'59 Plymouth Forum

Thanks for going through the effort to do this, Dan!!

---Joihn

LMAO!!!!!

Dan,

9 out of ten times, it's the heater valve diaphragm that has ruptured causing a water leak. Have you removed and tested the valve?

They are cheap and easy to rebuild.

---John

Never have I seen it on the inner fender aprons. All the western built cars is was a semi gloss black. Some eastern built cars have the core support and inner fenders body color.

---John

True, the floors and trunk inside areas were sprayed with this, the color ranges from a light grey, to greenish or bluish grey.

Hi Gary,

Nice to see you here!!!

---John

I do have a complete power brake changeover, the price is $400 for everything necessary.

I have some of the Savoy trim, but not a complete set.

I used to use Photobucket for posting photos, but not sure how to go about it now.

---John

Howdy everyone!

I recently picked up several Savoy sedans, as well as a couple Suburbans, and a couple Sport Suburbans for parts. Also bought a partially restored Sport Sub. with three car's worth of extra parts. I will probably complete the wagon [if I get time] and offer it for sale also.

---John

Thanks for posting this, Dan!!

---John

Love the ads, Matthew!!

Thanks for going through the work to post them here for us!!

---John

Keeping my fingers crossed that there is not the severe damage predicted.

---John

You're making some excellent progress, Dan!

Hopefully it hasn't been to hot there, that can make the crud scraping much more miserable!!

Not sure who would have a new capacitor, it's basically just a static suppressor for the generator, to improve radio quality. A trick I use when painting an engine compartment, is to use aluminum foil to whap around harnesses and cables, it takes a half the time as paper and tape, and does a nice jo...

IIRC, Dan, He completed that car late in 2001 and showed it at Sacramento Autorama the next February. As with most car builders or designers, after a few major shows it was sold, and he moved on to a different project. Last I saw this '59 custom, it was owned by someone in the southeast, maybe Flori...

He was a good customer of mine, some of the cars he did looked great, in my opinion, some not. He passed away a couple years ago.

---John