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suburban61
Posted 2008-08-04 11:26 PM (#140366)
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Location: Australia		hello, my names adriana, im 19 years old and i live in australia. i study graphic design full time and work part time at the local bottlo. on the 17 january this year i bought my dream car a 1961 plymouth suburban out of washington seattle.... now on the 5th august, it is finally sitting in my drive way!!

i have always loved the 1961 plymouths, and had my heart set on owning a wagon, although trying to find one was another story, there doesnt seem to be many left at all. but after 2 years of searching and many hours scouring for sale internet sites in the states, i finally found and have my dream car!

well heres the lowdown.... its a 2 owner, 4 door 1961 plymouth deluxe suburban, carnival red, pushbutton auto, slant 6, seattle washington car.... the elderly original owner accidentally drove it down a ditch in the early 90's and then when in hospital his barn fell in on it so it has some replaced panels and dings.... but nothing that cant be repaired with a little love, money and hard work. there is no rust anywhere on this car, its truely is a solid beauty! this car is so original it still has the factory plastic on the back seat and the original jack instruction leaflet is still stuck in the back of the wagon! it was delivered on the 23rd of november 1960 from the White Plymouth Centre in Renton, Washington. i have the original plymouth certified car care booklet, owners certificate and original regof for it.

i absolutely adore my suburban, its the only 1961 plymouth suburban in australia and i am honoured to be the owner of it! it will be a work in progress but i am just glad that i now have the car and it was well worth all the hours at work to be able to afford to buy it.


if youd like to know anything else about my sub just ask, ill attach some pics and oh yeah thats me sitting on it at the shipping yard this morning! lol.....

adriana



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Posted 2008-08-05 12:50 AM (#140368 - in reply to #140366)
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Location: Seville, OH		Congratulations on receiving your wagon. Can't wait for the pics. I am finally going back to Ohio on August 14 to drag mine out. It ran when I put it in storage and I should have it running again. Unfortunately, I probably will have to sell it. I have four cars in Ohio and I can't take them all back with me. I'll post a few pics when I get it out.

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Posted 2008-08-05 3:25 AM (#140374 - in reply to #140368)
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Location: Parts Unknown		It has to be a major neckbender to see a barge like that coming down the road in Aussieland. You will have lots of fun with your new toy. I have one complaint about all your posts, Adriana ..... I can't hear your accent !!!! There are some people I would pay to listen to them read the phone book. You might be one of them. I know I had a whale of a good time listening to George Laurie run his jib over a weekend we spent at a DeSoto National together. I learned all sorts of new words and terms !
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Posted 2008-08-05 5:15 AM (#140381 - in reply to #140366)
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Location: Australia		here are some pics of my sub! just got it running and moved it, got lights working also...



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Posted 2008-08-05 9:25 AM (#140401 - in reply to #140366)
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Posted 2008-08-05 10:17 AM (#140408 - in reply to #140366)
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hello, my names adriana, im 19 years old and i live in australia. i study graphic design full time and work part time at the local bottlo.

What's a "local bottlo"? Is that Aussie for pub or bar?

Sweet ride and it looks as if it didn't suffer any damage in its shipping container - at least any more that is. The blue door is a little surprising, but I expect that was necessary to replace the door that was damaged by the previous owner when he put it in the ditch. Hopefully your plans include a repaint at some point and you'll turn it back into red.

I noticed that there is a "Fury" script on the driver's fender behind the wheel opening but there isn't one on the right. The left fender seems to be painted a darker shade of red too than the rest of the car. Maybe the left fender came from a boneyard car to replace the one that was damaged when Mr Toad took his wild ride?

The seller should have removed the Department of Defence vehicle decal before he sold it to you. Although it's expired, it still should have been removed. Maybe the old guy was former military.



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Nathan D. Manning
Posted 2008-08-05 5:09 PM (#140442 - in reply to #140408)
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58 DESOTOS RULE - 2008-08-05 10:17 AM

hello, my names adriana, im 19 years old and i live in australia. i study graphic design full time and work part time at the local bottlo.

What's a "local bottlo"? Is that Aussie for pub or bar?



http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=bottlo

Nice Ride, Adriana!
-NM

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Posted 2008-08-05 5:20 PM (#140444 - in reply to #140366)
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Location: .Norfolk..Mafia.. ,England UK		So Adriana ,. You are a Part-time Barmaid in your Local Pub............ Cool.. My Sister runs her own Pub here in the UK.. I would personally just drink the Profits away if it where Me.. LOL

Great Solid looking Surb you have ... Be Loud and Proud !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Posted 2008-08-05 5:43 PM (#140448 - in reply to #140366)
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Location: Netherlands		Congrats with the wagon! Cool ride.
I got a '62 NewYorker myself.
It's also the most usefull car I own. It hauls Hemi's and Dana rearaxles like it's nothing...

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Posted 2008-08-05 7:58 PM (#140457 - in reply to #140448)
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Location: bishop, ca		Congratulations, and please remember: don't go putting any grille-bar on it!!

LOLOLOL...and keep those dog-dish hubcaps, too.

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Posted 2008-08-05 8:03 PM (#140458 - in reply to #140366)
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Posted 2008-08-05 8:11 PM (#140459 - in reply to #140366)
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Location: bishop, ca		If that car were mine (which it's not, ok?) I would glitz/hop-up its engine by installing an alloy intake manifold, with 4-bbl
carb, and install full-length exhaust headers, and have the camshaft be mildly turned.

Except for the cam, everything would be easily removable, and you'd have a considerable WOW-factor, when you popped the hood.

"Ya wanna see the engine, in this thing" ???????





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Posted 2008-08-05 8:39 PM (#140465 - in reply to #140366)
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Location: Australia		thanks all for your comments.... i apologise for my aussie slang, local bottlo is what you call the local liquor store, lol! all along i have said that i hate the red, but now that ive seen it in real life i kinda like it, and am planing to keep it that colour. i plan to keep the slant 6 in it, sorry guys! it came with spares, there IS a spare fury bar, which i shall not be using, argghhh! the blue door, hood, and left front fender are replacements, the originals came with it, but are in bad shape. the guy sent me some pics of the car before the replaced panels, ill have to scan it and post it on here! yeah, dog dishes are original, but dont care for them much, my good mate chris gave me a set of full size caps which i shall put on instead, but i do intend to keep the dogdishes as they are original to the car, just not parade around with em on. about the fury script thats on the replacement panel, so its not meant to be on my Sub, as the DeLuxe wagon is equal to a Savoy. the only damage i can see is that somewhere along its journey over here the far left headlight ring got scrapped/ hit which not only made a dent but actually split it, so i have now joined the long list of people searching for headlight rings for their '61! cheers adriana
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Posted 2008-08-06 6:14 AM (#140492 - in reply to #140366)
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Posted 2008-08-06 12:43 PM (#140507 - in reply to #140492)
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Location: Scottsdale, AZ		Welcome aboard and congrats Adriana!  Nice looking project wagon.  And at least you get to drive it now!  We were in Mudgee, Australia a couple summers ago and didn't get to see any old American iron except one '57 Chebby 4dr Sedan.  (It even had the 'Roo Bars on it!)  Glad you got a good ol' cruisemobile.  Have loads of fun!
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Posted 2008-08-06 1:15 PM (#140511 - in reply to #140366)
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Location: Hell's Outhouse - a.k.a. Buckeye, Arizona		Adriana, you're gonna have to bat the guys off left and right once they see you pull up in that baby - not that you didn't have to before, but.....

You're a lucky gal - got my first land yacht (1957 Lincoln Premiere 2 door hardtop) when I was 19 years old as well.
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Posted 2008-08-06 2:06 PM (#140519 - in reply to #140366)
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Actually I kind of like the darker red the Fury fender is painted. If it were mine I'd paint it that color.

Good for you that you're planning on keeping the Slant 6. Here's some food for thought if you ever want to add EFI to it and get some serious horsepower:

http://www.moparmusclemagazine.com/techarticles/mopp_0602_chrysler_slant_six_engine/index.html

"When we finished pulling the little Slant Six to its full rpm, we did get more horsepower with the EFI setup-quite a bit actually. How does 320 at 6,000 rpm sound? Even torque was up to 303 lb-ft at 5,000 rpm."

 Now that would be a draggin' wagon.

 





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Posted 2008-08-06 4:35 PM (#140562 - in reply to #140366)
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Posted 2008-08-06 7:08 PM (#140586 - in reply to #140562)
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wizard - 2008-08-06 3:35 PM

Actually for a car that has the rear end as a front, that is a mighty cool vehicle. (Yes the front was actually designed for a rear end from the beginning)



Dang it.. now you have me thinking....

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Posted 2008-08-06 7:14 PM (#140592 - in reply to #140366)
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Posted 2008-08-07 12:02 AM (#140618 - in reply to #140562)
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wizard - 2008-08-06 1:35 PM

Actually for a car that has the rear end as a front, that is a mighty cool vehicle. (Yes the front was actually designed for a rear end from the beginning)


I always suspected this since it looks to be a direct rip-off from the rear of a 1958 Chevrolet!

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nz 61savoy
Posted 2008-08-07 4:45 AM (#140623 - in reply to #140618)
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Location: cntrl nth island new zealand		it looks great adriana,it must be good to finally get it home, i would of gone nuts waiting that long . i will take some pics of mine inside as my dash is quite different from yours, the slant 6 is a good motor , i have just finished putting my new one in , 10.1 compression and hot cam 2bbl carter carb and headers.vaughan



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suburban61
Posted 2008-08-08 9:11 AM (#140724 - in reply to #140366)
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Location: Australia		vaughan, i did go nuts!! im impatient at the best of times, it was lucky for everyone that my Sub arirved when it did! lol... yeah, yours would have a '60 plymouth dash being a canadian export car... so your sparkly steering wheel would be round, when the '61 astro wheels are square. 55coronado, oh nice taste! i adore the '57 lincolns also!! cheers adriana
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Posted 2008-08-08 1:00 PM (#140745 - in reply to #140366)
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Posted 2008-08-08 1:03 PM (#140746 - in reply to #140366)
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Cool little similarity, Adriana: We both got our yachts at age 19 - yours shows 61,783 miles on it's odometer, while my '57, when she became mine in October of 1990, was a 61,709 mile original car.

You're gonna love and spoil that car more than you know.
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Posted 2008-08-08 4:02 PM (#140766 - in reply to #140366)
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Posted 2008-08-10 10:31 PM (#141015 - in reply to #140746)
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Posted 2008-08-11 9:38 AM (#141048 - in reply to #140366)
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Location: Australia		i had a spare couple of hours between working the whole weekend in which i did a couple of things to my sub.... got the original radio working [i thought it was stuffed, but only had a faulty connection] the first song that drifted out was a neil diamond song then polished half the front bumper [came up a million dollars], and put a new set of spark plug leads in it... 1961 savoy, i remember dad telling me how you and your daughter found your car [i was so jelous] if youd like the VIN and VNP decoded ive got a '61 decoder here, it tunes out some interesting facts on the cars.... did you keep the slanty in yours? cheers adriana
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Posted 2008-08-11 10:26 AM (#141055 - in reply to #140366)
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Posted 2008-08-17 8:42 AM (#141603 - in reply to #141048)
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Location: Melbourne, Australia		YEE HA! Good to see another 61 plymouth down under! Yet even better to know that the Girls got great taste in cars! I am very happy for you Ad, I know it has been a while waiting on its arrival, but as I always told you it 'll be worth the wait once it arrives! ;-) lookin, forward to hooking up real soon and doing some serious croozin 61 plymmie style! well done and good luck with resto, Rock 'n Roll!

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Posted 2008-08-17 11:02 PM (#141674 - in reply to #140366)
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Location: Australia		sure thing! i need to get my sub on the road by chrysler day next february, as the spotlights on wagons and utes [need to show em a real wagon, theres only ever aussie valiants and chryslers]! then ill hopefully bring it over the boarder to all american day in melbourne! yay! i thought you all might be interested to see some old pics i got from the previous owner of my car just after it was rescued from under the barn, as you can see it was rather neccessary to replace certain panels...



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Posted 2008-08-18 12:29 AM (#141681 - in reply to #140366)
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Location: Australia		hmmm, well those pics were a bit large... here a couple of pics of paperwork that came with my car, original rego and the certified car care booklet and owners certificate....

IF ANYONE KNOWS ANYTHING ABOUT THE WHITE PLYMOUTH CENTRE OF RENTON WASHINGTON, ID LOVE TO HERE IT AND ALSO ANY OLD PHOTOS OF THE DEALERSHIP.

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Posted 2008-08-18 5:06 AM (#141699 - in reply to #140366)
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Somebody wrote the dash looks like something out of Star Wars? That's JUST what I was thinking too!


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Posted 2008-08-18 5:52 AM (#141704 - in reply to #140366)
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Posted 2008-08-18 8:35 AM (#141718 - in reply to #140366)
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Location: Australia		i have a question? the seats in my Sub are original but are not '61 fabric, they are original though and have never been recovered.... is it possible that the fabric is '60 plymouth because it was a early production car? and they were using up left overs from the previous year? or would it have been more of a special order? adriana
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Posted 2008-08-19 4:15 PM (#141928 - in reply to #141718)
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Location: cntrl nth island new zealand		mine looks the same , i will post some pics up tonight of the inside. one day when i win lotto i will bring mine to aus for a cruise , that would make people look.
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Posted 2008-08-21 10:51 PM (#142252 - in reply to #140366)
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Location: Australia		yeah, that would be ace! people have called and said, "what on earth is that sitting in your driveway?" we live on a main road so people always drive past and see whats in our driveway, dad always has yank tanks sitting in our yard, but no one knows what my wagon is.... people are amazed by it [weve had a few visitors come check it out].... cant wait till its on the road and i can take it on a car cruise.... i already have a queue of people who want to come for a ride in it.... how exciting, gonna do some engine work this afternoon....adriana
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Posted 2008-08-22 7:01 PM (#142356 - in reply to #140366)
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Posted 2008-08-22 7:47 PM (#142370 - in reply to #140366)
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2 sweet creations that any man would like to have. What more can I say.

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Posted 2008-09-04 12:38 AM (#143672 - in reply to #140366)
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Posted 2008-09-04 2:10 AM (#143676 - in reply to #140366)
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Location: Southern Sweden - Sturkö island		Hi Adriana, I finally found the thread about this; http://www.forwardlook.net/forums/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=21660&...
My method works, but it's not easy! The tool in the last post is not too difficult to produce and it'll work good. The special pincer works like a dream but is expensive and rare.
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nz 61savoy
Posted 2008-09-04 8:11 AM (#143682 - in reply to #143676)
Subject: Re: My 1961 plymouth suburban has finally arrived!!


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Location: cntrl nth island new zealand		i finaly took some pics of the inside ,
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nz 61savoy
Posted 2008-09-04 8:12 AM (#143683 - in reply to #143676)
Subject: Re: My 1961 plymouth suburban has finally arrived!!


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Location: cntrl nth island new zealand		i finaly took some pics of the inside ,



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suburban61
Posted 2008-09-10 5:47 AM (#144303 - in reply to #140366)
Subject: RE: My 1961 plymouth suburban has finally arrived!!



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Location: Australia		i got the headlights working! woohoo!


royal gate, yeah after always saying i wanted it maize yellow with an alpine white roof i've decided to keep it carnival red...



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suburban61
Posted 2008-12-09 1:19 AM (#154824 - in reply to #140366)
Subject: RE: My 1961 plymouth suburban has finally arrived!!



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Location: Australia		starting to get back on track... after my finger incident... working on the brakes at the moment... have a broken rear axel seal, about the only thing that the last owner didnt replace... and a few pics.... adriana



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suburban61
Posted 2008-12-09 1:27 AM (#154828 - in reply to #140366)
Subject: Re: My 1961 plymouth suburban has finally arrived!!



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suburban61
Posted 2009-04-27 4:00 AM (#171963 - in reply to #140366)
Subject: RE: My 1961 plymouth suburban has finally arrived!!



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Location: Australia		ok well, heres the update on my wagon (which i named oscar...) since easter me and dad have been pulling it down (really stressful i tell you) then today it got taken to the body shop... the tow truck driver came when i was outside taking pics of it, and said am i taking the red one, on my reply he was really excited and said he was hoping so as he drives past everyday and admirers it... he told my mum that he thought the car was beautiful (im glad im not the only mad one) he also told me that hes a freelance writer for the new chrysler magazine thats just started over here... upon arrival at the body shop, he said that so many people were turning their heads around looking at it on the two hour drive, he said he felt like a star (well they were looking at oscar not him, and with no badges on the car they would not have had any idea what it actually was) even the body guy said it was rather unusual, and asked how many were in australia, when told him your looking at it, i think he got a shock and i think he liked it also... upon leaving the body shop and reversing out the drive way i got tears in my eyes leaving my dear oscar there, i felt like i was putting my own child up for adoption... i know ill see it again in a couple of months its just sad... and when i got home and it wasnt sitting in the driveway as usual it was even more sad... i sound like a nutcase i know but i adore my car and i would not sell it for the world... now i have to get some of the chrome straightened and polish the rest of it, organise some carpets and find a painter :S (long story) but at least progress is being made and i am one step closer to getting oscar on the road..... cheers adriana



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firedome
Posted 2009-04-27 10:57 AM (#171981 - in reply to #140366)
Subject: RE: My 1961 plymouth suburban has finally arrived!!



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Location: NY & VT		Know how you feel - it's pretty scary trusting you baby to someone else!! and taking it apart first!! - I'm in the same boat - here's a pic of my DeSi (58 Sweep) on the way to the body shop - he's not coming home for a couple months... waaaaahhhh!!



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catman
Posted 2009-04-27 11:33 AM (#171983 - in reply to #140366)
Subject: RE: My 1961 plymouth suburban has finally arrived!!



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It must be really exciting to have your car's body repair and repaint.
I hope you will keep us posted with pictures. Will you document the car's progress at the bodyshop?
I don't remember if you mention it somewhere else, but what will be you car's color? Anything done to the interior?
I hope everything will turn up good.

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d500neil
Posted 2009-04-27 9:34 PM (#172050 - in reply to #140366)
Subject: Re: My 1961 plymouth suburban has finally arrived!!



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Nice view of your car's upper-installed rear view mirror. Now, we have to compare it to the appearance of the CHP-spec/cop
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