bluefoxamazone Posted September 1, 2020 Report Share Posted September 1, 2020 does anybody have a clue where to find a part number for the stainless steel side trim (L&R) on the front side of my '53 Plymouth Cranbrook conv. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Go Fleiter Posted September 1, 2020 Report Share Posted September 1, 2020 Sorry, no hint from me. My Parts book is only for 1951. My trim is different. anybody has the correct parts book 1953?? Greetings from Düsseldorf! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluefoxamazone Posted September 1, 2020 Author Report Share Posted September 1, 2020 Hi friend from Düsseldorf!! In the meantime i have found some numbers but i would like to have confirmation that they are correct... righthand: 1456227 left hand:1456228 any help is highly appreciated! keep it healthy and beat the virus! Franky Belgium Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desoto1939 Posted September 1, 2020 Report Share Posted September 1, 2020 21 minutes ago, bluefoxamazone said: Hi friend from Düsseldorf!! In the meantime i have found some numbers but i would like to have confirmation that they are correct... righthand: 1456227 left hand:1456228 any help is highly appreciated! keep it healthy and beat the virus! Franky Belgium Since you live across the pond the first thing that I suggest that you purchase is a parts manual for your car because this will answer you question and will also answer your question when looking for other parts. A parts manual and a service manual are the two basic manuals that every antique car owner needs to have available when restoring or working on an antique car. You do not need an original there are numerous photo copies that can be purchased. I am not trying to be mean with this answer but if you already had the book you would know the answer to your question. Rich Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobertKB Posted September 1, 2020 Report Share Posted September 1, 2020 2 hours ago, bluefoxamazone said: Hi friend from Düsseldorf!! In the meantime i have found some numbers but i would like to have confirmation that they are correct... righthand: 1456227 left hand:1456228 any help is highly appreciated! keep it healthy and beat the virus! Franky Belgium I have a ‘53 Plymouth and according to my parts book those are the correct numbers. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg g Posted September 1, 2020 Report Share Posted September 1, 2020 Are yours missing? If they are dinged up or bent, with as much metal craft as has been shown by our EU members, you should be able to find some one who can straighten and polish the back to good appearance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobertKB Posted September 1, 2020 Report Share Posted September 1, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, greg g said: Are yours missing? If they are dinged up or bent, with as much metal craft as has been shown by our EU members, you should be able to find some one who can straighten and polish the back to good appearance. The one shown in his picture doesn't look too bad and an excellent candidate for the "pick and file" approach. I had ones on my '51 Dodge business coupe project that were a lot worse than that and they turned out fine after picking, filing, and buffing was done. It must have taken me 100 hours to do all the stainless side trim and grille on the car but well worth the effort. The one shown was particularly bad to start. Edited September 1, 2020 by RobertKB 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluefoxamazone Posted September 2, 2020 Author Report Share Posted September 2, 2020 16 hours ago, desoto1939 said: Since you live across the pond the first thing that I suggest that you purchase is a parts manual for your car because this will answer you question and will also answer your question when looking for other parts. A parts manual and a service manual are the two basic manuals that every antique car owner needs to have available when restoring or working on an antique car. You do not need an original there are numerous photo copies that can be purchased. I am not trying to be mean with this answer but if you already had the book you would know the answer to your question. Rich The service manual is no problem. I have been using this for a couple of years, but I was never able to get me a copy of the parts book ...(there was also never a need for since my car is fairly complete.) I am restoring cars an motorcycles for over 30years and you are right... without the books, it is very hard to do. So if someone has a parts book for the '53 Cranbrook convertible... I am interested... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobT-47P15 Posted September 5, 2020 Report Share Posted September 5, 2020 I don't know if they ever produced a parts book just for the 53 convert.....some or all specific convert parts MAY be listed in the regular repair & parts books. Somewhere in my travels, I found a 3 or 4 page section on convertible specific parts for a '47 P-15. It may have originally been in of one of those huge parts books they had on the counter at a dealership back then. I either bought my convert pages on ebay or at a swap meet. You might check for such pages with Neil Riddle ---SEAPLYM on ebay). Also check with Dodge B 4 YA here on the forum -- a very knowledgeable man. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluefoxamazone Posted September 9, 2020 Author Report Share Posted September 9, 2020 Hurray this must be my lucky day.... I found a parts book for my car....?? I got a quote for it.. so for a mere 220 USD I am all set...? ???? Still hoping someone will make some copies of the pages on my car... I guess they think we Europeans have no clue what the value of money is... Greetings from Belgium!! Franky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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