Hickory Posted August 7, 2021 Author Report Posted August 7, 2021 This is my favorite pi of my last car the before and after Quote
westaus29 Posted August 8, 2021 Report Posted August 8, 2021 Welcome to the forum! One of my Plymouths is a 29 which is very similar to yours except it has a four cylinder engine and 20 inch wheels. Your wheels look in good shape! My wooden wheels were pretty tired but came up A1 with some care. I stripped off remaining paint then applied many coats of a 50:50 mix of linseed oil and mineral turpentine which absorbed in to restore the timber. Allowed it to dry a few weeks then applied marine varnish. Most of these cars had painted spokes but to show the wood is a very popular feature that gets wows from viewers. If you have loose spokes you can carefully disassemble and insert thin sheet metal washers between end of spokes and rim. I coated them with epoxy for an extra strong result and they are still good over 20 years later. You should get lots of specialist advice from the Desoto club. Quote
Hickory Posted August 9, 2021 Author Report Posted August 9, 2021 Over the weekend I ran the car some more then degreased the 92 yrs of road grime and oil of the drivetrain Quote
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