Re: [FWDLK] "Belvedere brouhaha"

[William Huff <wbh@xxxxxxxxx>]

I guess I just don't get it.  Sure it was a disappointment that the
car had been underwater and looked like crap.  Still, I have seen as
bad or worse dragged from the field and sold for restoration rather than
just for parts.

She is still a 100 % complete car and once it is totally cleaned up, will
no doubt be in a lot better shape than the mud and smears would lead one
to believe.  

I would be happy to take that car in a NY minute.  Even if some of
the frame turned out to be shot and the lower portions of the body in bad
shape, I think it is worthy of bringing back.  No one really knows
what shape the car is in overall, lets not consign it to the junk heap or
to an ignominious end as a muddy spot in the corner of a museum.

My 2 cents.

Bill Huff 



At 6/19/200710:16 PM, Jan & Roger van Hoy wrote:

Plywood, 2 x 4's, whatever, it doesn't really matter; it's an abused hunk of rust that deserves no better.
 
I'd like to make a request-- please don't use the word "preserve" in relation to this... thing.
 
"I just don't get it," Sharon King Davis said Monday.  Well, duh !!!  She's the hostess/ shopping center magnate who built a Tulsa mall-- on the river-- facing away from the river!  Her Grampa was one of the
Tulsa-rama-lama-ding-dongs who desecrated the Plymouth back in 1957.
 
BTW, Cloyd Boddington was invited by the host to give his TV show info and introduce his crew.
 
Maybe some museum will take this wreck and put it on display... for a while.  Maybe it will go to the crusher.  But please, folks, spend your hard-earned money on your own restorations!
 
--Roger van Hoy, Washougal, WA, '55 DeSoto, '58 DeSoto, '56 Plymouth, '66 Plymouth, '41 Dodge
 
 
 

----- Original Message -----

From: Ron Waters

To: L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx

Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2007 5:21 PM

Subject: Re: [FWDLK] "Belvedere brouhaha"

Hi Marv -

 

I believe one set of photos showed the body being supported by three sheets of 3/4" plywood. Since the car should not be moving after this brief trip to East Tulsa, I feel that this would be opening up a Pandora's box in terms of "well as long as we're repairing the springs, we might as well..."

 

Ron

----- Original Message -----

From: Marv Raguse

To: L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx

Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2007 7:10 PM

Subject: [FWDLK] "Belvedere brouhaha"

I want to make a suggestion.  A lot of discussion has been going on relative to what will become of Miss Belvedere.  A lot has been said about not touching her. Leave her alone.  OK.  But do we think that she can continue to limp around with a loose rear axle?

 

What if we were to undertake providing a set of springs for her, to at least make her transportable and provide her some dignity while on display.

 

Now I know that this Friday someone will be named as owner but if she is awarded with the rear wheels rubbing on the wheelhouse, well, we might never get a chance at preserving her.  I am sure the Dodge dealer would install them and I will bet she will continue to be a tourist attraction through the summer.

 

My thought turns to having Mike Eaton..spring supplier to the 300 club, make up a set and ship them out.  I would bet a $5.00 contribution from everyone would meet the $300 or so price tag. I don't consider this restoration. Even if she was in her youthful glory she would probably need some spring work.   Let's discuss this suggestion in a reasonable tone and see if there is support or other suggestions on what we as a club can do.  I met a lot of fine MoPar people this past week. I bet if we had a collection can next to her for preservation we might have filled it.  

 

While we were in Tulsa and not necessarily watching the evening news last Friday,  I am told that Miss Belvedere was on the ABC evening news with Charlie Gibson.   

 

Marv   

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