Greg51T&CWagon Posted December 15, 2017 Report Share Posted December 15, 2017 (edited) I've just acquired a '51 WIndsor T&C Station wagon and am staring at it wondering where to start. I thought i'd begin by getting any avail. patch panels I need. I'm not very adept at fabricating them when bends etc are involved. Can someone with a 51 Windsor 4 door please measure their rocker panel length? I'm hoping it's the same as my wagon. 71" from front (the seam aligns with the door leading edge.) to back. (basically the opening of the rear fender.) Thanks Greg Edited December 15, 2017 by Greg51T&CWagon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casper50 Posted December 15, 2017 Report Share Posted December 15, 2017 Can't help with measurements but looking foward to photos of your T&C Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg51T&CWagon Posted December 15, 2017 Author Report Share Posted December 15, 2017 Here's a couple. Greg 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andydodge Posted December 16, 2017 Report Share Posted December 16, 2017 (edited) Greg51.............WOW!!!...........I don't think I've ever seen a pic of one of these let alone a rear pic and my 1st comment was shite!!......look at this!!!...........I am VERY impressed with the rear design...........and that bumper bar, WOW!...........seriously tho' we here in Oz never got any genuine Chryslers, apart from a few fully imported 48 Windors sedans after WW2 only Plymouth, Dodge & DeSoto 4dr sedans allbased on the shorter Plymouth chassis and Oz only utes from 1951 to 1956 so a wagon is something I like to see pics of but I've only seen pics of the Plymouth Suburbans as far as I can recollect, that rear end treatment is amazing and what a great looking car...........even the reversing lights would be almost big enough to be used as headlights on lesser cars........lol............anyway many thanks for posting the pics, feel free to post more.........lol........oh' and welcome aboard the forum.these guys know their stuff..............BTW I just looked in my John Lee Standard Catalog of Chrysler and there is only one wheelbase measurement given for 1951 Windsor, Windsor DeLuxe and Saratoga, 125.5 inches and it doesn't differentiate between sedans and wagons so I don't know if this helps at all.........regards, Andy Douglas Edited December 16, 2017 by Andydodge more info Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg51T&CWagon Posted December 16, 2017 Author Report Share Posted December 16, 2017 Thanks Douglas. When I first saw this and was considering it that evening I went to bed, next to the bed is a little stack of reading material. An old 1951 January Mechanics Illustrated or something like that was on top. I picked it up and thumbed through and wouldn't you know, but there was a humorous review of the new Chrysler T&C wagon. Well that sealed it. And yes, the wheel base has me hopeful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodgeb4ya Posted December 16, 2017 Report Share Posted December 16, 2017 Did you buy that from "Joe" ? He was on the AACA site as he bought it a couple years ago and recently sold it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg51T&CWagon Posted December 16, 2017 Author Report Share Posted December 16, 2017 Yes, a very nice guy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andydodge Posted December 16, 2017 Report Share Posted December 16, 2017 Greg51........don't suppose you have any more pics especially a full side on shot and is that rear bumper an original?.............regards, Andyd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg51T&CWagon Posted December 16, 2017 Author Report Share Posted December 16, 2017 Andy, No more pics at the moment. I don't know if it's original but it is the correct bumper. It's a bit exaggerated by the wide angle shot btw. To answer my own question, according to my amateurish reading of the parts book, the inner and outer sill panels are the same as on a 4 dr sedan. So I'm in luck. Should be a relatively simple job to graft 'em on, he said naively. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg51T&CWagon Posted December 17, 2017 Author Report Share Posted December 17, 2017 An interesting detail. This Bendix Hydrovac brake booster was added at some point in it's life. Anyone have experience with these? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodgeb4ya Posted December 17, 2017 Report Share Posted December 17, 2017 (edited) On 12/16/2017 at 6:42 AM, Greg51T&CWagon said: Andy, No more pics at the moment. I don't know if it's original but it is the correct bumper. It's a bit exaggerated by the wide angle shot btw. To answer my own question, according to my amateurish reading of the parts book, the inner and outer sill panels are the same as on a 4 dr sedan. So I'm in luck. Should be a relatively simple job to graft 'em on, he said naively. That's the original correct bumper for sure. 1951-52 Chrysler bumpers six and eight all models look the same except Imperial and Crown Imperial. Edited December 18, 2017 by Dodgeb4ya 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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