Ovalrace25
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Here is a picture of the one on the left side. I need a right side to match this one. Sorry, I dont know why it turns the picture upside down!
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Need a complete one with the stainless trim. The one on the car is wrong. The one on the car now has no trim and bottom flange does not have the rolled edge.
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1963 Imperial convertible top frame broke two of the castings. I'm thinking there are not going to be replacement parts, so I'll have to take it apart, clean up these pieces and see if I can weld them up. Any been there done that?
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Actually it is the control lever part that the T/S lever is screwed into, that I need.
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I has the Tilt column too! Original one is broken and I have tried to save it with no luck. I do not know what other GM cars may use it.
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ALSO need a horn contact unit. The spring loaded one that goes in the steering column in the engine compartment to contact the steering shaft.
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The one I have is damaged. Lock cylinder broken at the end and latch housing seems to be out of round. Anyone got one or parts that can help?
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Found a local guy to take the project. I'll try to keep an eye on it as it moves forward.
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Would like to put one on a 1941 Station Wagon. Needs to be nice... Anyone know of the Don Sommer family will ever get back to business? --- or sell to someone that would start making the mascots again?
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Yep, been there done that and then I get all the "expert opinions" when the car is out on the car show field.
"They never made it in this color" --- Yep had to show them the original order sheet
"wrong hood" --- yep again, had to show them the body trim styles
"wrong wheels" --- dang-- this one was what got me to become a concours judge!
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OK, I have asked this on another forum and got mixed suggestions. My car is in pretty good original condition, but the wood grain panels are not as nice as the rest of the car. I was told that Marine Teak Di-Noc is the closest. BUT that happens to be out of production. It takes a 4X20' roll to do this car. I have considered options and keep going back the the 3M Di-Noc material in another "grain" that is close enough. Any suggestions?
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2 hours ago, nickelroadster said:
A few pictures might be good also. Sometimes a shop can be be reluctant to take over a project and would rather redo a lot of the work.
Picture of a pile of parts--- difficult when it is all loaded and covered inside a borrowed enclosed trailer, each part carefully wrapped in blankets. I do agree and understand, but imagine a 1920's T sedan with every sheet metal part cleaned, repaired, painted. AND a wood kit "assembled" but not fitted and nailed..... This is still a huge project. And out in California.. Not easy to decide what next.
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I was asked if I could help fin someone that could take this project to completion. This truck is original to the property here in Napa California and the current owner wants it to be nice enough to share with others. He had sent the complete original 1 ton flatbed to a person that did quite a bit of good work on it before covid got him. All the cab metal has been "restored" to paint, but not re-nailed to all the new wood framework. All the wood has been formed but not final fitted to the metal. NONE of the cab or doors have been reassembled to the wood or each other in any way. Entire chassis is all apart and cleaned, some is in bare metal, some has a coat of sealer. Owner knows this is a BIG commitment of time and money. He is committed to see it through.
The completed truck will represent one of the local Napa Valley wineries.
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There was so much STUFF to deal with I called in a local auction company to sort and set it all up. Very early 4 cylinder engines including one mono-block. One of them is a Durant, I think three are early Dodge. the Hupmobile runs and is a right hand-drive exported to Tasmania and then brought back here at some point. The 56 Chevy is a two door sedan BelAir. The 66 Mustang convert is a huge project that includes a second back-half of another convertible and many extra parts. The auction is live now at www.hiusmanauction.com For those of you that remember Roy and Jeff Harper, this is some of what was in Roy's Napa, Ca. barn.
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On 1/21/2022 at 11:32 AM, edinmass said:
1935 Auburn colors are well established, and going outside the box will make the car very difficult to sell. And every time you take it out people will tell you it’s incorrect and you committed a sin. The ACD is a fantastic world upon itself............ purity in the ACD world is a virtue...........Yes, Ed, I am trying to stick with correct colors. The 2-tone colors on it now are terrible and I dont want to miss the mark. I really want the car to properly represent what was done when it was new. I see a few maroon cars and they are not the same colors. All are a bit different due to the person mixing color may have guessed at it. Yes, I am also guessing, but with some suggestions from the forum, maybe I can eliminate a few wrongs. True, using a "modern" formula that is close to what was original does work better than a custom mix. Later repairs can be made IF the paint code and/or formula and process stays with the car.
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front cornering lamp number 59575751 fits left and right. Guide 38 SAE K66 - Attached photo lens is missing one of the stainless trim pieces
Rear back up lens Right Side 5956154 Guide 35 SAE R65 I dont know the part number of the Left Side
Photos of one of the cornering lenses and the right side backup lens attached
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Looking for NOS or very nice backup lenses and front cornering lenses for this project. 1966 Olds Delta 88. Also need a new glovebox. Is anyone making these?
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Just opened the box that these new reproduction upper door panel parts have been in for three years and they are damaged. Yep, I shoulda--- Opened them up when they got here! But I thought they would be fine on the shelf until I had the car ready for the door panel restoration. The car is a 1966 Olds Delta 88 convertible (same parts probably fir 66 Cad, 66 Pontiac etc.) These are the rubber pieces molded to the stainless trim you see across the top of the door panels, front and rear. I see a few markings on back EDPM is the rubber type-- and a MFG date of 12/13/2017 But NO MFG info and the box label has faded away! My notes seem to indicate Steele Rubber had them but I cant find them in the Steele catalogue.
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Anyone care to share color secrets? Looking at maroon or deep red shades on a convertible project. Will I get beat up with a stick if there is ANY metallic in it at all?
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CALL ED-- Very important to know how to work on these so you dont damage the pieces going thro0uioght the column to the switch at base of the steering box!
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10 minutes ago, alsancle said:
You are way too optimistic.
Example is here in my shop now. I dont want to offend anyone so I will describe it as a very high end open car recently purchased from a well-known Arizona auction. Buyer had someone at the auction inspect the car--- Car arrived running, but down on power and smoking. Compression test showed one dead cylinder and the rest, not good. Car had been hit in back at one time, poor patch panel over damaged metal and totally disconnected from the rear passenger floor. Right rear fender bowed out about 2 inches. Rear panel required new fabrication of the outer apron, inner support and passenger floor and of course the right fender had to be rebuilt. We made patterns using a properly restored car in a private collection. I have no idea why the person at the auction could not see this. Front fenders at bumper openings had been reworked and rough cut for bumper attachment, with openings covered by rubber fillers. There are pictures of this car on the internet. They look pretty good.
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36 minutes ago, Matt Harwood said:
I'm frankly shocked by the buyer being so cool with buying a car with so many hidden needs. People buy cars from me and call to complain that one of the tires was 5 PSI low and demand cash compensation. If I sold this car, I'd be buying it back or worrying about litigation right about now...
Why don't the reasonable people ever buy from me?
Matt, I was the one that sold it. It came out of long time storage in a building near the San Francisco Bay. I was not the owner. I was asked to get it running and nothing more. ONE person that came to look at it thought it had a bit too much valve noise. So I pulled the heads, and manifolds, opened up the valve cover boxes photographed all the areas, flushed out jackets and took before and after photos of all those areas. And put it back together. Along with the copious 40 year old records, there was not much more to do unless we restored the entire car. It did sell for a very low number and many were surprised at the sale price. But the car was described as clear and fully as possible and I told all those that looked at it every detail I know and shared with them some if not all the records.
You know yourself that everyone has an opinion. Sometimes sharing personal opinion may be done without complete understanding of all the background.
BTW, the person that requested the engine be opened up for more info, came back into the picture too late. He asked me to see if the car would still be available and/or if the current owner would sell the car to him if it was not satisfactory. Current owner told me he was quite happy.
Time for us all to move forward.
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12 minutes ago, rg171352 said:
This is something people lose sight of too often.
Yes, very true! Discovery during tear-down is always an education! Walton's car had a shop rag over rusted out gas tank cover with fiberglass and bondo over the rag. Very strange way to deal with a rusted panel! Engine block had a poor quality repair (probably from a rod going through it) that seeped oil. Wood and other body panels were very good.
I dont know where the car is these days.
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14 hours ago, rcr said:
Ovalrace25: I had many dealings with a great gentleman, John Walton as he helped me with my 341B roadster. I was wondering what the build sheet shows as the original color scheme. Thank you
Build sheet says blue with black fenders. If I pull the copy of the build sheet, it will give me a color name. I dont have the file in front of me right now. I do remember when I saw the combination was black and blue, we considered going back to that combination. Keep in mind, the two color green that John did to it was in very poor condition. Huge chunks had lifted. I could easily pull 3 inch squares of paint off by hand if they had not already come off.
WTB Right front side mount tire cover. 1939 Cadillac LaSalle
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I have the hinges, but the cover is wrong.