Restorer32 Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 Nice car that should never be restored. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Skyking Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 Love it!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old car fan Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 Fantastic move,i love it.Keep us posted with pics Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old car fan Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 Fantastic move,i love it.Keep us posted wiyh pics.We have several unmolested cars and plan to keep it that way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old car fan Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 Fantastic move,i love it.Keep us posted with pics.We have several unmolested cars and plan to keep it that way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest CaptainGTX Posted January 25, 2013 Share Posted January 25, 2013 Thanks for the positive reinforcement, guys. Attached are some more photos taken last summer. I don't think any are repeats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Lincoln54Capri Posted January 25, 2013 Share Posted January 25, 2013 find a top line upholstery shop that can replace the top, that will use up $5,000 and keep you dry. BobPut the top down and only drive it on nice days and save yourself the $5K. Replace the floors where it's rusted through and install the seat belts. Good luck.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrEarl Posted January 25, 2013 Share Posted January 25, 2013 looks like the decision has been made so I will just support the plan to preserve. But as long as it is garaged in a dry and somewhat temperature controlled environment I would never think it should be restored. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Bill Miller Posted January 25, 2013 Share Posted January 25, 2013 This is not a common car. I would preserve it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackofalltrades70 Posted January 26, 2013 Share Posted January 26, 2013 Good choice to preserve! What a beautiful specimen to maintain! Most of us would have loved to had something like your car to start with as a base. Would have saved us many thousands of dollars, a lot of blood, sweat and downright unacceptable language. But, that's what this hobby is all about. Enjoying your car, how you would enjoy it! Matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dandy Dave Posted January 26, 2013 Share Posted January 26, 2013 Glad to see that you are enjoying it in it's "working clothes." Many times it is a lot more fun to cruise in a car that you are not worried that a pebble on the roadway flung by the tires will chip a little piece of paint. Or a kid with an Icecream may drip a little on the bumper. Maybe even getting caught in the rain. Enjoy it, Drive it, Preserve it. And in that order. Also, know that the guys with the trailer Queens are not having as much fun as you being the worry warts that they are. I swear that a lot of them do not even know how to smile. .... :cool: Dandy Dave! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest CaptainGTX Posted January 26, 2013 Share Posted January 26, 2013 I started this thread by noting that this is the only 53 Dodge convertible in the WPC's roster. They made fewer 54 convertibles, yet at last count I believe there were six of that year in the roster (probably due to the fact some of the 54's were Indianapolis 500 pace car replicas, hence were collectible from the start). Since my original post two years ago one more 53 has surfaced, although I understand it's basically a shell. So far as I know, mine's the earliest build surviving, so might still be the oldest Dodge hemi convertible existing.Many here have acknowledged this is an uncommon car. Does anyone reading this know of any others? I'm aware of the ones that can be found doing an internet search. The easiest way to distinguish between 53's and 54's is that in 54 they flipped the side trim side to side, revised the grille to include a vertical post in the middle and added a small chrome fin to the top of each rear fender. And (more trivia)very early 53's had a different taillight lens and bezel that did not include two visable screws to hold the lenses in place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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