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Elite Veteran Posts: 957    Location: Signal Mountain, TN | Thanks, everybody. She's still needing a little bit of attention here and there, and I had to slip a cover over the seat for the day, but overall very happy with the car right now. She was a big hit, and there was a crowd around the car all day long. Every lady was checking out Amanda's dress, and every man was taking a long look at the car. My grandfather walked around it for a very long time. Due to the time frame, I was pretty confident she'd be alright but I decided not to push my luck. I was determined to roll down the mountain and across town to the Stone Fort Inn, and then, as long as she made it down the road and out of sight, if I had to call a roll-back to bring her the rest of the way home, I was good. But, she did beautifully, and ran without a hitch all the way to the wedding and all the way back up the mountain home.... even with her factory single circuit drum brakes.... The day was beautiful, as was the bride, and the car looked pretty darned good too. Saturday was a great day.  | ||
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Elite Veteran Posts: 957 Location: Signal Mountain, TN | A few pics.... we are still sorting through all of them. (003b.jpg) (008b.jpg) (011b.jpg) (015b.jpg) (017b.jpg) (308b.jpg) (319b.jpg) (327b.jpg) (334b.jpg) Attachments ----------------  003b.jpg (260KB - 145 downloads) 008b.jpg (214KB - 167 downloads) 011b.jpg (230KB - 149 downloads) 015b.jpg (260KB - 190 downloads) 017b.jpg (239KB - 163 downloads) 308b.jpg (122KB - 141 downloads) 319b.jpg (146KB - 155 downloads) 327b.jpg (211KB - 156 downloads) 334b.jpg (222KB - 150 downloads) | ||
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Elite Veteran Posts: 957 Location: Signal Mountain, TN | Oh... and I was really expecting more of the "blue-wall" comments... you guys let me down....  | ||
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Extreme Veteran Posts: 468 | I just want to congratulate you on restoring your car! So glad you met your deadline it looks like it just rolled out of the showroom!  Oh yea and it was cool you got married with it to! Edited by 1958 Plymouth Infina 2012-06-11 12:17 PM | ||
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Expert Posts: 2788 Location: USA - KY |  Thank you for the pic's! Congratulations! | ||
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Elite Veteran Posts: 957 Location: Signal Mountain, TN | 57plymouth - 2012-06-11 12:12 PM So let me get this straight; you are on your honeymoon posting on Forward Look? Priorities might be a little shifted. But the car looks nice! Ummm..... no..... Due to the shift in plans due to the family member cancer diagnosis, we are in Nashville.... During any Honeymoon activities, I WILL NOT be posting on the Forward Look... | ||
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Location: Parts Unknown | BarnFind57 - 2012-06-12 7:19 PM During any Honeymoon activities, I WILL NOT be posting on the Forward Look... %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Understood. Can you post some video later ?  | ||
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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 | |||
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| oldwood |
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| 1958 Plymouth Infina |
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Extreme Veteran Posts: 468 | This is to much of a happy ending this is the part when something bad happens  .Edited by 1958 Plymouth Infina 2012-06-13 4:06 PM | ||
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| BarnFind57 |
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Elite Veteran Posts: 957 Location: Signal Mountain, TN | 1958 Plymouth Infina - 2012-06-13 4:05 PM This is to much of a happy ending this is the part when something bad happens .You, sir, are correct.... I drove her to work today, finally fixed my improvised glass bowl filter seal, and installed the heater hoses. I also have a miss that I was gonna search out, but ran out of time, so I drove her back home this evening, and after stopping by to get some gas for the lawnmower, pull in the driveway, and hear a noise coming from the passenger floor board, and observed coolant trickling down the floor mat from the heater valve.... At least she made it through the most important day.... and with the price of these little guys, you'd better believe my inner redneck WILL be by-passing that bad boy for the summer months....  Stoopid old cars....  (008b.jpg) Attachments ---------------- 008b.jpg (204KB - 161 downloads) | ||
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| BarnFind57 |
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Elite Veteran Posts: 957 Location: Signal Mountain, TN | On the brighter side, the mess up did make me pause and look at the interior, which reminded me that a few forum members had asked me about the headliner in my car... material, etc... (mine is cloth, with a spotted pattern in white over a faded brown/gray sort of color.)... so, I figured that I would post up a few images of the interior headliner and the original door panels, which, I might add, are in incredible shape. I am still needing to make a new backing for the passneger rear door, but the vinyl is just as nice as the other three doors. Also, when I was getting the car ready for the wedding, I did clean up the rear seat some, and I think I am settled on my plan to simply cover the existing rear seat material with clear vinyl and call it quits. The fabric was actually nicer than I originally thought. Pics, and, bear in mind that nothing here has been replaced yet, only cleaned. (001b.jpg) (003b.jpg) (004b.jpg) (005b.jpg) (006b.jpg) (009b.jpg) (024b.jpg) (031b.jpg) (033b.jpg) Attachments ---------------- 001b.jpg (152KB - 151 downloads) 003b.jpg (145KB - 144 downloads) 004b.jpg (209KB - 148 downloads) 005b.jpg (166KB - 206 downloads) 006b.jpg (201KB - 145 downloads) 009b.jpg (172KB - 210 downloads) 024b.jpg (205KB - 161 downloads) 031b.jpg (232KB - 148 downloads) 033b.jpg (207KB - 140 downloads) | ||
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Extreme Veteran Posts: 468 | I like the door panels. | ||
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| 57plymouth |
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| 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 | |||
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Elite Veteran Posts: 1053 Location: Ny | That interior looks fantastic... If only some seat cleaner could revive my interior... | ||
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| BarnFind57 |
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Elite Veteran Posts: 957 Location: Signal Mountain, TN | |||
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Elite Veteran Posts: 957 Location: Signal Mountain, TN | A little before and after session with the pics I snapped at dusk last night and the ones I took the day she came off the transport trailer.... Roughly 14 months ago. My how pretty she has grown.... (048b.jpg) (001b.jpg) (049b.jpg) (002b.jpg) (042b.jpg) (005b.jpg) (043b.jpg) (006b.jpg) Attachments ---------------- 048b.jpg (116KB - 141 downloads) 001b.jpg (224KB - 161 downloads) 049b.jpg (241KB - 141 downloads) 002b.jpg (213KB - 155 downloads) 042b.jpg (101KB - 149 downloads) 005b.jpg (219KB - 133 downloads) 043b.jpg (200KB - 155 downloads) 006b.jpg (208KB - 158 downloads) | ||
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| oldwood |
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Elite Veteran Posts: 957 Location: Signal Mountain, TN | oldwood - 2012-06-15 10:55 PM I Liiiiiiiiiiike those single headlights. Thanks for the comparison shots. Thanks, man... The parking lights even work... (008b.jpg) Attachments ---------------- 008b.jpg (224KB - 161 downloads) | ||
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Elite Veteran Posts: 957 Location: Signal Mountain, TN | 57plymouth - 2012-06-16 7:57 PM Like I told Mike, a little black spray paint in the wheel wells make a big difference. It's one of those details that everyone forgets with a repaint that makes a huge difference. It make the whole car look a little more fresh. Yep. Already re-did the undercoating in the front, but am gonna put it on the lift so I can paint up the whole underside with some Rust Paint. Overspray is poop. | ||
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| 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 | |||
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Elite Veteran Posts: 957 Location: Signal Mountain, TN | d500neil - 2012-06-17 8:04 PM Rick; I can't tell, from your pics, but you did apply Undercoating to the wheel wells, as Brian discusses, above? For everyone else: Undercoating is Kool, as it can be 'restored', in the future, by merely spraying some Gloss Black, onto its faded/worn appearance. Undercoating also quiets down the front end noise, too. I did completely re-spray the front wheel well areas with undercoating before assembly to get it in all the hidden areas well , and the inside with semi-gloss black engine enamels. The frame areas got a little spray of chassis black as well. There is still a little overspray that got on the undercoating, and when I get time to put it in the air at work, I am gonna touch up those spots and paint the rear wheel areas and frame with some POR 15. I knew some overspray was gonna end up there, so was waiting until after the car was painted to go back and do those areas. Other than an annoying fuel-related stutter, she is doing great. Took her out several time over the weekend. The number of double-takes, over the shoulder stares, thumbs ups, and grins from on-lookers is crazy. One lady stopped by to look at the car the other day at work, and wanted to know specifically if it had the push-button drive like the one her mom used to own. Like I've said several times... not perfect, but sure takes a pretty picture, and to the casual observer, really nice. I still can't believe after all these years that it's actually in my garage. | ||
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| oldwood |
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Elite Veteran Posts: 957 Location: Signal Mountain, TN | Hi... Remember me??? Been a Long Summer... With a lot going on in our family, and so many days of humidity and temps above 100 degrees, I hadn't really had time to properly play with this big beast. I had actually been dealing with a few annoying drivability issues that are just now getting addressed as the weather is letting up some in the heat department. - An ignition miss that I cured by replacing the old plug wires after discovering a seperated end on cylinder numero 8... - Finally adjusted the valves for the first time since running the engine... that helped a lot in the idle smoothing department... - Now I am staring down, once again, the disassembled carb... I had a good bit of trash in the lines that went past the open screen door of a glass bowl fuel filter, and had clogged up the main metering jets. When I first disassembled the body, I was greeted with a pretty significant level of crud in the bottom of the carb. I had taken it off and torn it down after realizing that the carb was doing nearly nothing in the mid range.. that pointed the course of correction at the main jets.. and dirty they were. I have managed to fashion a tool to remove them (I know you can buy one, but nobody local has one, so I didn't want to wait, and, honestly, when you are restless and own welding equipment, sometimes you are just looking for an excuse.. ) Hope to get it back together and back on the car in the next night or so that I might be cruising in style once again. Still haven't fixed that stupid seat cover.... | ||
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| BarnFind57 |
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Elite Veteran Posts: 957 Location: Signal Mountain, TN | |||
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Elite Veteran Posts: 957 Location: Signal Mountain, TN | SHE'S ALIVE!!! (Again.... ) Finally took the time to reinstall the freshened up carb on the old gal, flushed out my lines, added the anti-ethanol magical juice to the tank, a filter in line before the pump... and dialled in the screws. The car runs better now than she ever has before. After a ridiculously long test drive, I headed down the mountain to fill her up at the non-ethanol station. On the way back home, I stopped by and took a cool pic... the well-known "Space House" is only about 7 minutes from my house. It seemed a fitting partner to the Plymouth... It sure was hard to put her back in the garage tonight. I wanted to just keep on crusing.... (563016_140651012744134_17828509_n.jpg) Attachments ---------------- 563016_140651012744134_17828509_n.jpg (79KB - 133 downloads) | ||
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Elite Veteran Posts: 957 Location: Signal Mountain, TN | oldwood - 2012-09-04 11:25 PM Your '57 looks good in the pic but I think the '61 Plymouth with its space age tailights would be a good shot also. Have fun with cooler weather just around the corner. I agree... you just need to drive that beastie over here... I'll buy the lunch... | ||
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Expert Posts: 2905 Location: little rock, AR | BarnFind57 - 2012-09-05 5:36 AM Did you see my arse end shot that I posted on my '61 Belve? Photoshop that into that Space house photo.oldwood - 2012-09-04 11:25 PM Your '57 looks good in the pic but I think the '61 Plymouth with its space age tailights would be a good shot also. Have fun with cooler weather just around the corner. I agree... you just need to drive that beastie over here... I'll buy the lunch... | ||
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Elite Veteran Posts: 716 | Awesome with the space house....like the opening scene in a grade B sci-fi movie or an ad for the car or the house back in the day. Very nicely done. | ||
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Elite Veteran Posts: 957 Location: Signal Mountain, TN | In front of "Dub's Place", a local ice cream and burger joint that opened in the '50s.... she looks like she belongs there. (263979_146594698816432_1650908622_n.jpg) Attachments ---------------- 263979_146594698816432_1650908622_n.jpg (100KB - 136 downloads) | ||
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Elite Veteran Posts: 957 Location: Signal Mountain, TN | Finally got around to fixing a few things... Took a half day today, and managed to fix the brakes (replaced the rear hose, refurb the line tee that had been boogered up, ran correct size lines and actually installed them in the retainer clips... previously, the rear brake lines had been floating up above the axle, rattling merrily about) Also, fixed my driveshaft binding problem, and installed a new battery so it actually sounds a bit healthier starting up. Now, I just need to wash the poor thing...  So glad that Spring is here. | ||
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Elite Veteran Posts: 957 Location: Signal Mountain, TN | Took a long trip this weekend in the Savoy. We took a three day driving tour from Chattanooga to Nashville, then down to Birmingham, and back home. Stayed with friends and family each evening, and kept to the two-lanes as much as possible. In all, over 700 miles on the Savoy, without any issue. The only negative part of the whole weekend was my heavily sun-burned left arm. Been a long time since I spent three days with my arm hanging out the window... Took this pic in front of an abandoned diner in Central Alabama along US Hwy 41... what a cool building... (181033_219337034875531_1266188292_n.jpg) Attachments ---------------- 181033_219337034875531_1266188292_n.jpg (107KB - 104 downloads) | ||
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