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Yes! Glass is good, much of the chrome is good, grille I believe. If you were ever close up to the car, you CAN still see the original gold paint in many places. Gold and red mud soup just kinda have a similar hue to old gold paint. The sheet metal - really - is solid in most places (I and several others of us snuck in after hours and closely inspected the car). Maybe not in the lower quarters, rockers, etc, but show me a junkyard car that is! And despite what most say, I believe that, if the attempt were made, the car could be fixed. It would be a project along the proportions of the most challenging, but NOT impossible. Been there, done that!! My name is not Boyd Coddington . . . . Mark mjh '57 Fury
Mopar Mel <moparmel@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
DOES ANYONE HAVE A OPINION AS TO IF THERE IS ONE PART ON THIS CAR THAT IS GOOD???? MEL -----Original Message-----
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Subject: [FWDLK] Tulsa, springs, condition I dont think boyd will try to snag the plymouth... his cars only start out as rust free originals anyway- this one's a little too much for the gameshow restorer.. as for the springs, it was already mentioned that there would be a balance of hydrostatic pressure inside and out of the car while submerged, and if you have a 57-9 mopar with its original drop-offs in the trunk, there were 2 types of well plugs used depending on the plant, there was a pie-cut steel rimmed rubber stopper and the typical polystyrene plug installed from inside, just as the mfg plugs in the floor were [with the cpdd logo] so if a substantial amt of water did maintain within the trunk, either plug would have allowed egress of water, as for the floors- the water would make its way to about 1" above the bottom edge of the door before seeping behind the panels and exiting through the drain
holes between the weatherseal and the outer doorskin... i have a suspicion that the springs inevitably broke due to [lack] of motion... tempered and spring steels suffer a similar condition to hydrogen embrittlement [what occurs from chrome- plating things like springs, or i-beam axles on rods] the outer oxidation process can cause a fracture at the point of highest stress, ie at the perch or mid-arc where the binders are.... that's all i can think of without movement, and the snubbers would have taken a few good drops before allowing the springs to break with mishandling. as for condition... its just a part of history now... lessons learned.. history made.. it should be cleaned and preserved... just to look as nice as it can, sans headliner, spring pieces, etc... as for all of the non-listers that took an interest in the event... i think there will now be an ebay demand for "miss belvedere's" instead of "christines" i have the "color twin" 57 belv to that
car.... with the exception to being a higher-optioned belv with wing tips and pwr steering/brakes... wasn't planning on stock colors when done... but maybe now i will... but its not getting sold when done anyway... its one the 10 2drht's that will some day be part of "my estate" which hopefully wont be for at least another 40 yrs....
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