New build thread; 48 Plymouth

[Dave Severson]

Looks like it's ready for some close attention, Falcon!!!! This car has really come a long ways from the days of the rust monster heap you drug home!!! Some really nice work! If I ever get even close to caught up this spring planning on making a run down to St. Louis, got to look all you guys up!!!!!

[falconvan]

Thanks, Dave. Seems like its taking forever but It was pretty far gone to begin with. Yeah; come on out to St Louis!

[123pugsy]

Looking good Falcon. I really love a good photo fix every now and then. Keep em coming.

[lamin8r]

Looking good,Falcon..Hope you can get a good run on this car now..Its a kool build..

[bluestang67]

Hey I will plan a trip down to St Louis my self to visit a few of ya . Just give me the hint for booking a motel .

[falconvan]

Sound great! Come in the spring when the shows are starting back up. St Louis is about 30 miles north from me. Festus has several of the big chain motels and there's at least one or two on almost every exit going north. Arnold is the next big town north; about 15 miles from downtown. I-55 is the main highway that all the motels are on. Let me know; I'll take a day off and we'll go browse one of the old boneyards and fire the grill up.

[falconvan]

Here's the Dolphin power window kit I ordered last year. The only complaint I have about this is that there were no instructions at all. That said, once I laid it out it was pretty self explanatory about how it should go together. This kit was perfect for this door. One side of the upper support bolted right in where one of the old window stops were located. From there I just made a couple of simple mounting plates for the other three mounting points. The kit had two different size spacers to set the glass angle. I tried it with the plywood mock up glass and after some minor adjusting it went up and down smoothly with no sticking. Now onto the other door.

[cffisher]

Ah you probably wouldn't have read the instructions anyway...Looking good

[falconvan]

Yeah you're probably right. Here's the other door finished, once you get one done the next one goes pretty quick.

[bluestang67]

Power Windows yeah a very nice addition .

[stovens]

Yeah and if there were instructions, that were originaly written by the engineers in Hindi, converted to chinese, then translated to english, It would have made no sense anyway! I always love the refer to diagram 4a which usually have a poor quality photo copied to death picture, on something totally irrelevant!
Nice job though on the self install. Takes true spirit to try and tackle stuff like this, going in blind!

[falconvan]

Thanks, I'm really hoping to make some big strides forward on it in the coming year. I sure would like to hear the engine run and see it all one color.

[falconvan]

I've got a few days off so I got a little garage time in. Note to self: Check if fabricated motor mount is going to hit the header before you weld it all the way around. This sucked! I had to cut the whole thing loose and move it forward. Live and learn; it wont happen again. I also took another 3" off of the steering column; it fits really nice now and plenty of header clearance on the drivers side.

[Dave Severson]

Yup, always an opportunity to learn!!!! I would imagine most of us here have done the same or similar (or worse!)... Engine is going to look good all bolted in and ready to go!

[123pugsy]

Yup, always an opportunity to learn!!!! I would imagine most of us here have done the same or similar (or worse!)... Engine is going to look good all bolted in and ready to go!

Yep.

I had to make brand new mounts when I found the steering shaft had to be routed right thru the existing mount. Ouch.

Glad to see you're still making progress even with a set back here and there.