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Tail light assemblies rebuilt and ready for installation after paint work. [ATTACH]
Reassembled the front and rear bumpers today. All ready for install on the car after paint is completed. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Right back at you, Kyle ole buddy... Get busy on the car, Wayne will be kicking butt soon.
Work on the interior side of the doors is underway. No rust to deal with. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Body of the car has been primered and guide coated for long board work. It has been raining down here the past few days and probably will rain off...
Hi Kyle, The spring winder really works well. The guy who gave it to me said they bought for one job and then nothing. So he thought it would...
I had an e-mail about the spring winder I used to make the replacement door handle spring, so I thought I would post a few pictures of it. It is...
Made the trip to the plating shop this morning and brought back some pieces. All the parts look great. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]...
Rainy day down here so I decided to make a new spring for the door opening handle. The old one had broken and the handle would rattle. Seems like...
Thanks, sure wish we had a few... The car is moving along pretty well; just wish I could sell my '53 Ford Victoria mild custom to help with the...
Thanks, the car will be painted the same colors as it came from the factory. I forgot the exact names of the colors, but the roof will be white,...
I use a shop owned by Fidel Bonilla. His shop is at 424 HILL RD., HOUSTON, TX 77037
That is what a friend told me when I was complaining about the high cost of plating. Spring is located just north of Houston. I actually live in...
Just received a call from the chrome plating shop saying all the parts are done and ready for pick-up. Now it's time to sell a kidney to pay the...
Worked on hood hinge assemblies and the vent window assemblies this weekend. Fortunately the rubber seals around the vent windows were in great...
Progress shots on the body work being done to the car. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]...
Today's tasks included polishing tail light lenses and repairing the aluminum door sill plates. I used some 3M polishing compound and the tail...
More body work pictures. Body is not stripped and door, hood, and trunk lid removed. Started dent removal on the doors, hood and trunk and applied...
Car is now at the body shop and all the trim parts are removed for polishing or chrome plating. Next step is to strip the car to bare metal and...
Started removing the various trim pieces today. All went well, and so-far no surprises under the various pieces of trim. No rust areas and the...
Made a couple tools today to help in removing the clips used to fasten the "DESOTO" letters onto the hood and trunk plus a tool to remove the...
Good idea. I will keep that in mind.
Hi Kyle & Wayne, Maybe next week. I have it up on jack stands now, waiting for a new drag link which should be here on Tuesday. I may go over to...
Obtained a couple items that I installed today. I now have a warning light for the parking brake as well as a courtesy light just above the glove...
My plan for today was to replace the bushing in the idler arm and replace the canister oil filter with a spin on filter adapter. Getting the...
Hi, I am only running one filter. The ceramic filter that was in the Carter glass bowl has been removed. I have one of the clear plastic filters...
Good points for sure. When I had the sending unit out of the tank, I did look inside the tank and all was shiny steel. There was not much...
I was going to take the Desoto Firesweep to the upholstery shop and the chrome plating shop this morning to get some quotes, but had a problem...
gatz: Yes, those rubber bushings were shot. Sure made a difference with new ones installed. The Craftsman impact sure works great in tight...
Took the Firesweep to the muffler shop and now it is fitted with dual exhaust and glass-packs. On the way to and from the muffler shop, I was...
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