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58WindsorDartline
Posted 2010-05-10 7:34 PM (#222640)
Subject: 1958 Chrysler Windsor "Dartline"


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Hi everybody

I am the owner of a 1958 Chrysler Windsor 2 dr.ht. with the “Dartline” option, this option is a moulding option and was introduced in spring ( April ) 1958, my car has a 354 cui. Wedge engine, with a two-barrel Carter carburetor, a Torqueflite transmission, Power steering and Power brakes, it is in a bad shape, but i hope one day to be able to restore it.

My ideer with this thread, is that it can bee a place, where all who have information abouth these cars, have parts for them or maby even own a “Dartline” car, can share knowleg and maby help each other.

I have collected all the information i could abouth these cars, i have not been able to find any production numbers for the “Dartline” models, so i have tryed to calculate my way to some figures, but here is what i have come up with so far.

The base model:
The Chrysler Windsor was the low price model for 1958, and in ‘58 ( just this year ) it was also smaller than the rest of the models, because it rode on a Dodge chassis with a 122 inch. Weelbase.
I’m not sure if the body is the same as the big models, but maby to compensate for the length, the front is a mix of Chrysler grill and Dodge sheetmetal.
This also results in, that when you buy parts for the chassis, you can not use normal Chrysler parts, you have to buy Dodge parts.

‘58 Windsor production figures:
According to the books, there was build, 12.861 4 dr.sd
6.205 2 dr.ht.
6.254 4 dr.ht.
862 4 dr.Wag.6 p.
791 4 dr.Wag.9 p.
2 2 dr.Conv.

My car ( a 2 dr.ht.) was build in 6205 ex., normaly 2/3 of the cars was sold before New Year, so that leaves abouth 2000 ( 2 dr.ht. ) as potential “Dartline” cars, but insted of paying more for a diff. moulding, the buyers would most likely upgrade to a Saratoga, so i think that a realistic guess will be that abouth 350 2 dr.ht. “Dartline” was build.

Also according to the books, it was only HardTop models that was offert with the “Dartline” moulding, if this is right, then what about the 4 dr.sd.on the pictures here under, is it not the original moulding for this car ?

You can do the math on the other models yourself, but one thing is for sure, “Dartline’s” are pretty rare.

I look forward to a lot of inputs from other enthusiasts.

Torben

P.S. I will try to desribe the moulding later, maby take some photos.
My 2 dr.ht. ( and if i can get the pictures in, a 4 dr.sd. that mogge65 has send me )


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Posted 2010-05-10 7:39 PM (#222642 - in reply to #222640)
Subject: Re: 1958 Chrysler Windsor "Dartline"


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Hi All

I could not get the pictures of the 4 dr.sd. in to my first message, so i will ask mogge65 to put the pictures in soon.

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Posted 2010-05-10 7:46 PM (#222643 - in reply to #222640)
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Interesting car, I think this is the first one I've seen a picture of, that is a real car, and not factory photos.
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Posted 2010-05-10 8:36 PM (#222655 - in reply to #222640)
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mogge65
Posted 2010-05-10 8:43 PM (#222659 - in reply to #222640)
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Here´s another one !

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mogge65
Posted 2010-05-10 8:45 PM (#222661 - in reply to #222640)
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Posted 2010-05-10 9:35 PM (#222672 - in reply to #222640)
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WE MISSED THIS ONE AT MEMORYLANE A FEW YEARS BACK WONDER WERE IT ENDED UP?

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mogge65
Posted 2010-05-11 1:07 AM (#222709 - in reply to #222640)
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Torben, if you look close you can see a 4 door sedan with Dartline moldings. your theory about "only hardtops" is demolished, sorry!

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Posted 2010-05-11 2:02 AM (#222715 - in reply to #222640)
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58WindsorDartline
Posted 2010-05-11 2:41 AM (#222719 - in reply to #222640)
Subject: Re: 1958 Chrysler Windsor "Dartline"


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Hi Morgan

Abouth the Hard Top teori, it is not mine, that is what the books say.

I was not sure it was true, you can't trust everything you read, and now i know why i had my doubt abouth it,
i have the same ad in my collection of orig. litterature, i just forgot, "we ain't getting any younger".

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d500neil
Posted 2010-05-11 2:23 PM (#222770 - in reply to #222640)
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Torben, unfortunately most published "book" production-information on our cars is inaccurate, and your reference
to there having been only 2-dr hardtops produced is but one example of the fact that we can not, necessarily, believe
anything/everything that we read in a book.

Even the factory's published literature is not necessarily accurate, based upon actual-car(s) observations.

One good example (there are many-), is that the Ross Roy data book (published with extensive in-house corporate data/
assistance) says that the Coronets were the only models to have black painted end-of-fin 'caps', when, various
ROYAL models are seen to have them be installed on them, instead of the "bright" fin-caps, and, some Coros have been seen
to have the trunk "V" emblem, that none of the Coros should have be installed on them---that emblem does NOT signify a V/8 engine---.

So, don't believe everything that you may read in a book, or even in published-literature...so what DO you believe in?

I believe I'm gonna go get another cup of coffee.







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Posted 2010-05-11 2:34 PM (#222776 - in reply to #222640)
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BTW, that 4-dr sedan does not appear to have the six trunk-moldings on it, that the other Dartlines appear to have on them.

So, what's the deal, on those moldings?

1) Optional equipment?

2) Not available on the sedans?

3) Owner take-off?

4) Factory screw-up?

5) bad photo angle?






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Doctor DeSoto
Posted 2010-05-11 2:57 PM (#222781 - in reply to #222776)
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Those bars are a Spring Special moulding. I do not know my Chryslers like I do the Dodge and DeSotos for 58, but if they are
anything the same, the various components of the Spring trim could be ordered separately. Also take into account possible collision
damage repair could have eliminated such a rarely seen trim when the repair dudes were just wanting to get the bent up decklid
replaced and out of their shop in 1968.
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Posted 2010-05-11 3:04 PM (#222784 - in reply to #222776)
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This Dartline sidetrim is utterly bizarre. Did two designers start at opposite ends of the car, overshooting each other and
then just leave the trim, filling in between ? Smooth, this is not. And the name ? What is "dart-like" about this ? Apparently
buyers felt similarly, as this is a rarely seen car, even in old photos !
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58WindsorDartline
Posted 2010-05-11 4:01 PM (#222801 - in reply to #222640)
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Hi There

Neil, i think you mis read my first input, i did not say that it only was 2 door hard top's,
i wrote that the books tells you, that i was only hard top's in general, but we know that
is not true, because we have pictures of the 4 door sedan in the orig. ads.

And i knew that, i just forgot, because it was a long time ago, that i last looked in my
litterature collection.

To Doctor DeSoto, yes the trim looks a bit stange, but it kind of grow on you, i can also
tell you, that it later was considert to have "added some flair" to the cars, that is what
some auto journalists have said.
And people loved changes on the cars, big or small, that was a way to show that you
had a newer car than your neighbour, so nice trim or not, i think that the reason for
little sale ( biside the fact, that 1958 was one of the worst year in auto sales ),
was the fact that you should pay extra, for a moulding on the low price model, most
would step op and buy a Saratoga.

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Posted 2010-05-11 4:35 PM (#222807 - in reply to #222640)
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Hi Neil

Abouth the trunk moulding on the 4 dr.sd., it is there, but due to bad photo angel,
as you write, you can only just se it, between the number plate frame, and the glass
on the rear light.

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Posted 2010-05-11 11:43 PM (#222889 - in reply to #222640)
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Posted 2010-05-12 11:15 AM (#222941 - in reply to #222640)
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There's a '58 Dartline 4dr Sedan in Temple's Junk Yard in Batesburg, South Carolina with the trunk molding on it. I guess I just assumed that the "Dartline" was Chrysler's version of the spring special.
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Posted 2010-05-12 11:59 AM (#222950 - in reply to #222941)
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Hi tnlowrider

Welcome to the thread,
the "Dartline" is a spring option but just for the Windsor.

Some of the trim parts like the 6 mouldings on the trunk,
the vide panel moulding, the vide extra moulding running
with the roofline, where also offert on the big models.

Torben

P.S. do you still have parts from the Windsor you parted out ?
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d500neil
Posted 2010-05-12 3:27 PM (#223005 - in reply to #222640)
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...The rocker panel molding was (Spring-) 'Special, too.

So, the car has the wide roof rail molding, the unique-side molding effects, the rocker panel moldings, and the 6 trunk
molding-strips.

I don't think that there was/were unique paint-colors/schemes for it, right?

And, the interior was 'standard' Windsor, too?

I dunno about all of its literature, but the Ad-Department refers to the car as being either a "Spring
Series", or a "Midseason Sensation".

The 58 Dodges were officially "Spring Specials".






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mogge65
Posted 2010-05-12 3:34 PM (#223007 - in reply to #222640)
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judging by the pic´s of the "Red" and the one at "memorylane" it seems to be standard interiors on Dartline models,yet they promote speedcontrol in the ad for Dartline !

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Posted 2010-05-12 4:07 PM (#223018 - in reply to #223005)
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Hi Neil

I don't think there was any special colour schemes for The "Dartline".

The interior, i haven't found anything abouth it, i have seen one picture
of a Windsor interior, and that was same i have seen in the normal Windsor,
i don't know how it should look in a "Dartline", my car dosn't have any.

I think that the only trim part you couldn't order, on the other Chrysler models,
was the unique - side moulding, but could you order those other trim parts
before spring on the big models or where the also Spring options for them ?

If it was officially called "Spring Series" or "Midseason Sensation", is hard to say,
i hope that i can find an original brochure on the model, i know they where made
especially on the "Dartline", that might give us the right name.

If somone out there has a brochure or maby a picture of it, then please let us see.

Torben
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Posted 2010-05-12 4:15 PM (#223021 - in reply to #223007)
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Hi Morgan

I seem to remember that Chrysler introduced a "Cruise Controle" in 1958,
but i don't know if it was in spring '58, if so, it might be what they where
refering to, as "Speed controle", don't you think.

Torben
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Posted 2010-05-12 6:41 PM (#223045 - in reply to #222640)
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58Windsor
Posted 2010-05-12 8:53 PM (#223073 - in reply to #222640)
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From what I've found, there were spring-only colors as well.  Mine is such a color.  The copper-ish 2-door posted above is a less faded version of it.  These are on the paint chips as 'early 59' colors.  I don't know if these spring colors were limited to just the Spring Special / Dartline trim however or fully available.

Do we know for sure the Spring Special/Dartline trim was an option?  That is, could you get a standard-trim Windsor after it the Dartline came out or were all Windsors just automatically built that way once it was introduced?

Is the cowel vent screen stainless on the base Windsors?

I notice too some have hood ornaments, some have top-of-fender ornaments, some (like mine) have neither.  Same for the rocker trim, some do, some don't.

Mine does not have any additional trim around the windows.

Perhaps varies by what plant built the car and what parts they had left?



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Posted 2010-05-12 9:52 PM (#223089 - in reply to #223073)
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The side trim is too elaborate on the Dartline to be anything BUT to have been factory-only 'Special' trim.

I wouldn't be at all surprised to learn that there were special 'Spring' colors too.

Can someone post up the Paint Chip Chart, showing these "Early 59" colors/

Also, a 1959 Chrysler paint Chip Chart should call-out the mid-year 1958 colors on them.





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Posted 2010-05-12 10:27 PM (#223097 - in reply to #222640)
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that is a very nice car ive never seen one like that, its a nice mix, new yoker / dodge. love that front end she looks really mean! nice car!
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Posted 2010-05-13 3:07 AM (#223125 - in reply to #222640)
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So Greg, are we going to see some pic´s of your "Dartline" ? we are pretty ancious....................lol
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Posted 2010-05-13 1:55 PM (#223176 - in reply to #223089)
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Neil's comment:  

"Can someone post up the Paint Chip Chart, showing these "Early 59" colors/

Also, a 1959 Chrysler paint Chip Chart should call-out the mid-year 1958 colors on them. "

triggered a memory - I think he's right.  They're on the '59 chart, not the '58.  I bought a set of charts off e-Bay a while back that covered 57-59 and I think on the 59's where I found mine.    Good catch Neil!

I'll have to do some digging tonight.  We moved last fall & all my car papers & documentation are still tucked away in totes.  I've been wanting to get it dug out, this is a good reason.  I'll post pics of the car too.

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Posted 2010-05-13 8:45 PM (#223245 - in reply to #222640)
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The 59 Dodge paint chip charts show the 58 Spring Special paint colors on them.




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Posted 2010-05-14 12:00 AM (#223282 - in reply to #222640)
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Took a lot of digging, but I found them.  Weren't where they were supposed to be.  On the bright side, I found a lot of cool stuff I didn't remember having.  In some cases, I even found two of them...hahaha

 





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Posted 2010-05-14 12:36 AM (#223284 - in reply to #222640)
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As for pics, there are some on the site here already from when I first joined:

http://www.forwardlook.net/forums/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=9693&posts=27&highlight=wedding&highlightmode=1#M55007

Wow, four years already... my how time flies!  Sad part, I'm really no further on the car now than I was then!  I've accumulated parts: the water pump, fuel pump, belts, hoses, etc, gas tank, front fenders... but no brake work and hasn't been driven since that day.   On the plus side of that timespan, I still have my wonderful wife, a happy healthy nearly-four year old son, an adorable 2-1/2 year old daughter, and a new house with enough acreage for a shop and room enough in the main garage to work in the meantime.  I'm in the process of selling off some other toys that will hopefully cover the cost of the brakes and the rest I need to get her moving.

(we now return you to your regularly scheduled thread already in progress...)  

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Posted 2010-05-14 8:04 PM (#223400 - in reply to #222640)
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Greg , amazing story! it´s a pity that your wife doesent now the phone number to chip foose! story like that is just what he needs to "overhaul" a car! Good luck with your Father and son project. i´m certain your Dad watches over you! some day it´s going to shine again! when you and your son has "overhauled" the car! Best Regards Morgan
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Posted 2010-05-19 9:55 AM (#224076 - in reply to #222640)
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Hi 58 Windsor

Welcome, great name ! do you like my name ?

Your history sounds a lot like mine, i bought my Dartline in 1990, worked on it a little the first year, then stop'ed,
i ran out of parts and money, nothing has been done since i'm sad to say, i have been whitout a job a lot due to bad health.

In the meanwhile i have married a lovely girl, got a boy and a girl ( they a now 16 and 13 years old, wild mand !),
but now i am trying to find parts so i can restore it, and get it back on the streets, so the family can enjoy it.

Fortunly we now also have a 1959 Dodge we can drive around enjoying the life as a FL. family.

By the way, regarding the paintchip, the "spring color" was showen before the 1959 paintchip, i have a 1958
paintchip with an additional "spring color" side.

Torben

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Posted 2010-05-27 5:26 AM (#225442 - in reply to #222640)
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Hi out there

Can it be right, that there only is 8 "Dartline's" left that we know of.

Untill now on this thread, we have been talking abouth, and seen pictures of.

Four 2 dr.ht.: 1 "Tahitian Coral" ? (it look's like that color on the small picture's) in Finland.
1 under restoration in Sweden.
1 "Ermine White" at "Memory Lane" in Arizona USA.
and 1 (my own) "Cypress Green metalic" and "Ermine white" here in Denmark.

Three 4 dr.sd.: 1 "Tahitian Coral" and "Ermine White" in Sweden.
1 Spring color "Fireglow metalic" Greg (58Windsor)'s.
and 1 at "Temple's Junk Yard" in Batesburg, South Carolina USA.

One 4 dr. ht.: Light Blue i dont think it is an original color ( there is 3 Light Blue color's in '58, that it might be,
if the color on the picture is bad, that is "Ballet Blue", "Aztec Turquoise" or the spring color "Bimini Blue",
but none of the look's right ).

Is that all that is out there ? if anyone knows of other FL forum members with "dartline" cars, or just
"Dartline" cars, please let us know, it could be fun to find out how many is left.

As you can se on this 1958 "Spring color supplement" the color "Fireglow Metalic" is not showen, but
there is a note abouth it under the other color's.

Torben



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60dodgedart
Posted 2010-05-27 2:46 PM (#225495 - in reply to #222640)
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Hi Torbin and everyone: I know of 1 more. There is a 1958 Chrysler Windsor 4 door sedan-Dartline-
parked at a shop where I take my 60 Dodge Dart. The owner has gotten work done on the vehicle,
but has never been there to pick up the vehicle. Or been there recently at all, from what I gather. I was told by one of the mechanics that the owner does'nt know anything about older vehicles ... never mind our mother MOPAR ... It has been there at least 8 months. Shop owner says he pays great but is very hard to get ahold of.
Colors: Bimini blue and white top. Chrome on the outside is in very good shape. Only options from what I can see: ps, pb, heater, dash pad, left remote mirror, wipers, rear window defroster. Regular radio and torqueflite. Looks like a 2 barrel on the 354 wedge. The interior needs work: the gauges have mineral deposits around them, the dashpad is bad on the passenger side. Seats need redoing but have no major tears, headliner is stained. The door panels are worn but there. Rust on rockers but the undecarriage (I looked) looks ok. Passenger front turn signal lens is broken. Pedals don't look too worn; mileage on odometer is 50,000 --low 60s---- + (its been a while since I looked) I go nuts when I see this car everytime I go to the shop ....
If it is still there and I have permission I may be able to take some pictures this summer.
Oh to win the lottery ....
I love these cars, my birth year. Oh hell, I LOVE all the FL cars! And turquoise is my fav. color ....
Great to see all the info.!
Beth Harris 60 Dodge Pioneer 2 Door HT 59 Plymouth Fury 4 door HT

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58WindsorDartline
Posted 2010-05-27 2:57 PM (#225500 - in reply to #222640)
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Hi Beth

Welcome to the "Dartline" thread, the info you give abouth Torqueflite and the 354 wedge engine, is the same as my "Dartline", i think most were like this, but i dont know.

Please do take some pictures if you can.

Lets se some pictures of your cars to.

Torben
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Posted 2010-05-27 5:27 PM (#225524 - in reply to #225500)
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I've seen one come & go thru e-Bay.  It was solid white with a blue interior, 4-door, sedan I believe.  I remember another Windsor, but I can't remember if it was a dartline.  It was missing the RF fender and front bumper.   I also know of a twin to mine that I'm hoping to relocate to my home. 
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Posted 2010-05-28 4:01 AM (#225570 - in reply to #222640)
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Hi All

With the three 4 dr. sd. that Beth and "58Windsor" (or is Greg ok ?), tell's us abouth here, we now know abouth.

Four 2 dr.ht., Seven 4 dr.sd., and one 4 dr.th. Windsor Dartline's, it would be fun if we could get pictures of all the cars,
and maby hear from the owner's of these cars.

If there is more out there please let us know.

Beth, the "Bimini Blue" car you told abouth is that in Connecticut like you ?
58Windsor, the twin car ( i take it is the model and color we talk about ) is it also in North Dakota ?

Was it and idea to start a Register of the "Dartline" Windsor's or maby all the Windsor's ?, it could be
an extra way to keep in touch, find fellow Windsor owners near by, and maby help or get help
with parts and info, beside the FL forum.

I could start it up just as a database on my computer, and we could communicate by PM or mail,
my mail is on my FL profile, let me know.

Torben

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Posted 2010-05-28 11:22 AM (#225588 - in reply to #222640)
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Torben, if i were in your shoes i would stick to the Dartline theme. if you bring on all windsors you might not "see the tree for the wood" if you know what i mean! Start a separate thread for your "1958 windsor community"

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Posted 2010-05-28 1:29 PM (#225599 - in reply to #225588)
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Hi Morgan

You might be right, i was begining to think the same.

Torben

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Posted 2010-05-28 2:04 PM (#225607 - in reply to #222640)
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By the way Morgan

Are you going to "Wheels and Wings" in Varberg this year, we are talking abouth going,
and it might be fun to meet there, if possible.

Torben
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Posted 2010-05-28 5:14 PM (#225629 - in reply to #222640)
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I just noticed something interesting, about the Dartlines.

The 58 Dodge Spring Specials had an a la carte type-option available: body-color-painted headlight doors.

Some of the Dartlines, above, appear to have body-colored headlight doors, and others appear to have 'darker'-colored
head light doors (compared to the standard 1958 Windsor dual headlight doors).

Maybe, the Dartlines just got 'darker' headlight doors, and the appearance of 'body-color' on them is an illusion?







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Posted 2010-05-28 5:58 PM (#225635 - in reply to #222640)
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Hi Neil

On my car the headlight doors are not the same color as the body, i have only seen blank,
or like it is on my car "mat grey".

I don't know if there is some cars with body color on the headlight doors, but i have never seen it.

Torben
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Posted 2010-05-28 6:10 PM (#225638 - in reply to #225635)
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Does that matte-gray color sorta match the appearance of the side-aluminum insert?



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Posted 2010-05-29 12:53 PM (#225698 - in reply to #222640)
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Hi Neil

No the "matte-grey" color is like a "Gun Grey", where the side-alu. insert is a mix of "blank and brushed",
as you can se on the pictures.

Are you a Dodge or DeSoto mand, i think i have seen you cotribute to one of the debate's, talking as someone
who knew abouth DeSoto's, but your profile-picture is a 1957 Dodge, or are you in to all of the FL cars.

What cars do you have yourself.

Torben

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Posted 2010-05-29 7:05 PM (#225741 - in reply to #222640)
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Nice pic´s Torben, and yes i will contend the "Wheels and Wing Carmeet". last year i was really surprised when i visited Tvååker 2 mil south of Varberg! Fikaträff with 1000 cars and bikes, liveband on stage. thursday before wheels and wing, it was awesome!

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Posted 2010-05-30 1:50 PM (#225797 - in reply to #222640)
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Hi Morgan

If we come to "Wheels and Wings", maby we should meet and say hello, what do you think ?

Torben
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Posted 2010-05-30 3:54 PM (#225812 - in reply to #222640)
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of course we will meet! question is, will you arrive in your Dartline?

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Posted 2010-05-30 7:02 PM (#225827 - in reply to #222640)
Subject: Re: 1958 Chrysler Windsor "Dartline"



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Torben , I just have that one car, but your car, as you know, was built in the Dodge assembly plant.

I've not previously seen the dark-colored/anodized(?)/painted(?) headlight doors, that the Dartlines have on them, anywhere else.








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