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Lee Exline

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  1. The one you saw at Carlise was brought over by an Australian. He and some of his mates shipped over the carsto California and drove acoss the states ending at Carlisle or Hersey before selling their cars to fly home. You may have seen it withthe new owner. I also owned a Plymouth but it has found a new home.
  2. I don't find driving on the right side hard. The problem is getting in on the right side of the car.
  3. Did you ever get your windshield installed with the rubber provided by Bernbaum?
  4. Kanter lists that they have windshield rubber for 1954 Plymouth Sedans put do not show a photo or give any description of the process. This makes me wonder if it is just a universal fit extruded rubber instead of a molded piece? Has anybody ever used their windshield seals or can they point me in the right direction to get them somewhere else?
  5. Your mate that is doing the Desoto need some emblems? I have extras. A set of roof quarter medallions and some reproduction new plastic inserts (I found NOS) and a plastic insert for the horn button.If he is doing a hot rod I am looking for better hubcaps.
  6. On it's way to Stellar Antique Auto Restoration in Windom Kansas. finally took a long time to gather the needed cash and parts.
  7. I am a collector of Powered Promotional cars and someone shared this photo with me. Can anyone shed any light on this?
  8. I am way late to find this topic! The car is actually a AP1 series Chrysler Wayfarer UTE with an after market topper. These would have been produced from 1957-1959 and since Australia does not title by year of manufacture it would be hard to tell for sure what year it was made. It still uses the same 1953-54 Plymouth body shell that they would contiune to use through the early 60s in the AP2 and AP3 series. The AP 2 series had rear styling that was similar to a 58 Dodge with a bolt of fin on top of the 1956 Plymouth fin and the AP3 series switched to a 1959 Desoto look with triple taillights and side trim. I imported the two 1956 era UTEs shown above and have since sold the Plymouth but will keep the Desoto. They also made a Dodge badged version but not a Chrysler until 1957 with the AP1. In 1955 when the stamping dies for the 54 Plymouth sedan finished their run they were sent to Australia and continued to be used in part up until 1962-63. Frames and engines were still imported but body stamping was done in OZ. My Desoto is titled as a 56 since they did not produce the UTE body style until 56 but it could also be produced in 57? I have not been able to get any answers on a production date. The brakes are made by Girling and has hydrualic clutch the same as a aston martin. The master cylinder for the brakes is the same as a Landrover series 1. Unlike American Plymouths the pedals are hung not through the floor. Electrical equipment is made by Lucas and is a 12V positive ground system. The engine is a 250 CI flathead and is the 25 inch block even in the Plymouth. In order to get ground clearance the UTEs have 16" wheels with 600 6-ply tyres. They also have a convertible X-frame for offroad rigidity. The body is based off the sedan and if you remove the inner bed side covers you can see the rear door have been welded in and leaded. The rear roof and window are from a P15 sedan and the tailgate and rear quarter uppers are all custom made at the factory. Clutch, brake and gas pedal are in the normal configuration just on the other side of the car and the shifting is done by the left hand. I will be installing turn signals in my Desoto upon restoration as turning the wheel, shifting with the left and tossing hand signals with the right are a challenge. My car has no radio (not many stations in th outback back then) no heater (didn't need it) no turn signals (the kangaroos didn't really heed them anyway) no clock (go to work when it's light, go home when dark) The only thing that would be considered an accessory would be the tinted glass. It has wipers but no windshiled washing system.
  9. It came out of a Chrysler dealership. Is it truck? 1930s? I did not consider that it might not be a Chrysler Corp part.
  10. The intake has casting number 192106 and the exhaust is casting number 191930-2 by the casting numbers this is a very early set.
  11. I told the wife if I want one of those new Desoto Trucks for my birthday. For some reason she does not take me seriously?
  12. Here is a link to his sales. Moparkenan Ebay sales Chrysler in Turkey? You bet they did!
  13. They are the same right and left. I was wondering what year they fit? I knew the where hood side emblems.
  14. Somewhere, somehow I found an NOS (or damn nice) pair of these. Not sure what years they fit but if someone needs them make me a decent offer.
  15. I always liked the idea of using a vintage set of luggage to store your tools, cleaning supplies and other stuff. That way you can leave it in the trunk and it does not look out of place.
  16. Full line of Commercial vehicles offered by Desoto In 1956 in Australia
  17. The Desoto pickup is a converted 4-door sedan. The Australian Desoto UTEs like mine used 53-54 Plymouth sedan base bodies with 46-48 P-15 sedan rear roof sections on the cab and a custom bed built into the rear. If you pull off the inner bed liners you can see were the rear doors have been leaded in. The 55 is also left hand drive Aussies are RHD. Still a good look! The later UTEs where Chrysler named AP1, AP2 and AP3 models and still had the 53-54 cab with different front fenders and rear quarters. They made Desoto truck for export in Detroit and even in some foreign plants but they were Dodge truck based with Desoto badging. Here is my UTE it is a 1956 even though it looks like a 54. Australia kept using this body until early 57 when the Chrysler AP1 series came out And here is the holy grail of Desoto trucks. It was made in Detroit along side the Dodge and Fargo Sweptsides but nobody knows where it went from there? Mexico? Hawaii? Cuba? Virgin Islands? South America?
  18. Just surfing the net this morning and ran across a site in South Africa that had some interesting cars. I like looking at the differences between the cars we are used to and those assembled in other plants and RHD is very different. 1947 Dodge http://www.junkmail.co.za/v-johannesburg-motor-mail-classic-cars-a-1947-dodge-fluid-drive-100-QZQYCatQX0564QYRgnQX0001QYAdQXF7001QYEdQX201115 I believe that looks like a leather interior? This would have been common in places where the CKD (Complete Knock Down) cars were assembled. In places like SA where they had large cattle operations leather would have been plentiful and long wearing. Rather than importing the interior with all of the other parts it would be made locally. http://www.junkmail.co.za/v-johannesburg-motor-mail-classic-cars-plymouth-chrysler-vintage-1938-deluxe-sedan-QZQYCatQX0564QYRgnQX0001QYAdQXF23985QYEdQX201116 1939 Plymouth they state is a 38?? http://www.junkmail.co.za/v-johannesburg-motor-mail-classic-cars-i-have-a-chrysler-windsor-1948-QZQYCatQX0564QYRgnQX0001QYAdQXF48727QYEdQX201114 1948 Chrysler http://www.junkmail.co.za/v-johannesburg-motor-mail-classic-cars-a-47-de-soto-with-papers-QZQYCatQX0564QYRgnQX0001QYAdQXF43758QYEdQX201108 1947 Desoto They have others listed for sale on this site that do not show the interior so I did not list them.
  19. I used to have some of them, but have sold every single one of them. And yes they are worth a pretty penny in this condition.
  20. I had my dealer jewelry collection out taking some pictures for an article in the National Desoto Club magazine and went ahead and took some shots of this Chrysler piece. It is a broach from the early 50s and was probably wore by an executives wife or some other upper managements wife? I have some Desoto pieces encrusted with stones also but only one Chrysler. I know it is Chrysler but is it Imperial? It should match a crest on a real car I am just not sure what year. Can someone help?
  21. Took me a little while to find this but this is one of my current favorites. NOS Desoto horn button for $1,300.00
  22. I am going to have to do this to make these mats for my UTE. Luckily I already have a lot of experience with this process. The only question I have from the article is why are they using the heated upper platen? The only thing I can figure is to speed the curing process? The black stuff they use a RTV room temperature vulcanizing compound but heating it will speed up the process. I use the same silicone rubber (the purple stuff) for my parts but most of the parts I make are rigid parts not flexible like the door sill mats. Actual cost per the project would be well under a grand so I do not know why they are stating $5K? That would even include building a custom table like they have done. Be sure and use Platinum based mold rubbers not tin based as the tin based degrade much faster. I have some molds that are over ten years old and still producing quality parts. A NOS part would be the best to start with but if you have a talented enough modeler they would be able to fix an old one or recreate the form in wood. There are lots of good videos on Youtube that cover project like this, granted this is a advanced project and any new comer should practice on easier pieces first. Watch videos by Polytek development http://www.youtube.com/user/PolytekDevelopment and smooth on http://www.youtube.com/user/SmoothOnInc Smooth on has better videos but I have found the Polytek products to be better. I use the process to make parts for these little cars Junior Central
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