BobT-47P15 Posted January 3, 2014 Report Posted January 3, 2014 Went up to Kansas City a couple weekends ago to attempt to be of a little help with winding up work on the car. I'd say I was a "little" help, but not exactly a ball of fire. As most of you here know, once you take something apart......it takes a while to get it all back together. The interior is mostly done. Engine area cleaned and painted. Body work done......paint mostly done. New windshield. Lot of stuff fixed/improved that doesn't show up in pictures. Shooting for February completion. Some pics from the trip. 6 Quote
casper50 Posted January 3, 2014 Report Posted January 3, 2014 A very nice looking car. Mine finally arrives today. Has taken 3 months but was cheap for transporting it 3990 miles Quote
pflaming Posted January 3, 2014 Report Posted January 3, 2014 Very nice. There are a bunch of us who wish we were that close. Keep the pictures coming. Quote
Chuck51631 Posted January 3, 2014 Report Posted January 3, 2014 Very nice. It is always nice to see an old car come back to life. Good Luck and Enjoy it. Quote
JerseyHarold Posted January 3, 2014 Report Posted January 3, 2014 The car looks great. I'm sure you can't wait to be driving it again. Quote
Niel Hoback Posted January 3, 2014 Report Posted January 3, 2014 It looks better than new already. It'll be a stunner when its done! Quote
Young Ed Posted January 3, 2014 Report Posted January 3, 2014 Bob car is looking great. Please please tell me that a proper upper radiator hose is on the agenda??!!! Sorry the flexible ones are a pet peeve of mine. Quote
BobT-47P15 Posted January 3, 2014 Author Report Posted January 3, 2014 Glad you all think it's looking better. Ed......that may be called a flexible hose..........but it is one tough son-of-a-gun....heavy duty. I had to shorten one end a bit and had a heck of a time jamming it in there. The previous hose was a make-do item from who-knows-where. It finally just wore out. I suppose it should be a formed, curved hose.....but not much curve is required. Somewhere I may (or may not) have some old style wire hose clamps. I had a whole box of them at one time. Quote
Don Coatney Posted January 3, 2014 Report Posted January 3, 2014 I had to go in the back room of my local auto parts store and pick out an upper hose with just the right bend. I still had to trim it a bit. Quote
Young Ed Posted January 3, 2014 Report Posted January 3, 2014 I suppose it should be a formed, curved hose.....but not much curve is required. Somewhere I may (or may not) have some old style wire hose clamps. I had a whole box of them at one time. Mine is just straight hose. Quote
falconvan Posted January 4, 2014 Report Posted January 4, 2014 Beautiful work, Bob. Are you going to be ready for cruzin this spring? Quote
Chester Brzostowski Posted January 4, 2014 Report Posted January 4, 2014 Bob, Your car is looking great, it will look even better once you get her done and back on the road. Great job, Chet... Quote
BobT-47P15 Posted January 5, 2014 Author Report Posted January 5, 2014 (edited) Falcon.......I think cruzin' will be on the agenda................ Dale today re-installed the rear bumper, rear gravel shield and stainless fender welting (new). Even after he's done some body work and straightening of things on the passenger side, some items are still a bit warped due to the car having accident damage all down that side in years gone by. Would sure be interesting to have seen just how that accident happened. My guess it was run down into a big ditch and while there, ran over some rocks or a culvert or something that put some scratches on the frame. Kinda shoved things in on that side, and toward the rear. When I got the car, the right fenders had been replaced and some body work done to push the side back out. This is how it looked when purchased in 1973. Edited January 5, 2014 by BobT-47P15 Quote
Dodgeb4ya Posted January 5, 2014 Report Posted January 5, 2014 Bob, I bet you are super excited to getting your convert back home and able to drive it again.It looks really great too! As for that hose.. well I remember those super heavy duty smooth ribbed hoses. Thats a Vulco-Flex UN315 hose that replaces all the old Mopar upper radiator hoses. You'll never blow that baby out! Tough as whale blubber. I'd maybe, or maybe not install a couple wire hose clamps and enjoy comments on that wonderful unique and long lasting upper hose! Bob Quote
steveplym Posted January 5, 2014 Report Posted January 5, 2014 Looks good Bob. Bet you can't wait to get it on the road. Once the weather cooperates. Quote
greg g Posted January 6, 2014 Report Posted January 6, 2014 Hope Dale gets it back to you for Cruisin Season. He'd doing some nice work for you. Any plans for road trips like the Playmouth Pwners club meet in Port Huron, Mich, in early August??? What ever happened to the coupe that got clobbered by the tree limb? Quote
librado65 Posted January 7, 2014 Report Posted January 7, 2014 Wow congrats man! Its not my car but Im feeling excited to know the ride will cruising the streets soon Quote
fstfish66 Posted January 7, 2014 Report Posted January 7, 2014 nice ride,, the caption says all the chrome is in the trunk,,but not for this car u said,,,,did you find all the chrome ? Quote
BobT-47P15 Posted January 7, 2014 Author Report Posted January 7, 2014 fstfish............there was indeed a pile of stainless trim in the trunk when I got the car. But it was NOT for a P15..... struck me as maybe for a 47 Chevy. So......I had to shop the salvage yards for all the trim. The good news is that I got the car in 1973.........and there were still a lot of small to medium size salvage yards all around the area. Don't recall now how long it took to round up all the needed stuff, or from where it came. But I would guess that by comparison to today's prices, the cost was real reasonable. Usually the owner would let you go out and find whatever you needed and remove it yourself. Of course I bought other small related trim and interior pieces as found.......have been operating off some of that stuff for years. Now the yards are gone and prices are higher. So, I was lucky to get all that then. 1 Quote
BobT-47P15 Posted January 7, 2014 Author Report Posted January 7, 2014 greg.........the poor old mashed 49 coupe has had a roof transplant, some floor rust repair and assorted other repairs. But nowhere near done. I think he also acquired a good running extra motor for it several months ago. The engine I had put in the car was running fairly well, but we got a spare just in case. After the tree.............. New roof going on............ Car is just sitting, covered up, for now. Quote
BobT-47P15 Posted January 14, 2014 Author Report Posted January 14, 2014 The front end is just about put back together, with the newly re-chromed bumper. He's now working on the hood latch. Quote
Robin (UK) Posted January 14, 2014 Report Posted January 14, 2014 Really excited for you, Bob.Looking forward to seeing pictures of the car back on the road. Quote
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