It's finally painted

[bigred48]

Well it has been over a year since I last posted here, I have been busy with school in the winter and working in the summer. But I was finally able to finish the bodywork on my Plymouth. Now I need to purchase all of the weatherstripping and other rubber parts for the the car.

It has been so long since I took this thing apart that I have forgotten how the stainless steel trim is installed. And how the glass sweepers go in. If anybody has any pictures of this it would be greatly appreciated

Thanks,

Andy

[Lefebvre]

Nice looking job - I love the color.

[1940plymouth]

Looking good

[Young Ed]

Now you have all summer to get it put back together for the Plymouth club national fall meet in Rochestor.

[randroid]

Andy,

Lefebvre is right; that's a classy color. I won't ask about the electric green around the hood until you say the job is done but an eggshell white seems to be very much in keeping with the period.

Don't worry too much about positioning the trim because most of it will go on only one way and the other stuff will either be easily determined by a glance at a picture or it's made to go either way.

Keep in mind that glass is installed from the outside (presumably so that it won't fly inside the car in an accident) and it, too, becomes semi-obvious how it goes. Lot's of info in the search option about how to install glass correctly so pick the option that suits you best and run with it. I prefer copious amounts of silicone spray and a flexible length of small insulated electrical wire but only because that's how I was shown.

-Randy

[Plymouthy Adams]

Keep in mind that glass is installed from the outside (presumably so that it won't fly inside the car in an accident) ????????

lay in modern is this way..!!! no way you will get the glass in form the outside on my Plymouth and Dodge..however the actual install process is performed from the outside of the vehicle as hopefully someone is inside keeping a good pressure of the seal/glass against the pinchweld..

when I towed my 41 home from Kansas..it was remarkable that a 3/8 x 3/4 bolt layed on the pop up air vent for the entire trip but yet the failure of the windshield gasket due to the PO removing the inner garnish allowed the windshield to be fall inward into the passenger compartment...

Edited April 18, 2011 by Tim Adams

[randroid]

Tim,

I have nothing but respect for your advice and your opinions, and with that in mind I have never installed glass from the inside. My method involves installing the rubber first and maybe that's the difference.

-Randy

[Plymouthy Adams]

thanks you and yes Randy it can be done that way but usually at a higher risk to chip or crack to the glass because you in that method are trying to manipulate a thicker section of rubber less prone to flex..flat glass is somewhat more forgiving but would not rcommmend this techique if there is any curve to the glass...granted that is not as much an issue on the P15/D24..and if you are forced to work solo..I can see attempt to doing it this way..you do need the extra hand

so if you have any buddy, wife, girl fiend (spelling is correct) or trained Rhesus monkey about the shop..placing the lip over the pinch is by far the easier method..

[bigred48]

Now you have all summer to get it put back together for the Plymouth club national fall meet in Rochestor.

Sorry Ed I think that there will be way to much work for me to be ready for a roadtrip of that magnitude.

Andy,

Lefebvre is right; that's a classy color. I won't ask about the electric green around the hood until you say the job is done but an eggshell white seems to be very much in keeping with the period.

Thanks, the electric green is masking tape that was used to keep from scratching the paint while it was being towed home.

Andy

[Joe Flanagan]

Andy,

Did you paint it in pieces or all at once?

[bigred48]

Andy,

Did you paint it in pieces or all at once?

My cousin went to school for body work and he was the one that painted it for me, but the rear fenders and hood were painted off of the car. the doors were on the car when they were painted.

Andy