New build thread; 48 Plymouth

[falconvan]

Got the decklid repainted this week; it had a few bad spots that we figured it was easier just to reshoot it. Should be ordering and installing a windshield soon and begin polishing all the stainless and putting it back on the car.

[40FordDeluxe]

Nice work on it!

[falconvan]

Lots of little stuff done; got the decklid back on, transmission TV cable hooked up, tracked down a parasitic battery drain and did some work on the wipers. Should be ordering a windshield next week and start getting the glass put back in soon. Then its time to start polishing a ton of stainless trim and getting it back on along with wheels and tires in there somewhere.

[falconvan]

Hey all,

It's been a while since I've checked in. Haven't done much car stuff for a while; I went back to my old job and was tied up with the transition for a while. Also sold my 49. My wife has gone through so much with her cancer the last couple of years and she always wanted a nice master bathroom with a walk in shower so i sold the car and built her one. I needed to thin the herd anyway; too many projects. So I'm back on the 48; just had the front and rear windshield put in, bought some Jegs brand torque thrust wheels and tires and found this cool old Mopar dual snorkel air cleaner. Glad to be working on metal again instead of concrete, drywall, and tile.

[rspears]

Glad to see you back, and kudos for focusing on the MBR Bath w/walk in shower for your wife. Focusing on the little things in life that mean a lot to others is a good thing.

The '48 is looking good!

[chopt50wgn]

Very nice job. Like the way you have taken time to think things out of where things go. Know what you're talking about when it comes to time involvement, got 7 years in mine but it's done and you will be there in no time.

[34_40]

Good to see your name popup again.
Hope you have had a chance to enjoy things you like amongst all the work!

[Mike P]

Sorry to see the 49 go, but totally understand the reason.

Good to see the 48 back on the front burner. Nice score on the air cleaner. I used to grab every dual snorkel air cleaner I could find and had a shelf full for a while......they all went away when I found out what they were going for.


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[stovens]

Glad to hear your back at it too!

[40FordDeluxe]

Nice to see you back! I'm betting the new bathroom makes your life a lot easier in more than one way! It's nice to see you working on the white one. It is looking great!

[falconvan]

Yeah, that big walk in shower is great for us old fat dudes. Lots of room to turn around!

[falconvan]

One issue I hadn't addressed yet was door locks. The original door latches were junk so I put in some bear claws which worked great but lock mechanism wouldn't work the way the door was constructed. The original locks were in the door but I needed a locking handle. I found these early Ford locking handles on Ebay years ago and just got around to figuring out how to make them work. The lock mechanism is in the handle itself so I just ground down the handle mount so it would fit inside the Plymouth handle trim and pinned in. Seems to work great; next is to get the glass for the one piece front windows made and the power windows in.

[falconvan]

Decided to do the back windows first. The window regulators were complete junk and future plans call for A/C so we decided just to make these fixed windows. The almost 70 year old glass cleaned up good; just ran them through the dishwasher a couple of times. I made some new steel glass channels and permanently mounted them with an adjustable bracket to hold the glass snug against the window fuzzy and in the new rubber channel.

[123pugsy]

I just finished the floor in my 41 New Yorker. Similar body style. Well, not just finished, but the last thing I did on it.
I was thinking to myself, where does water that leaks past the fuzzies go?

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[falconvan]

Hmmm.....yeah, a couple of drain holes in the bottom of the quarter might be a good idea. The door already has a couple.