Some small upgrades

[steveplym]

Well I wanted to do a few different things to my Plymouth before summer gets here. I never really liked the look of my rectangular mirror and it was starting to get small pits on it. So I went ahead and bought two round mirrors and put them on. Made the car look a bit more classic to me. I liked the round mirror look of some of the other forum members cars.

A big thanks to Bigred48 as I had a radio I traded him for just the head of another radio. I didn't have room to put an entire radio in mine, but wanted the look of one, so my dash looks a little more complete. I really like the look of it and I still have plenty of room behind the dash.

Before:

After:

[bigred48]

Looks good I'm glad that you like it. I am excited to see my radio it will give me something I can tinker on at school.

[steveplym]

I just used little polish on it and cleaned it up a bit. Then just bolted it right in.

[Norm's Coupe]

Looks good. I also see you have a fiberglass/plastic sunvisor on your car. I haven't seen one of those on a car since I was a small kid. My father had a 50 DeSoto carryall with a green one that is similar to the one you have. The car was a forest green.

[steveplym]

That sunvisor has been on that car since before I was born. My grandfather bought it from someone at a swap meet and as it was blue it pretty much matched the car. Never had any problems with it and it sure helps in the rain and keeps the sun out of your face.

[Norm's Coupe]

I use to have a Fulton on my coupe. Then back in 04 on the way to the Goodguys show on a two lane highway it blew up like you see in the picture, when a truck passed going the other way. We were both doing about 55 MPH at the time. Took it off after that and decided to leave it off. But........like you say. In a real light rain or drizzle you don't need windshield wipers.

[james curl]

There was a man at the LoneStar Round Up with a mashed up Fulton lying in front of his car and fresh scars in his paint job in the center of the top and on both sides where the attaching brackets went across the roof when it came off.

[Norm's Coupe]

James,

Actually when mine flew up like that I thought it had completely ripped off the car too. I looked in the mirror to see if was going to hit the car behind me. At the time I had no headliner in the car either, so when it hit the roof it really sounded terrible. Thought the wife was going to jump out of the car, she jumped so much. When I didn't see it flying off the back or side I reached out with my hand to see if it was still there. Once I realized it was still attached I never slowed down at all during that time. Figured if it damaged the roof, the damage was already there and I could do nothing about it anyway, so kept going. Only had about 5 miles to go anyway by that time. Took it off right after parking at the show and taking the picture. Luckily, I had no damage or even a new scratch on the car from it hitting the roof. However, the Fulton was bent a little, but repairable. However, I did not repair it, just sold it as is on ebay.