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catman |
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Elite Veteran Posts: 781 Location: Montreal, Canada | Looking good to me. Keep 'em coming. | ||
bad58mike |
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Elite Veteran Posts: 1150 Location: Southern California | Looking great John! can't wait to see her finished | ||
big m |
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Expert 5K+ Posts: 7806 Location: Williams California | I took the dash apart in order to paint it, and had a small pile of goodies that needed to be polished. I've found that GOJO hand cleaner with pumice works better than anything else I have tried at removing years of tarnish and crud from chrome plating, and added bonus is that it's cheap too. ---John ('58 Dodge wagon 152.jpg) ('58 Dodge wagon 153.jpg) Attachments ---------------- '58 Dodge wagon 152.jpg (149KB - 240 downloads) '58 Dodge wagon 153.jpg (146KB - 227 downloads) | ||
big m |
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Expert 5K+ Posts: 7806 Location: Williams California | I painted the small parts separately, and then proceeded to paint the dash. It was a bit of work, being two-toned. I have some electrical repairs to make while the dash is apart, and then back to the color sanding on the exterior. ---John ('58 Dodge wagon 151.jpg) ('58 Dodge wagon 150.jpg) Attachments ---------------- '58 Dodge wagon 151.jpg (151KB - 225 downloads) '58 Dodge wagon 150.jpg (148KB - 220 downloads) | ||
catman |
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Elite Veteran Posts: 781 Location: Montreal, Canada | Man, she is looking good!!!! Do you have an idea when she will be finish. I will try your hand cleaner tip for chrome polishing next time. | ||
deloverly |
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Elite Veteran Posts: 755 Location: Big M Automotive's Yard | It better be done by October 18th Thats when we are leaving on our trip to Donnies. M'Lisa | ||
catman |
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Elite Veteran Posts: 781 Location: Montreal, Canada | No choice John !!!!!!!! | ||
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Expert Posts: 2308 Location: The Bat Cave, Fairborn, OH | Tick-Tock.....
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big m |
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Expert 5K+ Posts: 7806 Location: Williams California | LOL! I got a bit more done and out of the way this weekend. The dash is all reassembled, and I took care of some electrical problems that were known at this time. Completed the color sanding and buffing as well, and began to put some of 'er jewelry back on. ---John ('58 Dodge wagon 155.jpg) ('58 Dodge wagon 154.jpg) ('58 Dodge wagon 156.jpg) ('58 Dodge wagon 157.jpg) ('58 Dodge wagon 158.jpg) Attachments ---------------- '58 Dodge wagon 155.jpg (148KB - 237 downloads) '58 Dodge wagon 154.jpg (147KB - 223 downloads) '58 Dodge wagon 156.jpg (142KB - 224 downloads) '58 Dodge wagon 157.jpg (151KB - 217 downloads) '58 Dodge wagon 158.jpg (145KB - 210 downloads) | ||
Sisu |
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Inactive by Request Posts: 1292 Location: Lovely place | Looking real good, its like a mirror! Nothing is more annoying than installing things behind the dashboard, lying on the floor hands up and head in awkward angle. Hope your neck is still in fine condition. Edited by Sisu 2008-09-22 5:02 PM | ||
big m |
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Expert 5K+ Posts: 7806 Location: Williams California | Actually, Cedric, my neck was fine, but my back was a bit sore from laying on the bare floorboards. ---John | ||
Sisu |
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Inactive by Request Posts: 1292 Location: Lovely place | Do you ever actually have to BUY parts for your cars? Seems you could build anything there, lock yourself inside the gates and get pizza delivered to your house for the next 20 years. I bet you wouldn't need any other contact to the outside world! | ||
big m |
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Expert 5K+ Posts: 7806 Location: Williams California | Making some good headway on the car now. Mounted and balanced a set of Goodyear super cushions, painted up the wheelcovers I had polished, and painted some more items such as the spare tire compartment cover, and the mounting panels for the rear seats. I pulled a complete set of Solex glass from the parts cars, installed all the door and gate weatherstripping, as well as the window sweepers. All glass is now installed, except for the tailgate, as I have found there is no power getting to the power regulator. I repaired the cracks in the steering wheel, and sanded and repainted it as well. Now it's molding and trim time, real time consuming, as there was no hardware or fasteners, so I have to remove them from other cars. Here are a couple pics, but I'll have more soon. ---John ('58 dodge wagon 159.jpg) ('58 dodge wagon 161.jpg) ('58 dodge wagon 160.jpg) Attachments ---------------- '58 dodge wagon 159.jpg (151KB - 216 downloads) '58 dodge wagon 161.jpg (148KB - 219 downloads) '58 dodge wagon 160.jpg (148KB - 225 downloads) | ||
firedome |
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Expert Posts: 3155 Location: NY & VT | John - what a great job - that car is gonna be fabulous! Wish I was on the left coast... we just don't get cars that solid. | ||
1960fury |
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Expert 5K+ Posts: 7393 Location: northern germany | great job, geat colors! | ||
big m |
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Expert 5K+ Posts: 7806 Location: Williams California | Coming along nicely now- All the glass and window regulators are installed and adjusted, bumpers, grill, and most of the moldings have been installed, and a good portion of the interior has been fitted. ---John ('58 Dodge wagon 164.jpg) ('58 Dodge wagon 163.jpg) ('58 Dodge wagon 162.jpg) Attachments ---------------- '58 Dodge wagon 164.jpg (152KB - 224 downloads) '58 Dodge wagon 163.jpg (147KB - 215 downloads) '58 Dodge wagon 162.jpg (146KB - 211 downloads) | ||
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 | Think how fast you could work if there were TWO of you, doing all that work! have you come up with a selling price for it, when you are done enjoying it? It's nice that you will actually drive the car, so you can dial-in all of its various functions. 'Gotta make you wonder how well any of those B-J cars actually operate, after they are merely PHYSICALLY restored, but not ever driven, before they go across the auction block? | ||
big m |
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Expert 5K+ Posts: 7806 Location: Williams California | I've found nearly all the pieces needed for the car except for the potmetal upsweeps at the rear. Here is a pic of a typical upsweep on a '57 Sierra, the same as the ones used on the '58 sierra. The Custom Sierra I am working on uses different ones, they actually dip downward and go forward quite a bit. note the downward curve in the molding hole line. If anyone here has a pair of these, I could certainly use them. ---John ('58 Dodge wagon 166.jpg) ('58 Dodge wagon 165.jpg) Attachments ---------------- '58 Dodge wagon 166.jpg (149KB - 213 downloads) '58 Dodge wagon 165.jpg (139KB - 229 downloads) | ||
big m |
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Expert 5K+ Posts: 7806 Location: Williams California | d500neil - 2008-10-06 3:43 PM Think how fast you could work if there were TWO of you, doing all that work! have you come up with a selling price for it, when you are done enjoying it? It's nice that you will actually drive the car, so you can dial-in all of its various functions. 'Gotta make you wonder how well any of those B-J cars actually operate, after they are merely PHYSICALLY restored, but not ever driven, before they go across the auction block? Neil, we have no plans of selling the car at this time. As far as dialing it's various functions in, hopefully we will not be doing that on the side of the road somewhere in Tennessee! LOL! ---John | ||
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 | Well, you got enough ROOM there to carry your spare-everythings!! Good luck, amigo! They're expensive, but, the Big-Boy yards should have that trim you need--assuming that they can mail it to you, soon enough! Edited by d500neil 2008-10-06 8:34 PM | ||
big m |
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Expert 5K+ Posts: 7806 Location: Williams California | No luck so far. I checked with the Arizona yards, Freman's, CTC, Texas Acres, and several others, as well as several of the Mopar parts dealers. Someone's got to have these! Never say never. ---John | ||
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Expert ,, George Passed away July 28th 2021, He will be Missed Posts: 1295 Location: Twin Falls, Idaho | John... Those holes sure look like they would line up the same to me.... DO you have a picture from a brochure??? George | ||
big m |
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Expert 5K+ Posts: 7806 Location: Williams California | George, I've placed a long, straight stainless strip from the front of the quarter to the rear, and the last two trim holes dip below the trim itself. I have a brochure showing the molding, although I do not have a scanner and a pic may be poor. ---John | ||
big m |
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Expert 5K+ Posts: 7806 Location: Williams California | Looks like the brochure pic will work OK. ---John ('58 custom Sierra.jpg) Attachments ---------------- '58 custom Sierra.jpg (141KB - 219 downloads) | ||
Lancer Mike |
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Location: The Mile High City | Hi, John: There are actually four pieces that you are looking for: the down dip and forward is stainless steel. The pot-metal upsweep is a straight piece that ends where the stainless begins. I can get the pot metal pieces for you, but I don't have any extras for the stainless. I think you might be able to get the stainless from any Royal or Custom Royal from 1958. To me though, it seems like it might look funny to have the full length stainless piece below the dip down piece. You will get a "pinched down" look at the back where all the stainless gets too close. I think that dip down works a lot better with the short quarter trim lower or the spring special trim. I don't know if I have ever seen it with the full length trim? Neil? Mike Edited by Lancer Mike 2008-10-08 3:54 PM | ||
big m |
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Expert 5K+ Posts: 7806 Location: Williams California | Mike, could you send a pic of the potmetal pieces that you have? If it is different than the ones on the other model wagons I would like to buy them from you. As to the lower trim strip, there were factory drilled holes that only this molding could have used. I found a pic awhile back somewhere in the archives that showed the same trim scheme. I still wish that the previous owner hadn't tossed the majority of the moldings! ---John | ||
big m |
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Expert 5K+ Posts: 7806 Location: Williams California | Yesterday evening we took the car on it's first trip of more than a mile or two, the ten mile drive to Colusa for our bowling league night. Immediately after crossing the railroad tracks here in town, the right rear wheelcover decided to go it's own way, and was shed from the wheel. Luckily M'lisa rescued it before it was damaged. The left front brakes wanted to grab, so I'll have to look into that issue, and the speedo head occasionally squeeked, so it'll probably need a few drops of lube. Also, there was a slight hesitation in acceleration, but I've yet to set the timing, and that could well be the cause. Other than those items, the car ran and steered just fine! Here's a few pics of the car in the sun when I was out at the yard earlier today. ---John ('58 Dodge wagon 167.jpg) ('58 Dodge wagon 168.jpg) ('58 Dodge wagon 169.jpg) Attachments ---------------- '58 Dodge wagon 167.jpg (151KB - 228 downloads) '58 Dodge wagon 168.jpg (145KB - 226 downloads) '58 Dodge wagon 169.jpg (156KB - 227 downloads) | ||
1955Coronado |
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Expert Posts: 1918 Location: Hell's Outhouse - a.k.a. Buckeye, Arizona | My God, what a tasty grocery getter. I LOVE seeing a car's story like this..... | ||
Sisu |
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Inactive by Request Posts: 1292 Location: Lovely place | Looks great - at least you are not running out of spare parts!! Brakes, and the noise from the speedometer sound very typical probs with these cars. Once you get them fixed, and your engine tuned - you won't believe how great car you have! You are still missing some bumper chrome, do you already have them - or are you looking for better ones? For me, I'd like to find spare ones, the originals are showing some signs of getting rusty... Great colors, really different | ||
5859 |
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Expert Posts: 2932 Location: Lemoore CA | John, this has been the thread I have looked forward to more than any other over the past few weeks, looks like a great job! | ||
whitedawg |
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Extreme Veteran Posts: 314 Location: San Antonio Tx | Dont worry John..by the time you get to Donnie's all the bugs will be worked out. Look forward to seeing it there | ||
catman |
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Elite Veteran Posts: 781 Location: Montreal, Canada | John, This budget resto is just OUTSTANDING What a great job you did. I am sure you will fix the small problems you enconter with her. Can you post interior pictures? How is the condition of the vinyl covering the rear wheels? Man I wish I could be at Donnie's place...... Please promise you guys will take tons of pictures. | ||
Lancer Mike |
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Location: The Mile High City | They are the ones you are looking for. I will send you a picture. Mike | ||
deloverly |
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Elite Veteran Posts: 755 Location: Big M Automotive's Yard | d500neil - 2008-10-06 3:43 PM Think how fast you could work if there were TWO of you, doing all that work! have you come up with a selling price for it, when you are done enjoying it? It's nice that you will actually drive the car, so you can dial-in all of its various functions. 'Gotta make you wonder how well any of those B-J cars actually operate, after they are merely PHYSICALLY restored, but not ever driven, before they go across the auction block? Neil, we'll come up with a selling price the same way that you will on your D500. As far as driving it, of course we are going to drive it. We drove the Fury to Tulsa, we'll drive this one to Donnie's and we'll drive my 69 Hurst Olds to Indianapolis in 2 years. John and I both believe in restoring and enjoying. Neither one of us are "into" FIX AND SELL. What is the use of having a beautiful work of art that happens to be mobile and have it decorate the garage? I know on my assignments that are within 30 miles of my office I will be driving either the Wagon or my Desoto and save my daily driver for long range or winter driving. M'Lisa | ||
bad58mike |
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Elite Veteran Posts: 1150 Location: Southern California | John, absolutley beautiful! You brought that car back in no time WOW! | ||
big m |
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Expert 5K+ Posts: 7806 Location: Williams California | Lancer Mike - 2008-10-08 8:13 PM They are the ones you are looking for. I will send you a picture. Mike Excellent, Mike, I'll be watching for them! ---John | ||
Lancer Mike |
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Location: The Mile High City | Ok, lets see if this works: I made a .pdf picture of the parts. The part numbers are 1835593 LH and 1835593 RH. Both are in pretty good shape with no pits. Both have good studs - threaded and plain. RH has a little crack down by the threaded stud. RH (worst of the two) is the one with the shiny side up. It has some crazing of the chrome, which the other does not. The pdf shows some little blemishes on RH down by the crack that really shine, but they aren't scratches or pits! They will look good on the wagon with little to no work necessary. Too bad I don't have an extra set of the stainless parts to go with 'em! I'll send them out to you. Edited by Lancer Mike 2008-10-09 6:39 PM Attachments ---------------- ae0d27b1.pdf (72KB - 248 downloads) | ||
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 | Glad to hear that you intend to keep the car, M'lissa. Hubcaps that won't stay on can easily be fixed by bending outwards their circumferential mounting tabs, for a better grip to the wheel. It's always tough to mount wheelcovers onto freshly painted wheels, what with all the scratching and banging to get them mounted securely. Knowing what-all I've got invested into dialing-in my car, over the past 27+ years, I don't think that I ever could sell it, and I DARN (I did type "darn", not d-a-m-n) sure would be leery of paying big bucks on a "pretty car" if I didn't already know it, or its ownership history. I am impressed that you and John are not going to try to recoup your initial investment costs in restoring that car. | ||
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 | The other interesting (and sad) thing about pretty-cars, which reach a certain market value (let's say, around $100K, at auction value) is that once they reach a big-buck plateau, like, in Re: my friend's former 1958 NY'er convertible, which DID drive wonderfully, back when it was worth around $25k, a few years ago (now, its dealer-broker is asking around $150k for it)...is that the car will probably never again be driven and enjoyed by its rich owner(s)... E.G.: most Duesenbergs and a lot of 'Classic' cars have survived, but when do you ever see them being driven on the street? Nowadays, you'll see various iterations of 'hot-rods', but not a lot of original-looking 50's cars on the highways. Edited by d500neil 2008-10-09 7:24 PM | ||
big m |
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Expert 5K+ Posts: 7806 Location: Williams California | Neil, the wheelcover did not seem to have much spring tension against the wheel, and after bending the tabs out slightly, it seems to be staying on now. ---John | ||
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 | HEH; I've had my fill of wheelcovers 'spinning'-away (get it?) merrily, on the roads--usually as a result of turning-cornering maneuvers (remember "Bullett"?-not quite like that, but close!) Anyway, errant wheelcovers can travel an amazing distance spinning along, upright, on their edges, due to centrifugal energy. If you're lucky, you might hear, or see, them exit your car; not always! The OTHER amazing thing is how little damage the wheelcovers seem to incur during their escape maneuvers. Edited by d500neil 2008-10-09 7:32 PM | ||
deloverly |
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Elite Veteran Posts: 755 Location: Big M Automotive's Yard | Here are some videos of John working on the Wagon | ||
deloverly |
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Elite Veteran Posts: 755 Location: Big M Automotive's Yard | OOPS! Try this. | ||
Rebels-59 |
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Board Moderator & Exner Expert 10K+ Location: .Norfolk..Mafia.. ,England UK | Still Oops............. No Video,s | ||
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Expert Posts: 2308 Location: The Bat Cave, Fairborn, OH | That's a beautiful ride - you do really nice work. Looks like the Swedes and Finns have nothing on you with this car! LOL | ||
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Extreme Veteran Posts: 481 Location: near St Augustine, FL | John, That, Sir, is one fine vehicle. The work you did in such a short time is AMAZING! I'm awed and jealous all at the same time. Congratulations! | ||
deloverly |
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Elite Veteran Posts: 755 Location: Big M Automotive's Yard | Try this. | ||
deloverly |
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Elite Veteran Posts: 755 Location: Big M Automotive's Yard | http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvKSpA8pyfA
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deloverly |
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Elite Veteran Posts: 755 Location: Big M Automotive's Yard | Here are the other ones. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zwrjy2SleU http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibWPoU_t__o http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lc7hSIi9s8 M'Lisa | ||
MoparBrew |
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Extreme Veteran Posts: 461 Location: Brooklyn NY | Great work John!! Fastest and Best "budget" resto ever! Enjoy the drive to Donnie's, I hope you have time to send out my seattracks first ;}......Ralph from Brooklyn | ||
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