1948 D24 update

[thebelvedereman]

It's been awhile, I don't get to the Forum too often, I've been slowly turning my d24 into a cruise night car, made myself new door panels, new kick panels, painted the dash and the steering column, new Wing window glass, and I started to sand the car down to get ready for paint, but then I found the original paint / primer underneath the horrible white paint that someone put on with a paintbrush, it's not in the greatest shape, but man does it have some cool looking patina, so I decided instead of painting the car, I'm just going to strip off the white paint, and Preserve what's left of the original with penetrol, I already have the roof done, anyway getting to the point of my post LOL, what paint do you guys use to restore the red on your hubcaps, I was going to use the original dog dish Dodge hubcaps, but they're pretty rough, but I have a really really nice set of 1950 – 1952 Plymouth hubcaps that I got from Plymouthy Adams about 14 years ago, but the red is faded on two of them

Edited March 8, 2022 by thebelvedereman

[Booger]

Wow look at those door panels. We could have a picnic on those!

Dashboard looks great!

Whats the plan with the surface rust on the floor pan?

 

[thebelvedereman]

I might por-15 it, it's actually mostly dirt, the floor pan is beautiful, and has mostly original paint on it I really don't want to cover the original paint

[MarcDeSoto]

Or you could clean it with a wire brush and spray some Rustoleum Rusty Metal Primer on some areas.  I wouldn't worry about the original paint as no one is going to see it after you put down carpeting or rubber mat.  

[OUTFXD]

42 minutes ago, MarcDeSoto said:

Or you could clean it with a wire brush and spray some Rustoleum Rusty Metal Primer on some areas.

Here here!

 

[Dan Hiebert]

I just used Rustoleum's "Sunrise Red" (rattle-can).  I wanted a readily available paint and plain red color for touch-ups, and for the red in the hubcaps to match the red rims.  

 

[thebelvedereman]

I also rebuilt the sill plates, the rubber was completely shot, but the metal was still in excellent condition, and I don't currently have an extra $600 for a new set, so I hit them with my grinder and wire brush, then I coated them with por-15, and then I put 5 coats of spray on bedliner on them, they turned out really good, and cost about $30 total, I don't have a picture of them finished, but here's a picture of right after por-15

[Doug&Deb]

Well done! Some Yankee ingenuity. You’ll have a fun car you can be proud of.

[Tired iron]

I love your paint strategy, belvedereman! I am doing the same thing with my 1950 Meadowbrook: making all the mechanicals good, re-doing the interior to look great, and...leaving the rust and black patina just the way it is! Im going to even shoot some clear on it to protect it.

My family thinks I'm crazy. Well, I'm glad crazy has company.

Edited March 9, 2022 by Tired iron

[Booger]

sill plates look great, Mr Cheapo wasnt ready to depart with $500 so he made his own using black commercial cove moulding.

flipped them over used 'hug' to the door side