2024-09-11 Picked up my junk from the strippers today…
Everything looks amazing. The only real surprise was a couple of pin holes on the outside deck lid. Otherwise, everything is as rust free as hoped.
2024-09-16 Was a little bored today and compared the different trim levels in 59. For some reason, I like just the single side moulding on mine. (Bottom photo)
2024-12-13 Progress on mating the 68 Dodge Coronet/Superbee Bulge hood scoop to my 59 Plymouth hood. I bought the destroyed Dodge hood out of a junk yard 20 years ago (last two Photos). I cut the scoop out of the wrecked hood and hung it on the wall. I never had intention of ever using it. Til one day I laid it backwards on the 59 Plymouth hood and inspiration hit. Fast forward to today, I built an understructure to support the hood and cut it open for the scoop. It’s currently fitted and clecoed in. Final fit and welding will be next.
2024-12-14 I made a little progress today. Blended the hood peak into the front and back of the scoop. All fab work is done. Just welding in and planishing the scoop from here on. I plan on having custom aluminum inserts machined for the scoop to further camouflage the origins of it, but I did throw the original inserts in there for a visual.
2024-12-20 Thanks, Jeff Savage Auto Refinishing for metal prepping and epoxy priming the sheetmetal on my 1959 Plymouth. 
Everything looks great. Another big step in the right direction.
2024-12-26 Finished the hood scoop up today. It could stand another hour or two of hammer and dolly work on the weld seam, but I am 40.5 hours into this modification and officially out of energy and ambition. The hood on the 59 Plymouth is 18 gauge metal, which explains why it doesn’t have an understructure to support it. The 68 Dodge Power Bulge scoop is the standard 19 gauge metal and it was severely pitted on the backside from rust corrosion. With the metal thickness difference, further complicated by the severe rust pitting on the scoop, it made the weld seam a challenge and a time consumer to get perfectly flush and metal finished. Overall, I am happy with it, all things considered.
I eventually will have this hood 3d scanned by a friend of mine. From there, a set of custom aluminum scoop inserts will be designed and machined to replace the original non-functional cast scoop inserts. The end result should further camouflage the origins of this scoop and make it look more like a one off, then any production piece.
2024-12-29 Spent a few hours straightening the front bumper filler panel today. I will have to bolt it up to the car to finish completely straightening it. The lower valance has had a hard life. Mostly from an amateur repair years ago. The lower valance on these cars are somewhat difficult to find in any shape, but I am going to continue to look for a better one since the car is far from done.
2025-01-05 I spent a few hours straightening the front valance this morning. I originally planned on trying to find one in better shape. Fortunately a few guys reached out and basically said they are impossible to find in any shape. It still needs a lot more work but I feel much better about it now that it has its basic shape back.
2025-01-11 Mail call today. 1959 Plymouth Fury Dealer Promo Model Car in my favorite color. This one has nominal warpage. Most I have seen are sagging badly from the plastic having temperature sensitivity.
2025-01-29 I received my Build Record back from Stellantis Historical Services (formerly Chrysler). I knew my car was built at the Los Angeles, California Plant on June 5, 1959, from the VIN and data tag. The historical services were able to confirm it was sold new at a Chrysler Plymouth Dealer in Barstow, California. Beyond having a heater, it’s pretty void of options; it didn’t even have a radio when new. How it ended up in Indiana 7 years ago when I bought it is a story I wish it could tell.
2025-02-08 I have been kicking around adding a 3rd brake light to the 59, more from a safety standpoint than anything. Obviously, I wanted something that would add style to the car. Drawing on so many of the 50s “rocket” inspired concept car renderings led to this. It’s a 1961 Dodge Polara taillight. Sometime in the future I am going to make a pocket with subtle style/flow for the taillight housing to sit in and be countersunk into the trunk lid.
2025-05-05 Finally picked up a factory Golden Commando air cleaner for the 59 Plymouth this past week. Despite the modern Holley Sniper EFI on the 383 BB slated to go in the 59, I think this will be a nice touch to pay homage to its ancestors.
2025-05-13 Been toying with the idea of shortening the side moldings on the 59 Plymouth. Picture with the letter A in the upper right corner is stock. Kinda leaning towards picture C.
2025-08-02 Amazon had ten 8’ft LED lights on sale for $150.00. I hung all of them in my little garage today. It’s quite “LIT” now. 
2025-10-29 A sneak peek of the design work @wileyspeed is doing on the 3rd Brake light and the hood scoop inserts for the 1959 Plymouth. They are killing it, beyond thrilled with the progress.
