I believe one set of photos showed the body being supported by three sheets
of 3/4" plywood. Since the car should not be moving after this brief trip to
East Tulsa, I feel that this would be opening up a Pandora's box in terms of
"well as long as we're repairing the springs, we might as well..."
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2007 7:10
PM
Subject: [FWDLK] "Belvedere
brouhaha"
I want to make a suggestion. A lot of discussion has been going on
relative to what will become of Miss Belvedere. A lot has been said
about not touching her. Leave her alone. OK. But do we think
that she can continue to limp around with a loose rear axle?
What if we were to undertake providing a set of springs for her, to
at least make her transportable and provide her some dignity while on display.
Now I know that this Friday someone will be named as owner but
if she is awarded with the rear wheels rubbing on the wheelhouse, well,
we might never get a chance at preserving her. I am sure the
Dodge dealer would install them and I will bet she will continue to be a
tourist attraction through the summer.
My thought turns to having Mike Eaton..spring supplier to the 300 club,
make up a set and ship them out. I would bet a $5.00 contribution from
everyone would meet the $300 or so price tag. I don't consider this
restoration. Even if she was in her youthful glory she would probably
need some spring work. Let's discuss this suggestion in a
reasonable tone and see if there is support or other suggestions on what we as
a club can do. I met a lot of fine MoPar people this past week. I bet if
we had a collection can next to her for preservation we might have
filled it.
While we were in Tulsa and not necessarily watching the evening news last
Friday, I am told that Miss Belvedere was on the ABC evening
news with Charlie Gibson.
Marv
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