shipping for you.


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ToMopar
Posted 2014-04-17 6:28 AM (#436531 - in reply to #346594)
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and finally A hemi (I think not from Malung)

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d500dodge59
Posted 2014-04-17 7:53 AM (#436540 - in reply to #436515)
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all cars was parted out some was taken to michael in michigan but i dont think it is anything left from the cars they were parted out.
JAN
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Posted 2014-04-17 10:56 AM (#436559 - in reply to #346594)
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Location: tailFinland		JAN if you need 57 steering box Budweiser has one, actyally whole front frame, engine and trans from 57 Desoto. Ask him. they are for sale and only few days from you.
He is a member on this site.
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Posted 2014-04-17 9:55 PM (#436651 - in reply to #436559)
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Chrys 68
Posted 2014-04-18 2:42 PM (#436720 - in reply to #346594)
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Happy Easter to you all! (big holiday in Sweden)
This is what 57 Dodge looks like right now!

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Posted 2014-04-18 2:52 PM (#436721 - in reply to #346594)
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Posted 2014-04-18 3:59 PM (#436725 - in reply to #436721)
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Mike McCandless
Posted 2014-04-18 4:24 PM (#436731 - in reply to #346594)
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I love looking through this thread. Truly amazing
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Posted 2014-04-18 5:15 PM (#436735 - in reply to #436731)
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Posted 2014-04-18 5:30 PM (#436737 - in reply to #346594)
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Very thorough...and impressive!

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d500dodge59
Posted 2014-04-22 6:22 AM (#437238 - in reply to #436737)
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Thanks for the coments next prodject will be 60 polara coupe and 57 new yorker conv
Thanks JAN
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d500neil
Posted 2014-04-26 3:48 PM (#437993 - in reply to #346594)
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d500dodge59
Posted 2014-04-27 1:14 PM (#438122 - in reply to #437993)
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what do you mean Neil???
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d500neil
Posted 2014-04-27 1:59 PM (#438123 - in reply to #438122)
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Location: bishop, ca		I sent Magnus a bunch of photos showing how the OEM trunk finish appears, on the 57-58 Dodges.

Jan, I just re-sent those 21 photos to Magnus, and five separate messages with attachments.








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Chrys 68
Posted 2014-04-30 1:23 PM (#438632 - in reply to #346594)
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Thanks for all the comments and a special thanks to Neil for all the valuable information. Here's what the 57 Dodge looks right now.

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Chrys 68
Posted 2014-04-30 2:50 PM (#438639 - in reply to #346594)
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To please you all, I can tell you that it's snowing in full swing outside my window right now!
On this particular evening the Swedes celebrating with bonfires and fireworks as a tribute to the light, and that winter is finally over.
Tomorrow, the first day of May, it is official holiday and also spring/summer premiere for many enthusiast cars!
Wish a nice spring to you all!



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d500neil
Posted 2014-04-30 6:54 PM (#438684 - in reply to #346594)
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Location: bishop, ca		Magnus reports that the 57 Dodge has been sold, as-is to a restorer in Finland.



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Chrys 68
Posted 2014-05-03 12:01 PM (#439086 - in reply to #346594)
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Here are fresh pictures from todays work!
The 57 Dodge came back on the frame and the
G waiting for its fenders. F rests ...
Snowy weather is over, now it's only light flakes coming down at times.
Spring is here for real!

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henricthornsund
Posted 2014-05-03 12:34 PM (#439094 - in reply to #439086)
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Posted 2014-05-03 2:30 PM (#439111 - in reply to #439094)
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Location: Upplands Väsby, Sweden		Super nice.
Why not paint firewall first before wedding it simply.?
The Dodge being so nice.
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Chrys 68
Posted 2014-05-03 3:18 PM (#439116 - in reply to #346594)
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Location: Malung, SWEDEN		 The car is mounted on the frame for fenders and frontclip
align, taken off again for painting later ...
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d500neil
Posted 2014-05-03 8:20 PM (#439163 - in reply to #346594)
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Location: bishop, ca		Hopefully, when the Dodge gets to Finland, its new owner will correct (-Finnish) the engine and the chassis detail restoration,
and the power steering system, and will Finnish the trunk-area in its OEM configuration, too.

If you are reading this thread, please PM me....






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Doctor DeSoto
Posted 2014-05-03 10:28 PM (#439180 - in reply to #433840)
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Location: Parts Unknown		Gents, could you do a favor for me ?

I started to work on the DeSoto tonight and ran into a snag ....

I would like to see photos of the inside of the rear wheel tubs at the forward and rear ends to show
the contour left hanging below the floor and trunk weld points. Mine have been so badly repaired in
earlier "fixes that they are no longer correct. I remember these having more shape and some material
hanging below the weld points. Thanks
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Windsor59
Posted 2014-05-04 12:33 AM (#439187 - in reply to #439116)
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Chrys 68 - 2014-05-03 3:18 PM

The car is mounted on the frame for fenders and frontclip
align, taken off again for painting later ...


Ok, I forstand it now .;-)
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