MIClassicGirl

Jason, I'm not going to argue with you. You don't know the history of the car that we know. And I have talked with other club members about my car. It's not a matter of not being concerned with it being completely original. You don't know the painstaking decisions we've had to make regarding what colors need to be where. It may not be perfect, but can anyone say their car is completely original and 100% correct? Not unless it's a car that has never been touched at all. What's the saying...if you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all. Oh, and Thank You to the club members that have personally emailed me regarding our car with your knowledge, suggestions and insight! We have greatly appreciated the help you all have been! Shannon

Ian......you are so right! Dennis and I were talking about just that earlier. It really is nice to have things clean so if we need to adjust something....we can find it and be able to adjust it!! Once we get the engine cleaned up...then we'll be totally done with the muck!! Yeah!! Thanks for the encouragement! Shannon

We may paint the engine the same as the transmission. We haven't decided on that yet. It's amazing how many little things you have to decide when doing something like this! We keep coming up with more and more! Taylormade....we'll let you know what we decide.

Thanks for the info Spinneyhill! John.....yeah, we learned really quick it wasn't the brightest way to go about it! When we had the tie down strap on the front end, we were reminded of a story my husband had told earlier of having had one of his motorcycles hanging from that same hook & raised the garage, forgetting he had the motorcycle hanging. The door basically knocked his bike to the floor, breaking the front fairing. Needless to say, we changed things up before raising the garage door this time!! We could just imagine things going epically wrong!! Thanks for the encouragement! Today was a momentous day! Shannon

Oh, we tried taking video but the memory card filled way before we were done. I still get my daughter to figure out how we can post it because it shows the beginning of what we started doing, the epic fail and the rethinking of how to go about doing it! Shannon

So...Since we were able to get the wheels on the car, we decided to take the frame of the snowmobile table it's been on for almost 2 years now. Well....it almost went fatally wrong, but we managed. We almost had the rear wheels come off the "wheel chalks", almost had it tip over a few times. It took a few hours and a few "Oh Sh*^!!" 's before we were able to get the wheels on the dolly's so we can roll the frame around the garage now. Here are some photos of our adventure today! Shannon

Thanks Ian! I'm looking forward to the rolling chassis too! We just received some more parts from Meyers that will go a long ways towards our continued progress! Brakes are done.....well sort of....we have a few minor leaks to deal with that are bugging the hell out of Dennis! :mad: We have rubber for the wheels which were a treat to put on the split rims! Now we understand why our split rims are as banged up as they are! Once we can get a hold of the commercial sewing machine that we are going to borrow, I'm going to start work on the interior. We just have to wait for the snow to melt....some day....soon.....I hope....if Old Man Winter will let it.... I've already talked with our local upholstery guy and he gave me a lot of instructions on what to do and I'll be ordering a lot of stuff from him. Trying to keep it local!

Hi Willys77.....because of the history of the car that we know & knowing the previous owners (granddaughter of the original owner), we have made the decision to restore the car as close to original as we can. We have the build sheet from Chrysler Archives so the colors that have been chosen were what the car was originally painted. Or at least as close to that color as we can get. And we are going by what the car has told us as it's never been touched. I don't know if you can call it a "True" restoration as we have had to use some non-OEM parts on the car! People will laugh when they hear some of the brands we've made use of! Mainly for gaskets or seals, but still...they are unlikely brands! Anyways, thank you for the encouragement. It is nice to be making forward progress! Shannon

Whooooooohoooooooooo!!! More progress made today! We set the ring gear and pinion! What a pain in the arse that was!! Oye!! Took us about 4 to 5 hours to get it done, but it's done. Now we can put it back into the rear axle & finish the rear end up! Forward progress!! I'm going to order a bunch of gaskets & some other items from Myers so we can keep the forward progress moving along!! Shannon

Thank you, David! I've always wondered if the pin-striping was correct or not on the wheels! Very cool! Thank you for the picture. Such a simple detail, but I think it does add a lot to the look of the car! Shannon

Whooooohoooo John!! Let us know how it goes!! We have to rewire our car so any tips or bad moves that you make along the way will only help us too!! Shannon

Thanks for the picture Frank. That is a nice wheel on that Chrysler. Unfortunately, the paint on our wheels were long gone so there's no telling. That's interesting to hear that Plymouth did the striping on their wood wheels. Makes me wonder how far off those advertising renderings were! Anyone else know anything about it? I know it sure would dress our wheels up if we did something like that. I have always thought it was great detailing on the wheels!

Hi Ron, thanks for the encouragement! We had the split rims painted a silver. They turned out pretty nice also. I remember reading somewhere that they were clad in cadmium or something like that (I could be completely wrong in the material!) which make them a dull silver color if I remember right. Glad to hear you are making the trek to Detroit next year! I look forward to getting to meet everyone!!

Ok.....I have a question. This is something Dennis (my husband, MIClassicGuy) & I have been talking about. Now, I have no idea if the wheel I've put in this response is a DB or not. But the striping that was done on the spokes over the blue paint is what I'm wanting to know about. Is that something that was done a lot on wood wheels? We have several different DB Victory Six advertisements that show this in the renderings, but I know just because they were in the renderings doesn't mean it was actually done that way. I've only seen just a hand full of painted wood wheels with this type of detailing and always wondered if that was something regularly done or just for certain models. I'd like to hear your thoughts on this. Thanks, Shannon

Thank you John!!

Ok honey.....the color isn't THAT bad!!

First wheel attached to car!! Once again, we are making some progress. I got the wheels back from our painter. He did a very nice job on them. It's just strange though to see these wheels cleaned up and looking so nice. We've been staring at them for so long all weathered and rusting! Enjoy!! Shannon

Hello Gentlemen. Dennis & I have finally gotten back into work on the car. We have the transmission all apart and my husband is wondering where we can find seals and gaskets for our transmission? Some of the seals are in rough shape and we are having a hard time finding replacements. Any ideas on how to go about finding these items? Any guidance would be appreciated!! Thanks again for any ideas! Shannon

We removed ours as a unit and didn't really have any problems doing so. We did have the fenders off of the car when we did it, so we didn't have to worry about banging them.

You're welcome! If I lived closer to Detroit, I'd go to that. My husband and I were talking of going to Hershey this year, but I don't know if we'll make it. Too much coming up the next few months and I have to throw in some surgery on top of it. Shannon

Hi Jay. Being a Victory Six owner myself, welcome to the club. I would highly recommend getting the Victory Six cd from Meyers Early Dodge. It should help you with find out what would be the correct color for your car (or at least give you an idea of what it would be). Also, try TCP Global for paint. I had really good luck with them. They have an extensive library of the old colors, unfortunately not the formulas, but have a great laboratory that they are able to recreate the old colors relatively close. I've talked with them on the phone and they were super nice and easy to work with! Good luck and let us know if you have questions. This is a great group of people on here with a wealth of knowledge that is amazing! Shannon

Whooooooooooohoooooooooooooooooooooo!!!! Way to go guys!! Awesome job! And way to go little car! Congrats on the new records!

I can't find where my husband has the shop manual book. I will find out where it is and see if I can find the wheel info you are looking for. It's probably buried out in the garage! :eek: We've been remodeling a bathroom, so bare with me! I'll see what I can find today. Shannon

Good Morning Guys, I pulled out my Vic 6 books of info from JB and in the restoration book, there are notes of when the enlarged bodies where introduced into production. Mid June they started introducing the enlarged body on the deluxe sedans, July 1 they started introducing enlarges bodies on the coupes. I don't read anything about wheel sizes. I also did read somewhere in the book about differences in the ceilings of the cars also. I do know the body of my Vic 6 Deluxe Sedan body is longer being built in the early 1929 model year. I have smaller rear quarter windows. So, the guys are right. You probably have a 1928 model and possibly a 1929 model of the same car. My Vic 6 is titled right now as a 1928 but it is technically a 1929 model year car. If you can get the VIN off the cars, I can look and see in my book about what time each car was made. That would tell the best way exactly what you are looking at. Hope this helps! Shannon

kevin b......so glad to see your car fixed after hearing about your accident!! Yes, the rim should be silver (at least that's what I've been told) even if your wheels are green. Our wood portion of the wheels were painted the tan with the center hub painted green. Have fun with your car!! Shannon