Mike, I got the car a couple years ago in Michigan. It is a Gran
Coupe, but the headliner had mouse holes and tears, the paisley front seat a
couple tears, and the paisley top was pretty worn. The rear quarters had
some rust, and a couple small holes in the trunk. After a couple Ohio
winters, the top was falling apart, and the time to restore was neigh. I
found the paisley material in Oregon for the seats, but none for the top, so I
went with black from Legendary (they did not have a pattern for the formal
roof-line, although they thought they had) Legendary worked with me,
and ended up sending four tops, adjusting the fit each time before getting
it on target, but it came out nice. Local body shop hung new rear quarters
and painted it in K-5 Dark Burnt Orange Metallic paint (I had a 70 Sport Fury in
that color in the 70s) to replace the original Tahitian brown. I fixed the
trunk and detailed the engine compartment. The headliner and carpet came
from Headliner (GoLiners on eBay) Mart in Texas and were right-on. The
original paisley seat material from SMS is beautiful. I added the 70 Fury
power-bulge hood for the built-in turn signals and muscular look. The car
has a 360/Torqueflite, and those are the original wheels.
Still need to adjust the side windows, which have a tendency to shift when
going up, but may be taken care of with new window fuzzies and rubber
seals. Still haven't found a good dash (cracked), but still looking.
She starts right up easy every time, and has a nice rumble.
Now, if I can only get to some of my other Mopar projects once the weather
breaks.... Think my next effort is on my 64 Fury convertible or my 59
Coronet. They are the furthest-along right now.
Larry
In a message dated 1/4/2012 4:08:59 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
clearcreek@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
Is your car Original, Renewed, or
modified? What is the power train?
Beautiful Car. It brings back a lot of
memories of post-high school days.
Mike Higgins
1999 Dakota
1955 Belvedere Sport
Coupe
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