Fixer upper

[oldodge41]

Here are some pics of our fixer upper. It had sat there for 26 years. It was sunk to the frame in the dirt, four of the five tires pumped up and held long enough to flat tow it 25 miles home. LOL

[oldodge41]

Here are some more of the process.

[55 Fargo]

Lookin real fine my friend, and it looks like you weren't afaraid to get your own hands dirty, gotta respect that.........Fred

[Jim Yergin]

Wow, that is impressive. I really like your car. Looks great, especially after seeing what you started with.

Jim Yergin

[RobertKB]

Wow! Great job! You brought the old girl a long way! Lots of people take a look at barn find and figure, "Why would anyone drag that thing home?" It takes an old car guy to see the diamond in the rough. I love that body style.

[1940plymouth]

Awesome, thanks so much for sharing, one great looking Dodge

[P-12 Tommy]

Ditto

Tom

[John Mulders]

Looks good, like the color !

John

[oldodge41]

Thanks guys for the compliments. Those pics are 20 years old now. Time flies. Anyway I dug em out and scanned them the other night and thought I would share a few. The car is nice but no showpiece, a 10 footer or driver is what I would call it. We are not professional car guys but we do everything ourselves within the family, from interiors, to paint and body and mechanical. It is still a work in progress, aren't they all, but that is what makes it fun.............Tim

[1940plymouth]

I would say that you and your family know your business, from the photos you posted on the thread I started on Sunday that is one beautiful Dodge. If you say yours is a ten footer, that is great as I tell every one not to get too close to mine or they might need a tetnus shot:)

[Frank Elder]

The gray primer shot of your big butt Dodge is my new Background:D

[thrashingcows]

Wow nice transformation!! You sure polished that one into a real gem!!

[1955 plymouth]

This is True Inspiration for some of us younger members looking to begin and acheive something close to what you have already done!

You understand the true meaning of the "old car thing" I feel, doing the work yourself is what truly makes this a labor of love.

Nice job, Thanks for sharing the older pics.

[Plymouthy Adams]

no substitute for a big butt Dodge...the D19 with the butterfly front end is just fantastic styling...another one back on the road...and now the rear tag should read.. nyoface for those who slip up behind you..

Edited November 10, 2010 by Tim Adams

[carls 49]

thanks for sharring pics, great looking ride.

[falconvan]

Very nice! What did the underside look like after being sunk up to the frame for that long?

[oldodge41]

Very nice! What did the underside look like after being sunk up to the frame for that long?

Luckily, although it was very soft, it was also very dry soil under that roof. The underside of the car is exceptionally solid. No floor or frame work was required, other than cleaning and painting. The rocker panels were rough behind the running boards, but only the outer part. Believe it or not the muffler and exhaust pipe were shot but I am still using the tailpipe that was on it when I found it. The brake system was all shot too, with rusted lines and corroded up cylinders and master cylinder. The engine was locked up with a broken piston and the fluid drive drive coupling seal was bad, as soon as we turned the engine all the fluid ran out of the coupling. The car was complete, minus the dash clock, which I found one in a box of old stuff at Carlisle. The stainless trim was good but all the chrome was bad. We painted the chrome and have replaced it over the years with driver quality chrome as we find it reasonably priced. The only painted chrome I still want to replace is the rear bumper. I bought a spare to have rechromed, but haven't had the spare cash to have it done. (Kid in college) I would like to find one of driver quality since a newly chromed one may make the rest of the chrome look bad. I don't know that it will ever be "done". In a way I hope not as I would probably grow bored with it if it was. Does that make sense to anyone else?

[falconvan]

Makes perfect sense to me; cars like these become family members and can stay with you for a generation. I know a guy with a 55 Buick that has been in his family since new and been redone a few times.

[BobT-47P15]

Yep, that makes sense.

Had the convert since 1973.

Still things I need or want to do.

Your car looks great!

[48P15Annie]

I like the decorative bars that were on it in the first picrure.

[oldodge41]

Kyle, I still have all those bars and the rear bumper guards. When I had the painted bumper on the front I had them on too. When I found the chrome bumper I didn't put them back on. I always figured someday I would get them chromed and I still might but I think I like it better without right now.