Factory bucket seats in a wagon, that's pretty cool. I had a set of those out of a 4 door once, I took the pins out of the seat backs and there were little rectangular steel cutout plates in there that came out, then the seats would tilt forward. Apparently they were the exact same seats that the coupes got, just with a block-off so the backs wouldn't flip.
Let’s see, it appears to run and drive so what you need is a Watson style paint job, wide whites, bellflower exhaust, and a Robert August surfboard.
Sounds like a great plan to me! A 2” static drop with some new leafs in back and drop spindles in front and we’re in business.
Didn’t think I’d see any color on the car for another few months but now I know what it’d look like if I painted it pale yellow! Finishing a few large areas then time to do the jambs. After that I’ll hang the doors, trunk, and hood and address any panel to panel corrections. In for a penny, in for a pound at this point.
In the bare metal pictures what hubcaps are you running on it? This is going to be beautiful when you are done with it I love the fact that you are building the car and making it a sweet custom. A lot of folks would’ve just jacked the grille and tossed it in the scrap pile. We have lost a lot of history because of this ideology and hats off to you for saving her!!
Appreciate it! Wheel covers are '54 chrysler windsor. I tried to keep as many custom touches as possible within the mopar family. Dash is '56 DeSoto. Rear window is '49 dodge sedan. Although I did rob a part of a merc as justice for all the desotos! I took the center piece off a '50 merc front bumper overrider. Sandwiched it between the factory desoto rear bumper guards to make my own overrider
Had some issues with the wheel I got from Kochs. They refunded me with no question which was nice. Ended up sending it out to Dennis at Quality Restorations and blown away at the quality.
Thanks. Got it started on Friday. New plugs, wires, carb, starter, electronic ignition conversion, battery and cables and we’re in business 413 fire up by driprail posted Jan 20, 2024 at 8:40 PM
Officially off the rotisserie. It’s been over 40 years since my dad has taken a car through complete body and paint. I’ve never done it. Been awesome working side by side over the last 3 months and learning the ropes. Still a ways to go but a big milestone.
I agree, that is spectacular detail/workmanship on that steering wheel! I don't even want to know what that cost, but the finished product is beautiful.
Great choice on color the car will be stunning when done lots of great work by you and your dad thanks for sharing
Spent the weekend dialing in the transition from the trunk to the body so it’s flat panel to panel. Added some weather strip and adjusted the latch to get it where it sat right. Tried a trick I saw online. Mask off the trunk gutter. Squeeze some filler between the body and trunk on each side. This will hold it rigid when blocking across panels. After it’s dry, smear across the transition. Wait until it dries and cut out the filler in the gap with a small grinder. A lot of filler gets wasted squeezed into the gaps unfortunately but oh well. Use a long block across the panels to get it even and if I did it right it should transition nice.
Car looks goo-ood!! I remember a mid-sixties Charger running around town which was a very nice creamy yellow factory shade which could look good (although your car's gonna look great in most any colour!). -Dave
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