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ron knows the cars! the red one i included was a sedan, that had a 57 2drht donor for the entire roof clip and windshield frame, i drilled the original spot welds after un-sweatting the lead to expose them, with a good eye and a little measurement, the windshield frame will work as intended at the factory. though some may say otherwise, the cowl structure and sheetmetal, as well as the 1-piece floor sheetmetal is the same across the board, from 2drht/sedan and 4drht/sedan... the differences are which body mount provisions are used, under structural support, and the cross support above the floor surface and side buttresses on hardtops.
i did use a 4drht for anothe conversion- that untilized the original 58 windshield frame, but the donor in that case was a 59 sport fury- in which case the roof structure was fabricated to a structurally superior design, and a section of a sedan roof used to extend the 59 roof designed to work with the "bubble" windshield.
another one that became somewhat famous in our world was my 59 belv 2drht i rear clipped with a 58, and everything else swapped, to make it the only 58 plymouth with a bubble [58 desoto/dodge/chry and all 59 hardtop] winshield. that one however became what it was because it had alot of hands in it that should have stuck to a maximum of turning a key, not a wrench!
4drht: the inner qtr structure of the 59 sport fury, including glass and mech, is shroud with the skin of the former rear doors
former 59 belv 2drht:
-----Original Message-----
From: Ron Waters <ronbo97@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Wed, Nov 18, 2009 8:17 pm Subject: Re: [FWDLK] newbie looking at 57 ply Savoy 2 dr sedan Jim's 4dr-to-2dr conversion was made from a 4dr HT, since the windshield frame is the same for both.
Jim knows what he's doing and has the smarts to pull this off successfully. Most folks don't. That's why so many well intentioned conversion projects end up being sold for parts or sent to the bone yard. There is a 60 Chrysler on ebay right now that the owner lost interest in after cutting the roof off.
Ron
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