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LD3 Greg |
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Expert Posts: 1906 Location: Ontario, Canada | Looks like it has a search tune (7 button) radio as well. Greg | ||
MoparMej |
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Member Posts: 5 | Sad to say the headliner does need to be done. I completely blitzed it on a picture. I would like to mention that it does run but needs to have the freeze plugs replaced. Father has them but no time. | ||
Lancer Mike |
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Location: The Mile High City | LD3 Greg - 2017-06-25 8:18 PM Looks like it has a search tune (7 button) radio as well. There's a "you never see it" option! | ||
mikes2nd |
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Expert 5K+ Posts: 5006 | no idea why some swede hasn't swooped yours up yet, if its a real d500 Regal lancer its worth a lot. More than 10-15k | ||
mikes2nd |
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Expert 5K+ Posts: 5006 | Update... found my front and rear end pieces!... and I will get the one I already had for Mary. Costs a pretty penny though... ouch. So I now have the full regal lancer trim set. Paul can't believe some Swede hasn't snapped up your car, I mean wtf. From what I know yours is the last on earth that is even possibly up for sale. Mary is keeping hers and the others are all bought up. | ||
mikes2nd |
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Expert 5K+ Posts: 5006 | not sure who's car this is but its RARE https://www.facebook.com/charlesphoenix.usa/videos/10155171817984426... | ||
Lancer Mike |
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Location: The Mile High City | Wow! Great walk-around by Charles Phoenix! That is a beautiful car. I like the metal fleck carpeting - nice touch! It doesn't appear to be a heavily-optioned Regal. It looks like it has an AACA show badge on the grille. My guess is that this is the Ruffalo/Guyer Regal (see page 11) that I actually sat in as it rolled across the Barrett-Jackson block in Scottsday in 2008. Note the backward shields on the fins! Edited by Lancer Mike 2018-03-05 2:38 PM | ||
Finsinthemirror |
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Elite Veteran Posts: 1115 Location: CA | And the 57 hood ornaments. A beauty! | ||
Joe Mac |
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Extreme Veteran Posts: 314 Location: Fairfield County, CT | Haven't posted an update on this car in a long time. It's been a long road and there's light at the end of the tunnel. I haven't even seen the car myself yet; just got this email from the body shop today. Will try to pick it up this weekend. Man am I eager. I may not sleep tonight. Attachments ---------------- Finished paint.jpeg (155KB - 541 downloads) Finished paint.jpeg (155KB - 519 downloads) | ||
Lancer Mike |
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Location: The Mile High City | Very nice, Joe! | ||
LD3 Greg |
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Expert Posts: 1906 Location: Ontario, Canada | Congratulations, Joe. Looks great. Post more pics when you get it home! Greg | ||
horace |
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Extreme Veteran Posts: 471 Location: MN | Is 1000 the right # for Regals ?? | ||
Lancer Mike |
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Location: The Mile High City | 1,163 total | ||
horace |
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Extreme Veteran Posts: 471 Location: MN | Thank you, interestingly small # for production, my uncle sold one NEW in our small tow of prob 6000 @ the time but he & my dad were @ the right age for promoting & trying new things, their 40s. White bronze fin roof Edited by horace 2018-04-24 1:48 PM | ||
Joe Mac |
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Extreme Veteran Posts: 314 Location: Fairfield County, CT | More pictures from when I picked her up. Looks great; got her home without any problems and she's safely tucked away in my garage. I'm going to let the paint harden and then carefully put all the pretty stuff on. I'll post pictures of the progress. | ||
Joe Mac |
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Extreme Veteran Posts: 314 Location: Fairfield County, CT | More pictures from when I picked her up. Looks great; got her home without any problems and she's safely tucked away in my garage. I'm going to let the paint harden and then carefully put all the pretty stuff on. I'll post pictures of the progress. (Regal rear.jpg) Attachments ---------------- Regal rear.jpg (422KB - 502 downloads) | ||
Joe Mac |
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Extreme Veteran Posts: 314 Location: Fairfield County, CT | Having some trouble posting pics. Another try. (Regal front.jpg) (Regal left.jpg) Attachments ---------------- Regal front.jpg (442KB - 506 downloads) Regal left.jpg (420KB - 504 downloads) | ||
Powerflite |
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Expert 5K+ Posts: 9654 Location: So. Cal | That's way too shiny. You're making certain other '58 Dodges look bad | ||
Lancer Mike |
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Location: The Mile High City | Fantastic, Joe! Looking great! | ||
LD3 Greg |
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Expert Posts: 1906 Location: Ontario, Canada | Looks great Joe! BTW, I have a bunch of NOS vinyl , embossed and otherwise left over if you want it. Just let me know by email. We are planning to attend the 300 club meet in RI this fall. Greg | ||
Joe Mac |
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Extreme Veteran Posts: 314 Location: Fairfield County, CT | Greg, sent you a PM. | ||
CustomRoyal |
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Extreme Veteran Posts: 322 | She's a beauty Joe!!!! Can't wait to see her. Jim | ||
Joe Mac |
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Extreme Veteran Posts: 314 Location: Fairfield County, CT | My Mopar garage. The wall art fenders are the originals that were on the car. Some miscellaneous Fury parts. One of my other projects; a 62 Polara 500 with non-original 413 and 4 speed (413 on the hook). Not a Forward Look but a beautiful Exner design IMHO. (garage 1.jpg) (garage 2.jpg) Attachments ---------------- garage 1.jpg (445KB - 495 downloads) garage 2.jpg (475KB - 497 downloads) | ||
Joe Mac |
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Extreme Veteran Posts: 314 Location: Fairfield County, CT | Thanks Jim, and thanks for your help in getting her to this point. | ||
horace |
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Extreme Veteran Posts: 471 Location: MN | A Regal & a 62 Polara 500, strong garage material GREAT. We had a used 58 Regal brze & wht in our town back in the early 50's | ||
MoparMej |
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Member Posts: 5 | I am missing ONE piece of chrome on my RL. Any suggestions on what to do if I can’t get it. One of my Regal emblems is broken in half recommendations on fixing it. Also I am very nervous on who to have work on it. It needs trunk and a couple other rust areas done. Also who do you recommend for chrome work? Has anyone every dealt with Legendary Auto Interiors on having them copy the interior material? Thanks for any input! Edited by MoparMej 2018-07-13 4:46 PM Attachments ---------------- 0E115D25-7531-485D-AB81-69B818E3B014.jpeg (347KB - 481 downloads) | ||
springsweptwing |
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Elite Veteran Posts: 1141 Location: Blackpool, United Kingdom. | MoparMej - 2018-07-13 9:43 PM I am missing ONE piece of chrome on my RL. Any suggestions on what to do if I can’t get it. One of my Regal emblems is broken in half recommendations on fixing it. Also I am very nervous on who to have work on it. It needs trunk and a couple other rust areas done. Also who do you recommend for chrome work? Has anyone every dealt with Legendary Auto Interiors on having them copy the interior material? Thanks for any input! Mary, that piece can be repaired by a good plating company, as for the interior, SMS are on with my seat covers at moment, I had to buy a set of patterns for them, give Doug a call he may do a deal seeing as he is already on with a set? Paul. | ||
MoparMej |
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Member Posts: 5 | How correct is the pattern? Looking at their website right now. Which fabric did you go with and where did you get the correct pattern? | ||
springsweptwing |
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Elite Veteran Posts: 1141 Location: Blackpool, United Kingdom. | MoparMej - 2018-07-14 12:07 AM How correct is the pattern? Looking at their website right now. Which fabric did you go with and where did you get the correct pattern? Mary, Gary goers used to make up the covers, but because he is unwell ,no longer makes them, so I bought the patterns from him to send to SMS so they could make up the covers, the door panels SMS have done before for Gary, they have the material and are on with mine at the moment, I am missing the plastic rectangles that go on the seats, are you missing any, I could do with one to copy some, Thanks Paul. (20180714_114535-768x1024.jpg) (20180714_114621-1024x768.jpg) Attachments ---------------- 20180714_114535-768x1024.jpg (248KB - 485 downloads) 20180714_114621-1024x768.jpg (143KB - 476 downloads) | ||
MoparMej |
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Member Posts: 5 | Plastic rectangles? I’m going to have to look at them. I bet they are there. The original seats were just covered up. I was just re-reading your resto thread. Brought up some question. Is it necessary to do a body off frame restoration? How much of the parts were new vs original? I look at your and just think there is no way I can do that myself! Mary Edited by MoparMej 2018-07-14 1:14 PM | ||
springsweptwing |
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Elite Veteran Posts: 1141 Location: Blackpool, United Kingdom. | These are the plastic parts, my car came with wrong seats so I don't have any to even copy, ask a few Regal owners but no replies back? (20180714_222143.jpg) Attachments ---------------- 20180714_222143.jpg (449KB - 490 downloads) | ||
springsweptwing |
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Elite Veteran Posts: 1141 Location: Blackpool, United Kingdom. | MoparMej - 2018-07-14 6:07 PM I was just re-reading your resto thread. Brought up some question. Is it necessary to do a body off frame restoration? How much of the parts were new vs original? I look at your and just think there is no way I can do that myself! Mary Most of it is just cleaning and painting, only new parts are bushes, joints etc, everything else has either been rebuilt cleaned or painted, all the nuts bolts etc are all electroplated. A lot easier to do over there I would have thought as saves on importing parts, all depends on how far you want to go on you're restoration, having a good body would make it easier to do a frame restoration, I never had my car running plus the engine was in bits, so I never knew how good anything was so it was rebuilt before going back together. | ||
Joe Mac |
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Extreme Veteran Posts: 314 Location: Fairfield County, CT | Paul, Sorry for the one year lag in responding to your request for info on the seat buttons. Here are some pictures and a description that will help. I have a full set but some need recovering. The buttons are actually metal plates covered in white vinyl; folded, rolled over the edge and glued on. The plates measure 1-5/8" long by 5/8" wide. There are 2 pins, 1 inch apart that pierce the seat to keep the button from rotating. The pins look to be equal to a 6d finish nail that is swedged on the back and extend 7/16". The center has a cupped washer pierced by a loop that is folded over on the front. The front and back buttons are held to each other through the seat by a fabric strap. A clip one one end of the strap allows conection inside the seat by reaching up inside (the seat needs to be compressed to attach it). The front seat bottons are 5 inches apart. The single rear seat buttons has a 6 inch strap that clips to the seat frame. The pictures show how these are constructed. There may be an easier way to replicate these than the factory method; you can decide. The attachment of the vinyl looks like fussy work. It's amazing how precise the edges are. I'm sure I've left out some dimensions or other descriptions so feel free to ask questions. Again, sorry for the delay in responding; I moved last year and my parts got completely disorganized. I was relieved to find these. (clip.jpg) (button.jpg) (face.jpg) (front seat.jpg) (rear seat.jpg) (plate.jpg) Attachments ---------------- clip.jpg (172KB - 455 downloads) button.jpg (178KB - 473 downloads) face.jpg (126KB - 490 downloads) front seat.jpg (245KB - 477 downloads) rear seat.jpg (253KB - 463 downloads) plate.jpg (136KB - 475 downloads) | ||
Lancer Mike |
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Location: The Mile High City | Great stuff, Joe! These are different than the Custom Royal buttons - they are rectangular rather than trapazoidal.
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LD3 Greg |
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Expert Posts: 1906 Location: Ontario, Canada | Those are the buttons. Thanks, Joe! I too, owe you an apology! I have lots of the embossed door panel vinyl and I will be sure to get you enough for your car and I'm sorry I didn't get back to you. I just moved as well and all my stuff is mixed up. Paul. Those door panels look fantastic!! I've done a number of this family of cars and the Regal door panels are most definitely the most difficult to make. Way more difficult than a 57 Fireflight! Greg | ||
springsweptwing |
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Elite Veteran Posts: 1141 Location: Blackpool, United Kingdom. | Hi Joe, Just what I needed, I can work these out now. Thanks Paul. | ||
springsweptwing |
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Elite Veteran Posts: 1141 Location: Blackpool, United Kingdom. | On my car the door windlace at the front was woven cloth and copper vinyl at rear, SMS does not have the woven stuff, but I have found some that looks close, mine is probably faded? (20180815_130652-1024x498.jpg) (windlace.jpg) Attachments ---------------- 20180815_130652-1024x498.jpg (199KB - 471 downloads) windlace.jpg (58KB - 462 downloads) | ||
MoparMej |
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Member Posts: 5 | I was finally able to look at mine and they are missing! | ||
springsweptwing |
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Elite Veteran Posts: 1141 Location: Blackpool, United Kingdom. | Coming up for auction 2019, https://www.hemmings.com/classifieds/cars-for-sale/dodge/regal/21966... Looks to be super D500. | ||
christine-lover |
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Expert Posts: 2996 Location: Sept. 1958 | That is Aivar’s Regal. springsweptwing - 2018-12-06 9:27 PM Coming up for auction 2019, https://www.hemmings.com/classifieds/cars-for-sale/dodge/regal/21966... Looks to be super D500. | ||
Lancer Mike |
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Location: The Mile High City | It is a spectacular car! ...with all the major bells and whistles! Odd that it does not have the rear bumper guards or the license plate insert. Edited by Lancer Mike 2018-12-16 11:09 PM (01 reduced.jpg) (02 reduced.jpg) (03 reduced.jpg) (04 reduced.jpg) Attachments ---------------- 01 reduced.jpg (218KB - 448 downloads) 02 reduced.jpg (231KB - 456 downloads) 03 reduced.jpg (214KB - 441 downloads) 04 reduced.jpg (180KB - 434 downloads) | ||
LD3 Greg |
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Expert Posts: 1906 Location: Ontario, Canada | springsweptwing - 2018-12-06 9:27 PM Coming up for auction 2019, https://www.hemmings.com/classifieds/cars-for-sale/dodge/regal/21966... Looks to be super D500. It is a D500 but not a factory Super D 500. Greg | ||
LD3 Greg |
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Expert Posts: 1906 Location: Ontario, Canada | I wonder why Aivar is selling it. It really is a fabulous car. I flew to Florida to check it out before Aivar bought it. If it had been a factory Super D, I would own it today!! Greg | ||
christine-lover |
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Expert Posts: 2996 Location: Sept. 1958 | LD3 Greg - 2018-12-20 12:19 AM I wonder why Aivar is selling it. It really is a fabulous car. I flew to Florida to check it out before Aivar bought it. If it had been a factory Super D, I would own it today!! Greg I’m assuming he’s getting up there and wants to part with some of his cars. I believe the C convertible up at that auction is his too. | ||
springsweptwing |
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Elite Veteran Posts: 1141 Location: Blackpool, United Kingdom. | LD3 Greg - 2018-12-20 5:19 AM I wonder why Aivar is selling it. It really is a fabulous car. I flew to Florida to check it out before Aivar bought it. If it had been a factory Super D, I would own it today!! Greg Hi Greg, Auction looks to have dissapeared, do you know if its been pulled or sold? Thanks Paul. | ||
LD3 Greg |
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Expert Posts: 1906 Location: Ontario, Canada | springsweptwing - 2019-01-01 9:25 AM LD3 Greg - 2018-12-20 5:19 AM I wonder why Aivar is selling it. It really is a fabulous car. I flew to Florida to check it out before Aivar bought it. If it had been a factory Super D, I would own it today!! Greg Hi Greg, Auction looks to have dissapeared, do you know if its been pulled or sold? Thanks Paul. Hi Paul, I don't know but it wouldn't surprise me if he sold it privately. The car was absolutely sound when I saw it and I know Aivar drove it back to CA as soon as he bought it. Greg , | ||
LD3 Greg |
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Expert Posts: 1906 Location: Ontario, Canada | Here is the punch card for my Regal. Good copy and fairly easy to read. There is nothing seemingly Regal Lancer specific except the trim code and the paint code. The LD3 does give a clue that it is a high priced Dodge. Just thought some would be interested! Greg (image.jpg) Attachments ---------------- image.jpg (207KB - 361 downloads) | ||
56D500boy |
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Expert 5K+ Posts: 9900 Location: Lower Mainland BC | . Just a bit bigger and maybe sharper (58DodgeIBMCard.jpg) Attachments ---------------- 58DodgeIBMCard.jpg (207KB - 347 downloads) | ||
Lancer Mike |
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Location: The Mile High City | Thanks for sharing Greg:
Interesting to see they have a TEXAN code. A couple of questions: Is the hood ornament code any different for the Regal? Is there a code for the Acousti-foam headliner? | ||
56D500boy |
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Expert 5K+ Posts: 9900 Location: Lower Mainland BC | Lancer Mike - 2020-03-24 5:54 PM Is the hood ornament code any different for the Regal? There is a separate listing for the Right, LD3-H Regal Lancer and Left, LD3-H Regal Lancer57-58 Regal Lancer Hood top Ornament, in two parts 1686 330 and 1686 331. Here is a link to a right one (330): https://www.ebay.ca/itm/MOPAR-NOS-1957-1958-DODGE-LANCER-REGAL-FRONT... and this very strange listing for both: https://www.ebay.com/itm/1957-58-DODGE-D500-CUSTOM-ROYAL-LANCER-HOOD... Edited by 56D500boy 2020-03-24 10:54 PM | ||
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