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Chrys 68

Posted 2013-02-18 4:58 PM (#360596 - in reply to #360584)
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Thanks Windsor59!
For you guys who not speak Swenglish. Here is the way to the gallery:
http://www.bigwheels.se/galleri.html

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Posted 2013-02-18 5:10 PM (#360599 - in reply to #360596)
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More G action!

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Posted 2013-02-18 5:15 PM (#360600 - in reply to #360599)
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And not so much F action at the moment.

Colour will be custom, not original.

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Posted 2013-02-19 1:47 PM (#360740 - in reply to #360600)
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Progress today! 300F in primer.

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Posted 2013-02-19 4:18 PM (#360759 - in reply to #346594)
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Perfect work, can't wait to see the result.
Jan is faster with a complete car to weld, as I think about what is the next step.

Chrys 68

Posted 2013-02-20 3:39 PM (#360936 - in reply to #360740)
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More 300 G action! Today its frameday...
Enjoy!

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Posted 2013-02-21 1:44 AM (#361025 - in reply to #346594)
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Rear shocks are similar than what was in my G. Some dealer option for the customers who really step on it (acc bedal)? those are pretty old though. My G is waitin for sand blasting

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Posted 2013-02-21 8:16 PM (#361171 - in reply to #360595)
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Hi Magnus.

Thank you very much for the reply and info on the quarters. So sorry to learn they can't be bought. My DeSoto is not driveable and it would be far to expensive to ship it to Malung and back just for the quarters. Or anything else for that matter. I know of course I can make them myself, and a friend of mine has the "English Wheel", but right now I have no time for it, and I injuried my arm/shoulder last fall, and can hardly even write. So I don't really know what to do at the moment.

old fart

Edited by oldefar 2013-02-21 8:17 PM

Chrys 68

Posted 2013-02-22 11:23 AM (#361272 - in reply to #361171)
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Sorry to hear about your arm, oldefar. Hope you get well soon.
Old Desotos are not in a hurry! They will survive. Health first!
Would love to see pics of your car!

Chrys 68

Posted 2013-02-22 12:27 PM (#361287 - in reply to #361272)
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Latest updates about the F

Christer Olsson at Christers lack in Malung has painted several forward look cars.

Christer did the paintwork on Power Meet winner Lars Hjelms amazing 61 Imperial vert some years ago.
The F are in good hands!

One more coat of primer!

Fridberg is not a painter, it just looks that way!

Thought you would like to see the latest addition in the shop!

Hernando has landed!

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Posted 2013-02-22 12:58 PM (#361293 - in reply to #346594)
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Jan Fridberg is not a sheetmetal wizard - he's the maestro of sheetmetal. Thanks' for sharing, I'm really impressed by the quality and fast progress of the work.

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Posted 2013-02-22 1:25 PM (#361299 - in reply to #361287)
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Chrys 68 - 2013-02-22 5:27 PM

Must you torture me so with the new arrival

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Posted 2013-02-22 7:42 PM (#361361 - in reply to #361272)
Subject: Re: Looking for info on a white 300 F Conv from Texas

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Chrys 68 - 2013-02-22 11:23 AM

Sorry to hear about your arm, oldefar. Hope you get well soon.
Old Desotos are not in a hurry! They will survive. Health first!
Would love to see pics of your car!

Well Magnus, I'm not very young anymore, so I'm afraid my DeSotos as well as I, myself, don't have to much time to go on

And with some 45 MOPAR projects I'd have to be at least 200 years to get them all back on the road. My son (47 this coming July) just moved over here from the U.S. last fall, but don't seem to be much interested in his dad or my cars. One of my daughters (45 last December) live in Denmark and is not at all interested in either. My latest daughter (25 this coming May and my favorite kid) is a single mother, goes to nurse-collage/universety and have 2 jobs and just never have the time. Not even for the 1986 Dodge Daytona Turbo Z Targa that I bought for her

So not much chance of getting any help here.

Besides all my cars, I'm also restoring 2 houses with properties, and 2 boats. "Unfortunately", I was able to sell off my 83 feet passenger-ship buildt at our local ship-yard back in 1892 (can be seen on one of the pics of my '61 Polara on here). I worked on that for 5 years all alone to make it into a home (house-boat). Laying outside on it's deck welding at 25 degrees C below zeero and northerly wind with 5 layers of clothes. Hmmm.......wonder why my body is so full of pain

As for my 3 '60 DeSoto Adventurers, they are all to be found on other treads on here. Sorry, don't know how to direct you there.

Thank you so much for the restoring-pics you have posted on here. Posts like that is what is the most interesting to me on here.

Anyway, soon time for a cold beer and a shot of Aquavit before I go to bed.

Take care, Einar in fredrikstad.

Chrys 68

Posted 2013-02-23 6:05 PM (#361479 - in reply to #346594)
Subject: Re: Looking for info on a white 300 F Conv from Texas

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Einar!
Sorry to hear about the lack of Moparinterest from your children, but I recognize the situation.
My dad was into building and restoring houses, I´m not. I´m just playing with cars.
Friends are going to Sarpsborg/Fredrikstad next weekend, They can haul your car to Malung.
You can send me a email or pm so we will not have to bore the other members on this forum.

Chrys 68

Posted 2013-02-23 6:15 PM (#361481 - in reply to #346594)
Subject: RE: Looking for info on a white 300 F Conv from Texas

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Colour on the G sub and assembly has begun.

The frontbrakes will not be original this time.

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Posted 2013-02-24 4:26 PM (#361656 - in reply to #361479)
Subject: Re: Looking for info on a white 300 F Conv from Texas

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Thank you very much for the offer on hauling my Adventurer to Malung, Markus. I'll try to find time to write you an e-mail tonight.

Actually, I need to, and want to sell off some 1/3 to 1/2 of my collection. I may be loosing storagespace for at least 12 cars in a half to one year from now, because the whole of the old shipyard where I am storing some of my cars is supposed to be totally torn down within that time-spectre. And as of this day, I have not found any other acceptable place to store them. I got space on my properties, but as serious automobile collectors should know, storing cars outside in the winter is like sentenceing an automobile to death penalty

old fart

Edited by oldefar 2013-02-24 4:37 PM

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Posted 2013-02-26 11:54 AM (#362013 - in reply to #346594)
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Where is that front disck brake kit from?

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Posted 2013-02-26 12:38 PM (#362031 - in reply to #346594)
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Yesterday there was a visit to Arne Nilssons garage. I´ll let the pictures speak for themselves.

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Posted 2013-02-26 4:52 PM (#362073 - in reply to #346594)
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Todays front disc conversion on the G frame.

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Posted 2013-02-27 4:09 AM (#362155 - in reply to #346594)
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darn. Looking good, nice Sotos. I get jealousy. What is the story of E outside like that? Yard decoration?

Chrys 68

Posted 2013-02-27 4:59 AM (#362156 - in reply to #362013)
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Adventurer 60 - 2013-02-26 5:54 PM

Where is that front disck brake kit from?

The disc conversion kit is bought from AAJ Brakes in Portland,Oregon.
http://www.aajbrakes.com
The E is pure garden Art!

Edited by Chrys 68 2013-02-27 5:02 AM

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Posted 2013-02-28 3:53 PM (#362406 - in reply to #346594)
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Today Christer started painting the F.
It is a beautiful metallic red selected by the owner, Mats Andersson.

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Posted 2013-03-01 3:17 PM (#362566 - in reply to #346594)
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Mats Andersson inspecting the paintwork!

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Posted 2013-03-01 9:40 PM (#362611 - in reply to #346594)
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Looks a lot like Winterberry Red from the '60 Desoto paint chart.

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Posted 2013-03-03 3:58 PM (#362840 - in reply to #346594)
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Out in the sunlight!

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Posted 2013-03-03 4:34 PM (#362841 - in reply to #362611)
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slimwhitman - 2013-03-01 9:40 PM

Looks a lot like Winterberry Red from the '60 Desoto paint chart.

To me it does'nt, I use to have a winterberry red 60 Adventurer.
To me it looks like one of the original F -colors, do not remember the name but friend of mine had two of them on same time. It is awsome color, has copperish tone, really fits to F

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Posted 2013-03-03 5:50 PM (#362848 - in reply to #362841)
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Adventurer 60 - 2013-03-03 1:34 PM

slimwhitman - 2013-03-01 9:40 PM

Looks a lot like Winterberry Red from the '60 Desoto paint chart.

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The standard red on the 300-F was called "Torreador Red", and the copperish color was "Terra Cotta"

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Posted 2013-03-03 6:36 PM (#362853 - in reply to #346594)
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The new color's 'name' doesn't really matter, it's now Magnus Red.

Chrys 68

Posted 2013-03-12 5:41 PM (#364386 - in reply to #346594)
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F & G are still in the paintshop, work is going on with the G frame.
F will have original brakes.

Chrys 68

Posted 2013-03-18 4:38 PM (#365296 - in reply to #346594)
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Here are the F as it looked when was purchased by Pete Krell in Texas.
I´m very happy to finally be able to show these images. Hope someone
here on the forum will recognize this F. (Please also see first post in this thread)

Enjoy!

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Posted 2013-03-18 7:28 PM (#365322 - in reply to #346594)
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As I am at about the same stage with my subframe, its very interesting (to me) seeing the differances between
this one and mine.

A future project may be to add a sway bar to mine (if I can find one then)

Thank you for the pics, nice work

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Posted 2013-03-19 12:53 AM (#365360 - in reply to #346594)
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Thougth i recognized the owner, or it just me who sees the lookalikenes. That car is going to be fintastic when it's done. Tell the owner he has chosen a very sweet color on that hot rod.:-)

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Posted 2013-03-19 2:44 AM (#365367 - in reply to #346594)
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The grill was red?

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Posted 2013-03-19 3:07 AM (#365368 - in reply to #346594)
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Whats with the rearview mirror toggle and bezel on the passenger side (while the driver side seems originally without remote rearview mirror - and then added afterwards)?

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Posted 2013-03-20 6:19 PM (#365610 - in reply to #365360)
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mogge65 - 2013-03-19 6:53 AM

Thougth i recognized the owner, or it just me who sees the lookalikenes. That car is going to be fintastic when it's done. Tell the owner he has chosen a very sweet color on that hot rod.:-)

Bullseye!

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Posted 2013-03-20 6:21 PM (#365611 - in reply to #365367)
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db300 - 2013-03-19 8:44 AM

The grill was red?

Someone must have done a little "pimp my ride"
Also note the N/Y ornament on the front fenders.

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Posted 2013-03-20 6:27 PM (#365612 - in reply to #365368)
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wizard - 2013-03-19 9:07 AM

Whats with the rearview mirror toggle and bezel on the passenger side (while the driver side seems originally without remote rearview mirror - and then added afterwards)?

Its a good question, I think its just more pimp my ride ideas from previous owner...

Hope we can find out more about this car! These little odd details maybe refresh someones memory!

Chrys 68

Posted 2013-03-28 5:29 PM (#366809 - in reply to #346594)
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Happy Easter desired to you all!

I took her out for a little ride today. Enjoy!

Latest news: F is now dressed in red, G in primer...

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Posted 2013-03-28 6:07 PM (#366814 - in reply to #346594)
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Hubba Hubba...that is one beautiful car! Just flawless!

Photos of one great car after another on this thread!

Thank you for posting the photos!

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Posted 2013-03-29 4:07 AM (#366864 - in reply to #346594)
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That's one rare MirrorMatic for sure - to see a '60 MirrorMatic in a '60 happens very rarely

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Posted 2013-03-29 4:18 AM (#366865 - in reply to #346594)
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Holy smoke, that´s one stunning car! congrats to a beatyful resto...............hope to see it in reality this summer.

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Posted 2013-03-29 7:01 PM (#366988 - in reply to #346594)
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Happy Easter to you all. Visited American car show in Helsinki yesterday and on the way drop by to see one friend of mine and his garage and his project - that happens to be F

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Posted 2013-03-30 12:22 AM (#367021 - in reply to #346594)
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That Polara is absolutely stunning. How about some interior photos?

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Posted 2013-04-03 3:45 PM (#367859 - in reply to #367021)
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Thanks for all nice comments about the Dodge!
Adventurer60: Another fine F project. Seems that we have them all over here.
Heard about two more F arriving to Sweden soon. Nice renovation!
imopar380: Promise interior pictures later, the seats are not finished yet.
Right now we are waiting for a small piece of vinyl from SMS....
There is always something missing...

Chrys 68

Posted 2013-04-03 3:59 PM (#367862 - in reply to #346594)
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Mats Andersson and Lollo Ekberg doing some inspection! The F is laser straight!
A little bit of adjustment, some more careful sanding and much more clearcoat!
Painter Christer knows what he's doing!

Chrys 68

Posted 2013-04-08 3:13 PM (#368542 - in reply to #346594)
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Today arrived a very special car. One of 140 ever made.
This example is better than it looks and will initially not be completely restored.
This is wonderfully worn condition at it's best! Enjoy!