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Posted 2013-02-08 12:36 AM (#358961)
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Some of you may recall I bought this car in 2010, and she was a basketcase as you can see in the pics...well, I've been working at it every winter and now finally, she's ready for primer!
Running a '59 Custom Royal 361/TF, updated rear end, Disc brakes, oh and I made a small...styling change...muahahaha!!



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Posted 2013-02-08 12:54 AM (#358967 - in reply to #358961)
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Posted 2013-02-08 5:05 PM (#359073 - in reply to #358961)
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Posted 2013-02-09 7:32 PM (#359277 - in reply to #358967)
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60 dart - 2013-02-08 10:54 PM

and it's the ultra rare G/T model . more photos please kind sir ------------------------------------------later


Haha, yes...those have to be the most hideous, totally wrong for a 1960 car stripes of all time!!!! I couldn't wait to grind them off.



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Posted 2013-02-09 7:33 PM (#359279 - in reply to #358961)
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Thanks John, you know how much more work convertibles can be, but worth it
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Posted 2013-02-09 7:54 PM (#359284 - in reply to #359277)
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Guess I better go grind the one's off my 47 Ply BC, hell, I thought they were still "in"

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Posted 2013-02-11 11:49 AM (#359436 - in reply to #358961)
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Posted 2013-02-11 12:18 PM (#359449 - in reply to #358961)
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Posted 2013-02-11 11:18 PM (#359574 - in reply to #359436)
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sidesho_bob1961 - 2013-02-12 9:49 AM

What year dash have you decided to put in your creation..........I vote for the 60 Chrysler astro globe.......


That is too funny...would you believe I seriously considered a '60-62 Chrysler dash?!? I have one, but decided to not go overboard there, and I really like the Plymouth dash, with it's space age styling.
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Posted 2013-02-11 11:22 PM (#359575 - in reply to #359449)
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Thanks Jeff, yes it will be interesting to see if non-Forward Look people pick up on it.

It ended up being lots of work modifying that front to accept the '60 body, neither of the door/fender,
hood/cowl gaps were right, had to redo all them. Purely fluke though, the '58 bumper bolted right on in perfect alignment.

Tomorrow is the BIG DAY, I finally paint!

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Posted 2013-02-12 10:52 AM (#359629 - in reply to #358961)
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Posted 2013-02-13 11:52 AM (#359826 - in reply to #358961)
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Thanks Brian, it's going to be a fun car. I decided to go with the 58 front, was a tough decision but prefer it a little bit. Course that meant I had to build the center lower valence almost from scratch, make a 58 grille out of two 57's, and made headlight mounts, using 59 Dodge headlight rings. Guess I'm a glutton for punishment!
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Posted 2013-02-14 10:19 PM (#360061 - in reply to #358961)
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Now in colour! 2011 Dodge Toxic orange, otherwise known as Mango Tango Pearl, with lots of gold pearl added to the clearcoat, my own concoction.



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Posted 2013-02-14 10:25 PM (#360063 - in reply to #358961)
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Good work

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Posted 2013-02-15 1:34 PM (#360156 - in reply to #358961)
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Looks good enough to eat!

Yummy colour!

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Posted 2013-02-15 2:12 PM (#360170 - in reply to #358961)
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Posted 2013-02-15 9:57 PM (#360207 - in reply to #358961)
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Thanks guys, yes finally having color, the car takes a sudden and massive leap forward, towards seeming feasable to be drivable soon...at least that's what I tell myself

John, you are right, the double-pearl in it changes the color in the sun, but it looks even better I think!
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Posted 2013-02-16 1:39 AM (#360224 - in reply to #360207)
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Posted 2013-02-16 12:18 PM (#360266 - in reply to #358961)
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Well, your car will certainly live up to the slogan of the 1957 model "Suddenly it's 1960!"  It should be an interesting modification.

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Posted 2013-02-16 2:11 PM (#360298 - in reply to #358961)
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Location: Michigan		Jeff, I don't have one of these vehicles so I am not sure I can see the modifications you mentioned at the start of the thread. What did you change?
Was it the front fenders? Hard to tell because you don't have a front view 'before' picture posted.
Just curious as you've done a nice job with that body work and those of us ignorant of the subtlies of these years may never notice them.

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Posted 2013-02-16 7:30 PM (#360327 - in reply to #360298)
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Beltran - 2013-02-17 2:11 AM

Jeff, I don't have one of these vehicles so I am not sure I can see the modifications you mentioned at the start of the thread. What did you change?
Was it the front fenders? Hard to tell because you don't have a front view 'before' picture posted.
Just curious as you've done a nice job with that body work and those of us ignorant of the subtlies of these years may never notice them.


The subtle styling change is a complete front clip swap from a 60 plymouth to a 57 plymouth

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Posted 2013-02-16 8:16 PM (#360337 - in reply to #358961)
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Hehe, Thanks Mick for filling Beltran in. It must not look too disjointed if it isn't obvious! Thanks for the compliment on my bodywork, it's not an easy car to do bodywork on, let alone to spray...especially the inside of those gargantuan fins, it's impossible to get your spray gun correctly in alignment to that area, just have to kind of shoot it in from a distance!
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Posted 2013-02-16 8:17 PM (#360338 - in reply to #360298)
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Beltran - 2013-02-17 12:11 PM

Jeff, I don't have one of these vehicles so I am not sure I can see the modifications you mentioned at the start of the thread. What did you change?
Was it the front fenders? Hard to tell because you don't have a front view 'before' picture posted.
Just curious as you've done a nice job with that body work and those of us ignorant of the subtlies of these years may never notice them.




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Posted 2013-02-17 2:19 AM (#360359 - in reply to #358961)
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Location: Perth Australia		I have been haveing the same fun with the contours of the rear panels on my dodge, I think I got enough on the underside of the round bits where the tail light goes (didnt rub through it when I cut it back.

When its my plymouths turn, I will let you know which one was easier lol

To MO

My dodge is far from complete yet, but had to paint it to help with the inspiration side of things.

I get so bored of doing bodywork, how people do it for a living is totally beyond me.

Just getting paint on it just makes the mind think that your finally getting somewhere on it (to me anyway)

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Posted 2013-02-17 3:04 PM (#360411 - in reply to #358961)
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Mick, I agree, bodywork is so incredibly boring! My 60 Desoto was no walk in the park to paint either, had to spray inside of fins with gun upside down!
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Posted 2013-02-17 3:11 PM (#360413 - in reply to #358961)
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Posted 2013-02-17 10:28 PM (#360467 - in reply to #358961)
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Posted 2013-02-18 9:31 AM (#360521 - in reply to #360467)
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Beltran - 2013-02-18 8:28 PM

Well now it makes sense heh. Was it just that easy? Did the front clip just bolt on?


Haha, I wish! No, the door to fender gaps were different curvature, as was hood to cowl, the hood hinges didn't line up, the rad support
needed new mounts (57 was a single mount in middle, '60 -up was above frame rails). I ended up using the '60 fenderwells, they only
needed slight modification. The front bumper bolted right on, which is bizarre since I went from a framed 57 to a unibody 60!!
It was all worth it, I never would have been happy with that '60 front end (no offense, '60 owners!), and those parts would've needed a
lot of work anyway. These '57 fenders were junk though, I rebuilt the entire front of them, eyebrows to bumper, inside and out. The
lower part that meets the rocker had to be reformed (it was rotted out anyway) to mate up with the rocker, I think it turned out good.

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Posted 2013-02-18 9:33 AM (#360522 - in reply to #358961)
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Sorry for the crummy pics, I haven't gotten the right program yet to properly resize them, so have to take them with a set-to-low-quality cell camera.
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Posted 2013-02-19 11:35 PM (#360849 - in reply to #358961)
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I'm missing the hood "P"! Anyone have one?



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Posted 2013-02-20 8:18 AM (#360888 - in reply to #358961)
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Posted 2013-02-20 2:41 PM (#360931 - in reply to #360849)
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Posted 2013-02-20 4:22 PM (#360944 - in reply to #360359)
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ttotired - 2013-02-17 1:19 AM

I have been haveing the same fun with the contours of the rear panels on my dodge, I think I got enough on the underside of the round bits where the tail light goes (didnt rub through it when I cut it back.

When its my plymouths turn, I will let you know which one was easier lol

To MO

My dodge is far from complete yet, but had to paint it to help with the inspiration side of things.

I get so bored of doing bodywork, how people do it for a living is totally beyond me.

Just getting paint on it just makes the mind think that your finally getting somewhere on it (to me anyway)

Yes it really does give new life to a project. I did get my body work completed on the main shell and got it into epoxy primer. Then I did my front femders and now the doors are at the body shop. In between all that I got the engine and driveline all done. .........................MO
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Posted 2013-02-22 10:46 AM (#361266 - in reply to #360931)
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Lancer Mike - 2013-02-21 12:41 PM

That is really cool! The best of all things Plymouth! Now, which hood ornament do we put on there? :inlove:


Haha, that's cool...I can't decide, they are all so cool! It occurred to me, 57 Plymouth was unusual in that it didn't have a hood ornament...such a typical '50's thing, from all makes.
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Posted 2013-02-23 10:06 AM (#361412 - in reply to #358961)
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More progress! Now you guys are really going to think I'm crazy, I downgraded the car trim-wise to a Belvedere
Love the way the bullets compliment the fins, more so than the oversized Fury medallions, I think.





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Posted 2013-04-08 12:37 AM (#368477 - in reply to #358961)
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Drove my Fury for the first time ever today...here's how we cruise in Alberta in April



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Posted 2013-04-08 6:18 AM (#368484 - in reply to #358961)
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Posted 2013-04-08 8:53 AM (#368497 - in reply to #358961)
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Really like how the trim starts in front, on the side, then ends up on top of the fin.....very cool.

There's something awesome about the way the whole car looks. Good stance, clean in the cabin (no convertible top hump), well proportioned.

Keep the photos coming please.
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Posted 2013-04-08 11:31 PM (#368603 - in reply to #358961)
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Thanks! I just ordered the top (in black) and the pump/motor and cylinders today from www.convertibletopguys.com. $1000 with shipping, seemed fair to me. Getting close now!
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Posted 2013-04-09 12:26 PM (#368680 - in reply to #358961)
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Looking more gorgeous every day!

Great work!

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Posted 2013-04-09 2:55 PM (#368695 - in reply to #358961)
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Posted 2013-04-09 3:25 PM (#368699 - in reply to #358961)
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Posted 2013-04-09 3:32 PM (#368702 - in reply to #358961)
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Posted 2013-04-09 3:33 PM (#368703 - in reply to #358961)
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Posted 2013-04-13 7:52 PM (#369524 - in reply to #358961)
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Thanks guys. JT, that's a great idea, a mock prototype pic would be a heck of a conversation piece at car shows, and really mess people up!
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Posted 2013-04-14 2:45 PM (#369624 - in reply to #358961)
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Sorry if I've missed this, but what wheels do you have there, Jeff?

Coddingtons?

They look good...the whole car looks mega good!

Great job!

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Posted 2013-04-15 12:21 AM (#369750 - in reply to #369624)
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Thanks! The wheels are just the American Racing Torq-thrusts, 17". I think they cost me about $1000. I may someday put caps and whitewalls on it, I'm on the fence about which I like better.

FIN ME - 2013-04-15 12:45 PM


Sorry if I've missed this, but what wheels do you have there, Jeff?

Coddingtons?

They look good...the whole car looks mega good!

Great job!

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Posted 2013-04-15 2:02 PM (#369881 - in reply to #358961)
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Posted 2013-04-15 5:18 PM (#369906 - in reply to #369881)
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Location: DFW, TX		That is really interesting. Nice job! Only a seasoned FL veteran would know it's not the car's original front clip.

Very original and very well executed. Looking forward to more progress!
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Posted 2013-04-15 5:43 PM (#369910 - in reply to #369906)
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