desertdog71

Thanks for the info guys.

Are the DeSoto Club Coupe seats the same as the Plymouth Special Deluxe? I'm wanting a budget friendly way to re upholster the seats and found some canvas covers that might work but they are for the Plymouth.

Don, I have the original fender welting in decent condition already. I just hung the rear fender with a couple bolts to see how it looked.

I am test fitting some of the large panels in preparation for stripping, priming, and reassembly. I bought this car in pieces and boxes. This is my first automotive project ever, so I often find myself online and on youtube trying to figure what to do next. Anyways. Here are a few pics just of the passenger side so far. It looks pretty cool to me considering I have never seen it together. Considering the pieces come from 3 different cars, I am pretty happy with the fit so far. The rear fender needs some work and also there is a chrome strip that fills part of the gap. Excuse my fat finger in some of the pictures. Thanks

seems awful high on the price.

As far as I know, all I need to do is change the oil, clean out the air cleaner, clean out the fuel tank and get that all attached and filled, then a 6v battery and we are off and running. The brakes do not work according to the seller, so those will need to be sorted out, or upgraded.

Not much new to report. I have been derusting all the bolts nuts and small parts, and trying to get things organized. I got the seats and some more trim picked up from the original owner. Bumpers and about 6 more boxes of parts is all I am needing to retrieve still and get to the house. I did manage to acquire a small compressor and some other tools from a family member, so that should ease things along.

If anybody would like to post their build threads here I would appreciate it. I just bought a 46 DeSoto Club Coupe Custom. Its in hundreds of pieces and boxes right now. Any build threads would be really helpful to familiarize myself with the car and reference for when I have those "WTF is this part for?" moments.

Just going to be stock for now. Not sure what I will do after that. It will be cool to see your once you get it on the road again.

I have the better part of two cars here aside from the big body panels etc. I have 4 tail lights, 4 headlight assemblies, 4 door handles, 2 trunk handles......you get the picture.

I have a RAZR, so no problem keeping on touch on the road. As for the car, today I sanded all the filler off and no surprises just some pitting that was being covered up. Pounded a couple dents out of the roof, one fender, and hood. Trunk lid, I started on it but it has some decay also, all along the bottom edge. I think I will be able to separate the inner and outer panel of the trunk while replacing the decayed area and get it straight again. Floors are very solid, there is no decay on this car aside from the one trunk panel, I know it looks like you need a tetanus shot just to get near it but that is all just light surface rust. You can be back to bare metal with a couple strokes of 160 gr. I am sure I will be on here more than a few times, wondering how to do something or get something together or identify a mystery part in the boxes I have. This looks like a great site and I am happy to see a good resource available to learn about these cars.

The story is that this car was having a frame off restoration. The rolling chassis is all done and the guy was actually driving the chassis around his farm field by itself. The body had been sandblasted and then the project stopped and sat for about a year outside. It was sold to the guy I bought it from to be used as a parts cars for a different project. He ended up finding another suitable donor car for his project and did not need this one any longer. He thought it would be a shame to cut this one up for his project anyways. So he had it sitting around for the past 3 months. He was getting ready to list it on Ebay, but I just happened to be right place right time and was told about this car. I drove out to the guys house and bought it that day. I'm not real experienced plus I drive truck over the road, so I don't expect progress will move along all too quickly. About all I have done so far is organize some of the boxes of parts I have, pound out a few dents, and sand off the filler that was on the car. The filler was all really thin but after sitting outside without primer, I wanted to get it all off and start with fresh bare metal. At this point right now I have to save a few more dollars for the sandblasting, and zinc chromate sprayed on. That will get the big portion of things handled and then I can take my time getting it all reassembled. I have many duplicate parts, so when I am finished I may have some handy items left over for someone in need. Its a 46 DeSoto S-11 Custom.

So, I decided to buy a car that is in boxes and pieces. Here is a few pics of my new hobby.