Plywood, not pretty, but driveable

[Charlie Olson]

Yahoo!!!! Yesterday, Art drove PLYWOOD two blocks to a local, good paint and body shop, to get an estimate to repaint and blend the front clip; so as to match the lovely old patina on the rest of the body. It was a site to see; no headlights, grill and hood trim, front bumper or big fat Yankee Clipper Fog Lights. She ran as good as ever, purred like a kitten and got a few horn honks and thumbs up. I delivered the long time, secretly hidden "blue dot" original taillight lens, along with the more pretty, old taillights, to Art, as well. On a sad note, we realized that the 1949 rippled front and back bumpers simply just won't fit; too narrow and the bolt holes don't line up; so rechrome for the front bumper and maybe replace the gnarly back bumper some day. So, if somebody wants to buy a nice set of 1949 rippled Plymouth bumpers. let me know.

One thing we discovered is that the steering column shaft had been pushed right through the steering box upon impact; so now we have a totally rebuilt steering box. No wonder my arms and shoulders hurt, after the wreck, because I was holding on to the wheel so tightly.

The good news is that PLYWOOD is back on the road, even if a little unfinished and dusty.

Edited November 19, 2010 by Charlie Olson

[greg g]

Well you must be relieved that it coming along and should be up to snuff shortly.

[P-12 Tommy]

Good deal Charlie! Like to see some pictures soon! Thanks for the update.

Tom

[Charlie Olson]

I think I might go up to the garage on Friday and take a few as is photos. Good idea, Tom

[BobT-47P15]

Happy to hear it's getting fixed.