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More soldering iron coming up because the radio is acting the fool and needs a jolly good thrashing.

It's just getting a solid state upgrade because I'm fed up taking it in and out of the dash for stupid problems.

I'm just sitting here considering redoing the corner metal, making a former for it because I need to do the other side and that's a good way to make sure both sides are the same.

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Also read back over a chunk of this thread. I forgot how much I put into the car already. It's changed a fair bit.

I'll get it done. I got some enthusiasm back for the project now.

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1 hour ago, hairnet said:

is the mad purple still gonna happen

 

That I don't know. I'm quite taken by the deep red.

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11 hours ago, PhilA said:

Also read back over a chunk of this thread. I forgot how much I put into the car already. It's changed a fair bit.

I'll get it done. I got some enthusiasm back for the project now.

looking forward to seeing more on this if nothing else because over the last few months I have binged watched a fair amount of Dead Dodge Garage and I now know far too much about Various late 1950's-1970's Chrysler, so it will be interesting to see this project in that new light if that makes sense :) (fun-fact I derailed one of his live streams to talk just about Grummin LLV's he Loved* that :mrgreen: )

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2 hours ago, hairnet said:

 

Not Mazda red, no. Too damn modern. Just a deep burgundy. 

At least mine sounds like that. Kinda. 

The wheels are fugly. Boomer fugly.

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2 hours ago, LightBulbFun said:

looking forward to seeing more on this if nothing else because over the last few months I have binged watched a fair amount of Dead Dodge Garage and I now know far too much about Various late 1950's-1970's Chrysler, so it will be interesting to see this project in that new light if that makes sense :) (fun-fact I derailed one of his live streams to talk just about Grummin LLV's he Loved* that :mrgreen: )

Yeah. I have been following along with a few threads on DDG. Perky is a fun one.

Phil

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Some days this car does redeem itself. 

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A rusty hole in the window surround that I need to patch. However in the way is the rusty remains of a trim clip. 

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Which unscrewed cleanly without a fight.

Phil

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The rest along the top were rusted to the point the heads were just a blob of rust. They were all convinced to unscrew with hammer and chisel.

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It's also rusted in the stupidest places, like in the middle at the top.

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4 hours ago, camryv6 said:

Is that the colour you are going for ?

Ish. That's just the color of the spray can I had to hand though.

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Been tweaking the new corner lip. Happy with that profile. There's a few holes in the skin behind that need fixing before that can go in though. 

Phil

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That's just a random can of Rust-Oleum I bought way back to see if I liked red or green on the car better. Nightfire is more yellow, a better color. 

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Cut the rust in the pillar and inner edge back to good metal. Shaped up and welded in a patch to the hole on the curved section. 

A lot of fiddle faddle for very little progress.

 

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