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As illustrated in the many previous posts there are
two types of people in the world. I look at a glass of water and see it half
full, others see it as half empty. The world does need some balance but positive
thinkers are happier and on average live much longer than negative folks. If the
world was full of only positive people we may have self destructed by now, but
if only negative folks existed we would still be living in the stone age! Smile,
enjoy life, our beautiful cars, and especially the great friendships we
have made through our hobby. Dick W.
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2007 11:10
PM
Subject: Re: [FWDLK] "Belvedere
brouhaha"
I guess I just don't get it. Sure it was a disappointment
that the car had been underwater and looked like crap. Still, I have
seen as bad or worse dragged from the field and sold for restoration rather
than just for parts.
She is still a 100 % complete car and once it is
totally cleaned up, will no doubt be in a lot better shape than the mud and
smears would lead one to believe.
I would be happy to take that
car in a NY minute. Even if some of the frame turned out to be shot and
the lower portions of the body in bad shape, I think it is worthy of bringing
back. No one really knows what shape the car is in overall, lets not
consign it to the junk heap or to an ignominious end as a muddy spot in the
corner of a museum.
My 2 cents.
Bill Huff
At
6/19/200710:16 PM, Jan & Roger van Hoy wrote:
Plywood, 2 x 4's,
whatever, it doesn't really matter; it's an abused hunk of rust that
deserves no better.
I'd like to make a
request-- please don't use the word "preserve" in relation to this...
thing.
"I just don't get it," Sharon King
Davis said Monday. Well, duh !!! She's the hostess/ shopping
center magnate who built a Tulsa mall-- on the river-- facing away from the
river! Her Grampa was one of the
Tulsa-rama-lama-ding-dongs who
desecrated the Plymouth back in 1957.
BTW,
Cloyd Boddington was invited by the host to give his TV show info and
introduce his crew.
Maybe some museum will
take this wreck and put it on display... for a while. Maybe it will go
to the crusher. But please, folks, spend your hard-earned money on
your own restorations!
--Roger van Hoy,
Washougal, WA, '55 DeSoto, '58 DeSoto, '56 Plymouth, '66 Plymouth, '41
Dodge
- ----- Original Message -----
- From: Ron Waters
- To: L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2007 5:21 PM
- Subject: Re: [FWDLK] "Belvedere brouhaha"
- Hi Marv -
- I believe one set of photos showed the body being supported by three
sheets of 3/4" plywood. Since the car should not be moving after this
brief trip to East Tulsa, I feel that this would be opening up a Pandora's
box in terms of "well as long as we're repairing the springs, we might as
well..."
- Ron
- ----- Original Message -----
- From: Marv Raguse
- To: L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2007 7:10 PM
- Subject: [FWDLK] "Belvedere brouhaha"
- I want to make a suggestion. A lot of discussion has been
going on relative to what will become of Miss Belvedere. A lot has
been said about not touching her. Leave her alone. OK. But
do we think that she can continue to limp around with a loose rear
axle?
- What if we were to undertake providing a set of springs for her, to
at least make her transportable and provide her some dignity while on
display.
- Now I know that this Friday someone will be named as owner but if
she is awarded with the rear wheels rubbing on the wheelhouse, well, we
might never get a chance at preserving her. I am sure the Dodge
dealer would install them and I will bet she will continue to be a
tourist attraction through the summer.
- My thought turns to having Mike Eaton..spring supplier to the 300
club, make up a set and ship them out. I would bet a $5.00
contribution from everyone would meet the $300 or so price tag. I don't
consider this restoration. Even if she was in her youthful glory she
would probably need some spring work. Let's discuss this
suggestion in a reasonable tone and see if there is support or other
suggestions on what we as a club can do. I met a lot of fine MoPar
people this past week. I bet if we had a collection can next to her for
preservation we might have filled it.
- While we were in Tulsa and not necessarily watching the evening news
last Friday, I am told that Miss Belvedere was on the ABC evening
news with Charlie Gibson.
- Marv
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