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‘54 Dodge Coronet Suburban updates


Ron175

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Hi everyone. I’m the usual long time lurker, first time poster. After enjoying the forum for a while I thought you might be interested in seeing my ‘54 Dodge Coronet Suburban wagon. I imported it a couple of years ago and have slowly (I mean slowly....) been going through it. It hasn’t been properly on the road since the early 80’s. If you like it, I may start a build thread as I have plenty of pictures and the input would be helpful. 

Pics below were the day it was delivered -

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That sure does have some clean lines.

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Thanks for the welcome. It’s a flathead, three on the tree. I purchased it sight unseen from California but I think it’s originally a Wyoming car as I found the name of a carb tube up shop in Casper engraved in the air cleaner.

I was expecting it to be a lot worse than it actually turned out to be. The drivers side front and rear pans were shot and there were some holes in the sills and lower rear quarters, but nothing too drastic. 

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Some before and after to get us up to date:

Headliner - was in a bit of a state, but all there. I fitted it myself and really enjoyed doing it. Apart from reupholstering the front seat, I have done everything myself so far. I have both visors but was in the process of covering the other one when the pic was taken. 

 

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New interior panels made. Super easy - 3mm board, with colour matched paint. Looks very different in the photos, but I found an area that was like new and took a sample from there. If anyone has a wagon and is missing these, I can get measurements etc (or even make a set)...

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Front seat was a mess but the rear seat was like new so the challenge was to find matching fabric. Not sure what the Plymouth wagons had, but this stuff is strange - like a cross between fabric and vinyl. Was tough to find. 

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