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Expert Posts: 2319 Location: Eastern Iowa | Getting ready to re-install these beauties back on the F. Got to get w/the program here to get her ready for Carlisle. New tires are in the works also. Dave S. (F carbs 001.JPG) (F carbs 006.JPG) Attachments ---------------- F carbs 001.JPG (111KB - 308 downloads) F carbs 006.JPG (111KB - 316 downloads) | ||
57plymouth |
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Expert Posts: 3581 Location: Blythewood, SC | Okay, so a little late. The repair on the radiator is holding. The 7 pound cap may be a mistake. I noticed the front cross member was wet this morning from the overflow pipe. I'll give it another few days and then I might have to try a 10 pound cap. I did notice that the car now runs about 1/8 of the sweep hotter. It's still less than 1/2 of the gauge at full temp on the interstate. | ||
imopar380 |
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Expert 5K+ Posts: 7210 Location: Victoria, BC, on Vancouver Island, Canada | I'm still working on the core support and the panel below it. I wed sanded everything, then cleaned it all up and wiped it down with lacquer thinner. Applied the primer tonight and the body color to the lower panel, then clear coated it. When its dry I'll mask off the turquoise and then paint the core support black, likely on Saturday, then re-assemble it all! (1.JPG) (2.JPG) (3.JPG) (4.JPG) (5.JPG) Attachments ---------------- 1.JPG (126KB - 312 downloads) 2.JPG (136KB - 323 downloads) 3.JPG (55KB - 309 downloads) 4.JPG (107KB - 311 downloads) 5.JPG (93KB - 299 downloads) | ||
imopar380 |
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Expert 5K+ Posts: 7210 Location: Victoria, BC, on Vancouver Island, Canada | Finished it all today finally. No more left in the engine compartment to do! (1.JPG) (2.JPG) (4.JPG) (5.JPG) (6.JPG) (7.JPG) (8.JPG) (9.JPG) (10.JPG) (11.JPG) (12.JPG) (13.JPG) Attachments ---------------- 1.JPG (118KB - 317 downloads) 2.JPG (109KB - 325 downloads) 4.JPG (115KB - 313 downloads) 5.JPG (77KB - 328 downloads) 6.JPG (76KB - 302 downloads) 7.JPG (125KB - 307 downloads) 8.JPG (88KB - 309 downloads) 9.JPG (118KB - 331 downloads) 10.JPG (120KB - 315 downloads) 11.JPG (111KB - 308 downloads) 12.JPG (93KB - 300 downloads) 13.JPG (108KB - 324 downloads) | ||
imopar380 |
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Expert 5K+ Posts: 7210 Location: Victoria, BC, on Vancouver Island, Canada | I thought I'd throw in this photo, this is what it looked like almost four years ago to the day! (before.JPG) Attachments ---------------- before.JPG (113KB - 301 downloads) | ||
db300 |
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Extreme Veteran Posts: 314 | I finally got my F's today! She's a barn car, but she's the very one I've dreamt of for 40 years. Pics to follow... Today I officially became a Forward Looker and a letter series owner Dave | ||
wizard |
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Board Moderator & Exner Expert 10K+ Posts: 13066 Location: Southern Sweden - Sturkö island | imopar380 - 2012-06-17 7:11 AM I thought I'd throw in this photo, this is what it looked like almost four years ago to the day! Great work Ian - that really made a difference! | ||
bel5758 |
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Elite Veteran Posts: 716 | That's a pretty good day! Congrats! Now show us the photos! | ||
db300 |
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Extreme Veteran Posts: 314 | Need to figure how to get pics from my iPhone to here! | ||
koopster |
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Veteran Posts: 170 Location: central Massachusetts | Nice day in New England. Took the family to a car show and breakfast at the local historical society. Ms. Rose and a 58 Dodge were the only FL'ers there. Stopped in a local cemetery to pay homeage to fathers. These old cemeteries are always great for impropt photoshoots! (paying respects1.jpg) (paying respects2.jpg) Attachments ---------------- paying respects1.jpg (60KB - 295 downloads) paying respects2.jpg (65KB - 301 downloads) | ||
bel5758 |
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Elite Veteran Posts: 716 | Completed the 'financial arrangements' for purchase. She'll be home soon....my one and only dream. | ||
big m |
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Expert 5K+ Posts: 7819 Location: Williams California | bel5758 - 2012-06-19 4:42 PM Completed the 'financial arrangements' for purchase. She'll be home soon....my one and only dream. :heart: Congratulations! Post up some photos once you get her home. ---John | ||
BigBlockMopar |
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Expert Posts: 3575 Location: Netherlands | Took a pic of a lot of purple... (IMG_2072+Crop1024.jpg) Attachments ---------------- IMG_2072+Crop1024.jpg (275KB - 308 downloads) | ||
Destr0 |
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Veteran Posts: 175 Location: Hebron, IN | My Scarebird disk brake brackets came via UPS so I pulled the front drums and backing plates and started cleaning up the spindles and such. Per UPS my rotors and calipers will be here tomorrow. Loving the purple and shaved door handles- those rims Torque Thrust? I am looking at a set of those (because I need 15" wheels for the disk brakes). Edited by Destr0 2012-06-20 1:12 PM | ||
d500neil |
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Exner Expert 19,174 posts. Neil passed away 18 Sep 2015. You will be missed, Neil! Posts: 19146 Location: bishop, ca | Necessity being the the MOTHER of an invention that it is: ....today, got an unpleasant surprise when Horrie's battery was found to be KIA (or, at least: MIA), from my having left his key in the wrong direction, when I parked him, last week. Oh, well, finally had the reason to replace his incorrect "Group 27" (it's for the longer batteries) MoPar battery applique with the correct "Group 24" applique that I've had for many moons. Also, had the opportunity to use some of my precious remainder "Klean-&-Shine" (finest no-longer- produced cleaning & polishing agent ever removed from store shelves) to detail the area around the battery. That's the famous "Tar Topper" battery toupee which hides the installation of the wonderful Delco brand ACD24-60 flat topped battery---whose immediate predecessor survived for 21 (IIRC) years before finally succumbing to olde age. Kustom sanded and painted the fake caps to look like Mope-green ones; others, like Ron W. have glued-on actual caps, but my own caps were/are not show-quality. On the Road Again.....stylin properly. Edited by d500neil 2012-06-22 8:49 PM (PICT5227.JPG) (PICT5229.JPG) (PICT5231.JPG) (PICT5232.JPG) (PICT5234.JPG) Attachments ---------------- PICT5227.JPG (109KB - 328 downloads) PICT5229.JPG (104KB - 289 downloads) PICT5231.JPG (106KB - 321 downloads) PICT5232.JPG (108KB - 311 downloads) PICT5234.JPG (108KB - 309 downloads) | ||
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Expert Posts: 4110 Location: Connecticut | d500neil - 2012-06-22 2:29 PM others, like Ron W. have glued-on actual caps, but my own caps were/are not show-quality. On the Road Again.....stylin properly. Nope. Have the same setup that you have. One thing that I did was, after painting the caps Mopar green (as Neil did), they got painted with a semi-gloss clear. The TT looks great. Ron | ||
d500neil |
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Exner Expert 19,174 posts. Neil passed away 18 Sep 2015. You will be missed, Neil! Posts: 19146 Location: bishop, ca | OOPS; i THINK I clear coated mine too; dunno why I wouldn't do that. My caps said "AC" on their tops; Ron's may have been a later version, where the tops were blank. BTW, that plastic is tuff stuff...it took a lot more filing of the cap tops, to elide the AC than I had imagined; simple sanding of them hardly had any effect on them. | ||
bel5758 |
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Elite Veteran Posts: 716 | Hugged my die cast version of mine because the transporter STILL HASN'T CALLED to tell me when they are picking up my life size version and bringing her home! AAAAARRRRRRRGGGGGHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! | ||
db300 |
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Extreme Veteran Posts: 314 | What size tires and how did you lower it? Looks great. | ||
BigBlockMopar |
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Expert Posts: 3575 Location: Netherlands | DB, I think you're asking about my '57 Chrysler here, It's lowered 3" in the rear with blocks and just turned down torsion bars in front. Tiresize is 235/60/15 all around. | ||
FIN ME |
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Expert Posts: 2788 Location: USA - KY | Stressed out here...having some mild damage to the clear coat and paint near the gas door repaired. The body shop has a really good reputation, but naturally, one still frets anytime their FL is not tucked safely in its own garage under its dust cover. It should be finished today...just waiting to hear...fret, fret, fret... | ||
Windsor59 |
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Expert Posts: 2598 Location: Upplands Väsby, Sweden | imopar380 - 2012-06-17 1:11 AM I thought I'd throw in this photo, this is what it looked like almost four years ago to the day! You have do a very GREAT work, like new agien | ||
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Expert 5K+ Posts: 7498 Location: northern germany | FIN ME - 2012-06-28 9:10 AM The body shop has a really good reputation, but naturally, one still frets anytime their FL is not tucked safely in its own garage under its dust cover. It should be finished today...just waiting to hear...fret, fret, fret... :) oh man i can relate, i feel your pain. be prepared to find the ignition key upside down hammered into the ignition switch and the directional lever bend by some idiot trying to shift with that | ||
FIN ME |
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Expert Posts: 2788 Location: USA - KY | Aghhhhhh! Say it isn't so! | ||
sermey |
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Expert Posts: 1220 Location: SWITZERLAND | Windsor59 - 2012-06-09 10:19 PM Begun to assemble the carburetor, it is fortunate that we took pictures before but unscrew it. Difficult one time. :o I did this job many years ago, very carefully as you do. Finally I was not satisfied. With all efforts I couldn't get a smooth idling. Then I switched to Edelbrock and my problem was solved. But as far as I learned, you will drink a beer in between and this will help. Good luck Joakim! - SERGE - | ||
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Expert Posts: 2788 Location: USA - KY | Great relief! My DeSoto is back home, safe and sound. The body work looks great! Now I can sleep again at night. | ||
soiouz |
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Expert Posts: 3490 Location: Montreal, Canada | Had some gaskets changed. Allowed me to peek inside my pretty clean engine for the first time! | ||
sermey |
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Expert Posts: 1220 Location: SWITZERLAND | imopar380 - 2012-06-17 6:15 AM Finished it all today finally. No more left in the engine compartment to do! It is a pleasure to look at your nice pictures - you did an excellent job. I can lively imagine your good feeling for your new car and this every time you will open the hood. A motivation to do as well for many of us. - SERGE - | ||
imopar380 |
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Expert 5K+ Posts: 7210 Location: Victoria, BC, on Vancouver Island, Canada | sermey - 2012-07-02 12:54 PM imopar380 - 2012-06-17 6:15 AM Finished it all today finally. No more left in the engine compartment to do! It is a pleasure to look at your nice pictures - you did an excellent job. I can lively imagine your good feeling for your new car and this every time you will open the hood. A motivation to do as well for many of us. - SERGE - Your Custom Royal Convertible is THE inspiration for all of us here ! | ||
luedi |
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Extreme Veteran Posts: 538 Location: Hamburg-Germany | Brakes on the 60 wash the 61 drive the 62 (belvederes 049.jpg) (belvederes 069.jpg) Attachments ---------------- belvederes 049.jpg (180KB - 388 downloads) belvederes 069.jpg (176KB - 433 downloads) | ||
finsruskw |
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Expert Posts: 2319 Location: Eastern Iowa | Packed the trunk.....and the rear seats for the trip to Carlisle. Leaving early in the morning and will be rollin across I-80 in IA-IL-IN-OH to I-76 and on. Overnite at Freemont OH Dave S. | ||
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Walter passed away on Jul 29, 2014. We will miss you, Walt! Posts: 5358 Location: Heaven Above (Formerly Oklahoma City,OK) | Same as yesterday, nothing. But with a green light from the oncologist, guess I'll have to start back on it now . . . . . . . . .LOL | ||
Matthew Keij |
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Extreme Veteran Posts: 481 Location: The Netherlands | Replaced and modified the convertible sun visor hooks. Also tried to get the boot cover on but it doesn't fit at all, little bit disappointed in it. | ||
Myke |
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Elite Veteran Posts: 1110 Location: Tulare Ca | Brought Her Home | ||
BarnFind57 |
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Elite Veteran Posts: 957 Location: Signal Mountain, TN | I managed to eliminate the ignition miss a couple of days ago at work, still playing with the other tuning, but she was running well enough, so today the Savoy participated in her first parade for Independence Day. | ||
b5rt |
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Expert Posts: 2519 Location: central Illinois | Painted the sub-frame and front suspension pieces. Trying out my new tumbler from Eastwood's for cleaning bolts and stuff. | ||
Cmangeot |
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Extreme Veteran Posts: 531 Location: Park Hills, KY | Found a poorly covered rust hole in my lower left front fender under the rocker molding which the seller did not disclose even though I directly asked him about this area!!! Now I will be finding a good bodyman to fixit...... | ||
Cmangeot |
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Extreme Veteran Posts: 531 Location: Park Hills, KY | And getting some cash back too for the deliberate omission. | ||
bel5758 |
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Elite Veteran Posts: 716 | MOPAR to ya | ||
Desotorandy |
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Veteran Posts: 234 Location: Chambersburg,PA | Gonna' bleed my brakes one last time and get my brake light switch mounted,wash and polish for the 20+ mile trip up to Carlisle. Man it's gonna' be a hot wk end! | ||
Myke |
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Elite Veteran Posts: 1110 Location: Tulare Ca | Replaced The Dash Trim And Took Out The Radio Delete Plate Edited by Myke 2012-07-04 2:46 PM | ||
Matthew Keij |
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Extreme Veteran Posts: 481 Location: The Netherlands | Took the dash pad off and placed it back a whole lot better! Also changed the snaps with screws in my rear seat with longer ones as I can use the shorter ones in my arm rests when I find a correct cvt top boot cover | ||
d500neil |
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Exner Expert 19,174 posts. Neil passed away 18 Sep 2015. You will be missed, Neil! Posts: 19146 Location: bishop, ca | Changed H.'s oil (after about/almost a year? I know: "too long"...for what?) with another dose of Valvoline 20/50 Racing oil, which is loaded with ZDDP. Clean living...as expressed in the immaculate condition of the oil filter! (I was looking for that famous photo of that hugely sludged-up oil filter, for grins---but couldn't find it). (PICT5424.JPG) (PICT5425.JPG) Attachments ---------------- PICT5424.JPG (62KB - 294 downloads) PICT5425.JPG (62KB - 309 downloads) | ||
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Expert Posts: 3951 Location: Bama | Got my car crunk back up today after getting the painless wire harness into the engine bay and headlight switch and ignition switch. Front lights are working and car is cranking and charging. Time to finish the under the dash and to da back! | ||
57plymouth |
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Expert Posts: 3581 Location: Blythewood, SC | Wait, mark your calendars!!! Lawrence made progress!! | ||
1961plymouthfury |
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Expert Posts: 2647 Location: Minor Hill, TN | I dusted mine off with a damp microfiber cloth . then I used waterless car wash and a detail spray on it . Were I live there is a water restriction there has not been any rain for days and its needed bad here. I also bought oil for it today 5qt jug and 1 extra quart. All I need is the oil filter and the zddp additive. In the future I plan to get that windowshield tinted up to 6" . Edited by 1961plymouthfury 2012-07-05 4:57 PM | ||
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Expert Posts: 2647 Location: Minor Hill, TN | What model is your '61 plymouth ? Belvedere , fury or Savoy. My '61 is a fury and its a 1 owner car. My dad bought the car from the original owner in 2006 . It took him 18 months to restore the car. | ||
Myke |
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Elite Veteran Posts: 1110 Location: Tulare Ca | Put Her Front Bumper On, And Ran Some Chrome Polish About Her. | ||
Myke |
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Elite Veteran Posts: 1110 Location: Tulare Ca | Got Her Some New(used) Tires To Move Her Up and Down The Drive Way And Maybe Round The Block. | ||
d500neil |
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Exner Expert 19,174 posts. Neil passed away 18 Sep 2015. You will be missed, Neil! Posts: 19146 Location: bishop, ca | Adjusted Horrie's Bendix brakes, over the weekend. Bendix brakes have a sort of 2-stage application, and their proper adjustment is important, because when they get 'loose', their (major-) braking action occurs all-at-once, after the brake pedal free-travels to that point of engagement. Bendix systems are very powerful. | ||
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