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bbrasse1 |
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Extreme Veteran Posts: 537 Location: Upstate NY | You have no idea how lucky you are to have a trunk mat! I have only seen a few and they are not that good. It looks fantastic. Great job! | ||
57burb |
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Expert Posts: 3967 Location: DFW, TX | Dave, you're doing some outstanding work there! The trunk mat is incredible. Those clips are notorious for rusting; apparently the factory didn't bother to coat or paint them at all. If you run into any more issues with them, many of those clips are available from RJ&L: www.rjlautofasteners.com Are you taking this car to the Roundup in April? | ||
firedome |
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Expert Posts: 3155 Location: NY & VT | Nice to see a 4 door getting this kind of love, not unusual in Sweden but very unusual here, great job! | ||
macedon |
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Elite Veteran Posts: 963 Location: San Antonio, TX | Cleaned out the trunk... (trunkbeforea.JPG) (trunkbeforeb.JPG) (trunk.JPG) Attachments ---------------- trunkbeforea.JPG (109KB - 346 downloads) trunkbeforeb.JPG (86KB - 331 downloads) trunk.JPG (140KB - 356 downloads) | ||
Powerflite |
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Expert 5K+ Posts: 9654 Location: So. Cal | Where are you going to put all that stuff now?? | ||
macedon |
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Elite Veteran Posts: 963 Location: San Antonio, TX | This is the front seat that was in the car when I got it. I always thought it was a high quality redo on the original frames. My upholstery guy thinks otherwise. He says it's factory. The frame looks quite a bit like my 4dr hdtp one. Hmmm... not sure. The frame has an ashtray socket on the back. But when I got it the material covered it and there was no ashtray. Hmmm... Anyone recognize what it's from? Edited by macedon 2019-04-04 4:44 PM (fseat.JPG) (colorseat.JPG) Attachments ---------------- fseat.JPG (146KB - 333 downloads) colorseat.JPG (148KB - 342 downloads) | ||
macedon |
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Elite Veteran Posts: 963 Location: San Antonio, TX | Latest. Still need to adjust the trim a little. Not a whole lot though. Edited by macedon 2019-04-12 4:40 PM (blackfront.JPG) (hooddown.JPG) Attachments ---------------- blackfront.JPG (195KB - 338 downloads) hooddown.JPG (156KB - 333 downloads) | ||
macedon |
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Elite Veteran Posts: 963 Location: San Antonio, TX | Rechroming isn't in the budget for this car. So I'll live with what I've got. At least for now anyhow. (bumperon.JPG) Attachments ---------------- bumperon.JPG (225KB - 321 downloads) | ||
57burb |
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Expert Posts: 3967 Location: DFW, TX | Absolutely beautiful. | ||
57desoto |
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Expert Posts: 1488 Location: New Castle PA | I agree! One of the nicest sedans I know of... | ||
ToMopar |
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Elite Veteran Posts: 1157 Location: D-70199 Heslach | Yes, your taste in colors is nice and you are much faster than me | ||
macedon |
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Elite Veteran Posts: 963 Location: San Antonio, TX | Well you know how it goes sometimes. One thing leads to another. I figured since I had it apart anyhow that I would go ahead and recolor the dash pad. I wanted to try for something closer to the original dark brown. To my eye the SEM 25213 Carver Coco was nice. I happy with the way it turned out. I used the SEM product. Several (like 5 or 6) coats as it goes on really thin. I also used the prep spray SEM 38343. (april7a (1).JPG) (sem.JPG) (brown dash.JPG) Attachments ---------------- april7a (1).JPG (200KB - 347 downloads) sem.JPG (112KB - 346 downloads) brown dash.JPG (210KB - 336 downloads) | ||
macedon |
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Elite Veteran Posts: 963 Location: San Antonio, TX | Tail is back on finally! (tailback.JPG) (tail42719.JPG) Attachments ---------------- tailback.JPG (138KB - 316 downloads) tail42719.JPG (112KB - 314 downloads) | ||
macedon |
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Elite Veteran Posts: 963 Location: San Antonio, TX | Ok, this has got to be my least favorite job. Headliner... argh. Now I suppose if I had done 50 or 100 of these it would be a breeze. But since this is only the 3rd one I've ever done I'm sure it's going to be a royal PITA. Yeah I'm whining, I know. Ugh, I just hate this job. I'll post the finished job... might be a few days and several dozen curses from now. (headliner.JPG) Attachments ---------------- headliner.JPG (124KB - 324 downloads) | ||
57burb |
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Expert Posts: 3967 Location: DFW, TX | I only farmed out four things - the chrome, the seat upholstery, the exhaust, and the headliner - and I'm glad I did! It's a huge undertaking, but I know you'll do a great job! (20190320_133020.jpg) Attachments ---------------- 20190320_133020.jpg (204KB - 327 downloads) | ||
miquelonbrad |
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Expert Posts: 1737 Location: Hay Lakes, Alberta, Canada | LOL! I'll send you mine after you finish with your headliner...it's one job I DO NOT look forward to doing. | ||
macedon |
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Elite Veteran Posts: 963 Location: San Antonio, TX | Just turned in the seats and materials to my upholstery shop. We went over the details and I gave them lots of pictures. It's a great shop with a strong reputation. Hope it all works out. If it does I'll have seats that look exceptionally close to factory. Now I just have to hold my breath for 4 - 6 weeks. | ||
miquelonbrad |
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Expert Posts: 1737 Location: Hay Lakes, Alberta, Canada | Until then...you have to drive it, sitting on a five gallon pail. :D | ||
macedon |
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Elite Veteran Posts: 963 Location: San Antonio, TX | Yay! Got my seats back. I'm pretty happy. They did a nice job. Hey Ed, they got the scissors going in the right direction. I was very, very specific about that. I think I know why you see it done the other direction sometimes. It takes more fabric to do it the right way. The scissors pattern is railroad vs. up the roll. I bought 4 yards which was just enough to do the seats and door panels. Edited by macedon 2019-07-16 6:09 PM (seat07162019.JPG) (seat07162019a.JPG) (seat07162019b.JPG) (rrvsup.JPG) Attachments ---------------- seat07162019.JPG (105KB - 302 downloads) seat07162019a.JPG (189KB - 310 downloads) seat07162019b.JPG (128KB - 310 downloads) rrvsup.JPG (50KB - 301 downloads) | ||
Powerflite |
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Expert 5K+ Posts: 9654 Location: So. Cal | Nice! SMS pulls through for the finish. | ||
macedon |
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Elite Veteran Posts: 963 Location: San Antonio, TX | Powerflite - 2019-07-16 4:05 PM Nice! SMS pulls through for the finish. I got the material from them quite a while ago. I can't believe it's been almost 18 months. Sheesh, time slips by. It was a bit of a struggle with them originally shipping me the wrong material. It all got squared away after a bit. Certainly can't complain about the quality of the material though. The shop here in San Antonio did a nice job. | ||
moparsteve |
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Elite Veteran Posts: 1155 Location: somerville mass | amazing!!!!!!!!! car looks like it just rolled off the assembly line!!!!!!!!! | ||
57desoto |
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Expert Posts: 1488 Location: New Castle PA | REALLY nice job with EVERYTHING you've done on this. The car is incredible! | ||
ToMopar |
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Elite Veteran Posts: 1157 Location: D-70199 Heslach | macedon - 2019-07-16 10:22 PM I got the material from them quite a while ago. I can't believe it's been almost 18 months. Sheesh, time slips by. 18 months only? Yes sometimes it takes longer as you expect. Mine seat covers waiting approx 5 yrs until the going to the bench | ||
macedon |
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Elite Veteran Posts: 963 Location: San Antonio, TX | Door panels are a bit more challenging than I expected. Oh well, learned a lot on the first one. The next three will go quicker (lrpanel.JPG) (llpanelup.JPG) Attachments ---------------- lrpanel.JPG (283KB - 313 downloads) llpanelup.JPG (137KB - 294 downloads) | ||
57desoto |
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Expert Posts: 1488 Location: New Castle PA | Awesome. Dave!!! | ||
moparsteve |
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Elite Veteran Posts: 1155 Location: somerville mass | when its finished it will look like it rolled off the assembly line...add some " new car smell " for effect!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! wow! | ||
57burb |
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Expert Posts: 3967 Location: DFW, TX | Beautiful job! | ||
macedon |
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Elite Veteran Posts: 963 Location: San Antonio, TX | I used grow house foil I got on Amazon for the bottom of the door panels. It's not an exact match, but pretty darn close. It's not too expensive, it's heavy duty and most important it's readily available. Perhaps someone like SMS makes an exact match. Not sure, but I can imagine they charge more than what I found on Amazon (foil.JPG) Attachments ---------------- foil.JPG (219KB - 277 downloads) | ||
57burb |
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Expert Posts: 3967 Location: DFW, TX | That is a great idea! You have to be creative and resourceful with these cars. Are you able to use adhesives to get it to stay in position and lay flat? | ||
macedon |
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Elite Veteran Posts: 963 Location: San Antonio, TX | Been awhile, but I'm making progress (27jan2020headliner.JPG) (27jan2020headliner2.JPG) Attachments ---------------- 27jan2020headliner.JPG (206KB - 278 downloads) 27jan2020headliner2.JPG (168KB - 260 downloads) | ||
Powerflite |
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Expert 5K+ Posts: 9654 Location: So. Cal | It's disappointing to me that the Fireflite sedan doesn't have the dips in the middle of the seats like the coupes do. Even the 4dr hardtop New Yorker that I parted out had the dip in the front seat, and a foldable arm rest in the back seat - which is really cool! Why did they cheap out on the Fireflites, or was that an extra option you had to purchase? | ||
macedon |
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Elite Veteran Posts: 963 Location: San Antonio, TX | I've only seen one Fireflite sedan with an armrest in the rear seat. Apparently it was available as an option. (armrests.jpg) Attachments ---------------- armrests.jpg (73KB - 255 downloads) | ||
57burb |
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Expert Posts: 3967 Location: DFW, TX | Incredible! Looks like an assembly line photo. Great job. It's too late now, but the green NYer 4dr HT has the dipped seats and a rear arm rest. They were pretty nice as of a year ago. (2.jpg) (6.jpg) Attachments ---------------- 2.jpg (179KB - 257 downloads) 6.jpg (193KB - 257 downloads) | ||
Powerflite |
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Expert 5K+ Posts: 9654 Location: So. Cal | I have them as well, but mine aren't in as good of shape, and I am using the front seat as part of a couch in my back yard. However....you would need to make sure that the 4dr hardtop rear seat will interchange with the sedan. I'm sure the front will. But I am sure you will want to use those beautiful new seats as is, at least until they wear out. All that cursing seems to have worked out great on your headliner. You would be very welcome to come to my place and do some cursing at my cars too! Edited by Powerflite 2020-01-28 12:26 PM | ||
macedon |
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Elite Veteran Posts: 963 Location: San Antonio, TX | I might be interested in those seats. My 4dr hdtp 57 Fireflite has the dip of course, but no armrest. That's the yard in sunset, right? | ||
macedon |
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Elite Veteran Posts: 963 Location: San Antonio, TX | Yeah, headliners are definitely a PITA! I like the dip as well, but I'll have to wait till I put my 4dr hdtp Fireflite together. I think the dip seats would fit, but the tray in a sedan much deeper. You would have to make a custom. I'll leave that to another. | ||
macedon |
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Elite Veteran Posts: 963 Location: San Antonio, TX | A question from a while back. Are you able to use adhesives to get it to stay in position and lay flat? I did it in a similar fashion to original. So you have a sewn in backing strip that you then fold the foil over. Gives that crisp line. I had to pre-drill and hand sew since I used hardboard instead of cardboard for my door panels . That's really tedious and slow. Edited by macedon 2020-02-04 2:00 PM (backing.JPG) Attachments ---------------- backing.JPG (137KB - 262 downloads) | ||
Powerflite |
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Expert 5K+ Posts: 9654 Location: So. Cal | I'm confused. The strip is just sewn to the "scissors" material, the silver foil & maybe the foam backing, right? Or are you sewing it through the hardboard too? | ||
macedon |
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Elite Veteran Posts: 963 Location: San Antonio, TX | Sewn all the way through the hardboard. I had to pre-drill the hardboard to make it work. Factory original was sewn all the way through as well. But they were only going through cardboard. And I'm sure they had heavy duty sewing machine. | ||
macedon |
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Elite Veteran Posts: 963 Location: San Antonio, TX | Plugging away. Haven't built the front door panels yet... soon I hope. I was a little nervous about cutting the hole for the ashtray. I definitely measured twice (lrback.JPG) (ashtray.JPG) Attachments ---------------- lrback.JPG (193KB - 256 downloads) ashtray.JPG (253KB - 259 downloads) | ||
22mafeja |
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Elite Veteran Posts: 650 Location: Finland | Ahh ..what a amazing interior....be proud. | ||
57burb |
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Expert Posts: 3967 Location: DFW, TX | Incredible job, Dave! | ||
miquelonbrad |
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Expert Posts: 1737 Location: Hay Lakes, Alberta, Canada | Thanks for the tip about the mylar! I have ordered the same stuff for my '57. | ||
macedon |
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Elite Veteran Posts: 963 Location: San Antonio, TX | Absolutely. You're welcome. Just finished the new skirts for the power seat mechanism. The old ones were of course thrashed. (skirting.JPG) (oldskirt.JPG) Attachments ---------------- skirting.JPG (256KB - 249 downloads) oldskirt.JPG (370KB - 253 downloads) | ||
macedon |
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Elite Veteran Posts: 963 Location: San Antonio, TX | Installed (leftseat.JPG) (rightseat.JPG) (back.JPG) Attachments ---------------- leftseat.JPG (170KB - 253 downloads) rightseat.JPG (263KB - 250 downloads) back.JPG (176KB - 253 downloads) | ||
ToMopar |
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Elite Veteran Posts: 1157 Location: D-70199 Heslach | Dave, that looks marvelous. Just sit in the Flite will be a pleasure | ||
macedon |
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Elite Veteran Posts: 963 Location: San Antonio, TX | Polished up the dealer emblem. Gave it a wash. (dealer1.JPG) (dealer2.JPG) (april262020.JPG) Attachments ---------------- dealer1.JPG (52KB - 253 downloads) dealer2.JPG (65KB - 233 downloads) april262020.JPG (240KB - 230 downloads) | ||
ToMopar |
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Elite Veteran Posts: 1157 Location: D-70199 Heslach | Dave,- any news on your Fireflite ? | ||
frwl |
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Expert Posts: 1889 | . Hello. Could you post the picture of the cowl tag? I just want to confirm my guessing: PNT = 4RXR TRM = 533 (or 534) TR = None (Standard Equipment) AG = 2 PS = 4 PB = 5 AH = 1 PW = 5 RM = None SS = None UC = 1 (Undercoating should be present, although it’s not visible) SPL = None CS = None (Standard Equipment) BG = 3 A = None B = None C = None Am I right? | ||
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