Re: [Chrysler300] 1957-1958 300C & D Front Arm Rest Supports

[George McKovich <george@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

There is a way to repair them with the material they repair the modern sift bumpers. I did mine for my 300C coupe 10 years ago and they are still perfect. After applying the flexible filler, I used a belt sander to plane them down to original shape. Then used much finer belts to smooth them out. After that, I primed and painted them with beige vinyl paint. They are strong don't get mis-shaped from the heat or stress. When I bought my car in 1999, the previous owner had cast a pair from plaster of Paris and they weighed a ton. I plan to do mine for our 300C convertible in the next couple weeks and I will document the procedure and post it for others to use if they desire.

George

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On Feb 27, 2011, at 9:19 PM, Keith Boonstra <kboonstra@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Larry,you just pulled my chain. I've been working on this along with 
> Mike Burke and Jim Bartuska ever since about last August. The Eastern 
> Club is planning to make these available as a project. I've never heard 
> of anyone who has a really nice pair either on or off a '57-'59 car. A 
> combination of bad plastic materials used and stress on the two screws 
> holding them to the door did every last one of them in. The problem in 
> reproducing them has been that a lot of tricky functions and shapes all 
> have to happen at once on these things, and we have been trying to 
> accomplish this without springing for something like 20-25K for an 
> injection mold.
> 
> What we are working on involves a multi-part vacuum mold process that 
> will cost about half as much. We have a company that is interested and 
> has put a fair amount of work into it already. I made up a perfect 
> model in mahogany for them way back last fall, and we've picking away at 
> the project ever since. The delay has been getting them to fast-track 
> it because they've been pretty busy. Frankly, so far it's been hard to 
> get them to focus on any kind of a schedule. My contact there will be 
> back from vacation (again) tomorrow morning, and I have it on my to-do 
> list to become a bit of a badger with him on the subject.
> 
> I need a pair myself as badly as anyone; and I know I've said this 
> before, but I hope within the next few weeks to have some true progress 
> to report.
> 
> Keith Boonstra
> 
> -
> 
> On 2/26/2011 9:43 PM, Larry Jabin wrote:
> >
> >
> > 1957-1958 300C & D Front Arm Rest Supports
> >
> > I know this has been discussed in the past & someone was working on these
> > Anyone heard anything lately
> >
> > Also if anyone has a decent pair they want to sell please let me know. 
> > I know they won't be cheap
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Larry Jabin
> > San Francisco..
> >
> > 300D
> >
> > Larry@xxxxxxxxxx <mailto:Larry%40pwbsfo.com>
> >
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> > 
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