# repaint!
**URL:** https://59plymouth.net/t/repaint/1177
**Category:** Rebuilds
**Created:** [September 28, 2008, 3:35pm UTC](https://59plymouth.net/t/repaint/1177 "2008-09-28T15:35:11Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
**Page:** 4
### Author:  [@Ron\_Keij](https://59plymouth.net/u/Ron_Keij)
#### Post date: [December 16, 2008, 6:54pm UTC](https://59plymouth.net/t/repaint/1177/61 "2008-12-16T18:54:09Z")
Finally another update!
_The rusty parts cut out_
_Some more rust on the rocker and the front fender_
_Old new parts for the car. They will be sand blasted first before welding in the car_
_Does it leak? No!!! Right?_
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### Author:  [@Steve\_Storey](https://59plymouth.net/u/Steve_Storey)
#### Post date: [December 18, 2008, 12:34pm UTC](https://59plymouth.net/t/repaint/1177/62 "2008-12-18T12:34:12Z")
Hi Ron, Looks like the folks are getting inspired! Gonna look great!! Steve
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### Author:  [@rogerh](https://59plymouth.net/u/rogerh)
#### Post date: [December 18, 2008, 4:03pm UTC](https://59plymouth.net/t/repaint/1177/63 "2008-12-18T16:03:55Z")
reminds me of a car I saw when I was in Mexico…a late-70’s Ford sedan, so COMPLETELY rusted there was no rear sheet metal at all.. the owner had jammed a 2x4 from frame to “C” pillar to hold roof up. If only I could find that photo…
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### Author:  [@Steve\_Storey](https://59plymouth.net/u/Steve_Storey)
#### Post date: [December 20, 2008, 10:45am UTC](https://59plymouth.net/t/repaint/1177/64 "2008-12-20T10:45:19Z")
Don’t get disheartened. Here in upstate N.Y. we call that minor rust. If your under stuff is ok you’ve got a solid one!! Look at her grill. She’s smilin. Steve
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### Author:  [@Ron\_Keij](https://59plymouth.net/u/Ron_Keij)
#### Post date: [December 20, 2008, 7:13pm UTC](https://59plymouth.net/t/repaint/1177/65 "2008-12-20T19:13:21Z")
and
> [@Steve Storey](#):
>
> Don’t get disheartened. Here in upstate N.Y. we call that minor rust. If your under stuff is ok you’ve got a solid one!! Look at her grill. She’s smilin. Steve
It is not minor rust but it isn’t too bad! And we all keep smiling, everytime we go there we see a little progress. The guy doing the body work is very busy with their daily work but he works on our car as much as he can. And yesterday he started building again and that a lot more fun to see than tearing it apart ❗ He does great work so far and I am convinced that he will make it the car like new.
Some pictures:
_new rear quarter_
_closer look_
_and closer_
_new part!_
_Marjo’s message 🙂_
_some damage on the front also ☹_
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### Author:  [@Faulkner](https://59plymouth.net/u/Faulkner)
#### Post date: [December 20, 2008, 8:20pm UTC](https://59plymouth.net/t/repaint/1177/66 "2008-12-20T20:20:30Z")
Ron, this man is a true artist. What stunning sheet metal work! Fabulous.
Dan
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### Author:  [@Dick\_Koch](https://59plymouth.net/u/Dick_Koch)
#### Post date: [December 20, 2008, 8:26pm UTC](https://59plymouth.net/t/repaint/1177/67 "2008-12-20T20:26:20Z")
Yes, truly supurb sheet metal work, I had a concern about the rust in the inner panels, looks like that’s taken care of, can you tell us what he did to kill that rust.
Dick.
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### Author:  [@Ron\_Keij](https://59plymouth.net/u/Ron_Keij)
#### Post date: [December 21, 2008, 4:40am UTC](https://59plymouth.net/t/repaint/1177/68 "2008-12-21T04:40:36Z")
> [@Faulkner](#):
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> Ron, this man is a true artist. What stunning sheet metal work! Fabulous.
>
> Dan
He does a great job so far but the credit for the panel ready to install goes to John Fowlie, he sold me two rear quarters that were very solid 😃 I know te guy can reproduce them but it would take a lot of time to make them and I bought the panels to save some time and money. He will have to fabricate all the other parts of the car himself and I am convinced he’ll do a fine job.
Dick, I haven’t been able to talk to him yesterday since he was working on another car and I don’t know what he did exactlly. More info will follow with the next update. I do know that he was surprised by the work of an American artist who did some “body work” on the car before it came to Europe. The part between the front wheel and the door was recreated with some kind of polyester and there was no metal there at all and you couldn’t see it. But it will be all solid metal when it comes home.
Ron
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### Author:  [@Dick\_Koch](https://59plymouth.net/u/Dick_Koch)
#### Post date: [December 21, 2008, 2:01pm UTC](https://59plymouth.net/t/repaint/1177/69 "2008-12-21T14:01:02Z")
Yes, we have some polyester artists here in Florida, in fact a lot of them, we call thier establishments “BONDO BALLROOMS”.
Dick.
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### Author:  [@matty](https://59plymouth.net/u/matty)
#### Post date: [December 22, 2008, 6:54am UTC](https://59plymouth.net/t/repaint/1177/70 "2008-12-22T06:54:37Z")
I had to remake my lower passenger side quater pannel it took a lot of effort without any real forming equipment but it can be done cheaply at home, first rule when undertaking a challenging bit of corrosion is DONT GET THE NEAREST HAMMER OUT AND KNOCK WHATS LEFT TO PIECES! because you have nothing to form from, dont take a body saw to your car unless you can find replacement pannels like these lower quaters i really wish there were a decent parts source for these old cars but then again they would be less of a challenge i suppose! Nice car by the way keep the photos coming. 🕶
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### Author:  [@Ron\_Keij](https://59plymouth.net/u/Ron_Keij)
#### Post date: [December 22, 2008, 6:47pm UTC](https://59plymouth.net/t/repaint/1177/71 "2008-12-22T18:47:23Z")
> [@Dick Koch](#):
>
> Yes, truly supurb sheet metal work, I had a concern about the rust in the inner panels, looks like that’s taken care of, can you tell us what he did to kill that rust.
> Dick.
Dick, Matthew spoke with the body guy today and he told Matthew that there was very little surface rust on the inner panels. All he had to do was remove that with a wire brush and give it a protective spray.
> [@matty](#):
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> Nice car by the way keep the photos coming. 🕶
OK, here are some new pictures.
_new metal on the rear quarter inside_
_and outside_
_closer look_
_a 10 footer???_
_new and ready to install_
_it’ll never be so dirty again!_
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### Author:  [@matty](https://59plymouth.net/u/matty)
#### Post date: [December 23, 2008, 7:29am UTC](https://59plymouth.net/t/repaint/1177/72 "2008-12-23T07:29:40Z")
Cool! 😃
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### Author:  [@Ron\_Keij](https://59plymouth.net/u/Ron_Keij)
#### Post date: [January 2, 2009, 3:39pm UTC](https://59plymouth.net/t/repaint/1177/73 "2009-01-02T15:39:34Z")
Today I went to the shop to make some pictures but there has been no progress at all in the past week ☹
I spoke with the owner for a while though and he hopes to have the body work finished by the end of next week ❗❗❗ I will try to make some time to visit them and show daily updates if work allows it.
Ron
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### Author:  [@Ron\_Keij](https://59plymouth.net/u/Ron_Keij)
#### Post date: [January 3, 2009, 5:12pm UTC](https://59plymouth.net/t/repaint/1177/74 "2009-01-03T17:12:56Z")
> [@tomf](#):
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> Hi Roland,
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> I enjoyed being a part of helping you get your valance.
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> While at Carlisle, Ron Keij told me about a guy in Arizona that collected items and loads a container and ships to Europe. I contacted this guy and made arrangements for him to receive my shipment from Oregon. In the mean time Ron had purchased some side trim and some other pieces from Roger Howard in Seattle. Roger met my wife who was on a business trip in Seattle and sent his parts home with her to join up with Roland’s parts. I built a plywood box and packed it up tight and shipped it to Mesa, Arizona. The container finally made it to somewhere near where Ron received it and got Roland’s pieces to him. Maybe Ron can tell us about where it arrived and how he got together with Roland.
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> Tom Fox
I enjoyed being a part of helping him to get his valance too.
Well it took a while but here is my part of the story:
When I spoke with Tom about shipping the parts to Europe I thought it would be cheaper for Roland to have it shipped in a container than to use UPS or Fedex. Their prices are very high and you know for sure that you will have to pay a lot of tax when it is imported. We have to pay approximatly 25% of the value of the part and the shipping! But I know my friend Rik does make his own bils and he tries to help you where he can. So I contacted Roland first and asked him how he thought about driving up here to pick up the parts, he was very enthusiastic and asked me to arrange it for him. After that I called Rik and told him that he would be contacted by Tom. Tom did a great job in packing the valance and my trim parts, as Rik said the crate would have survived a nuclear blast ❗ When the parts arrived (April 2008) I got a phone call from Rik and I had to pick them up at his shop the next Saturday. His shop is about 1 ½ away from me but it took me a whole day but I came home with some extra parts too. I asked Roland when he wanted to come over to pick up the valance and suggested to come May 17th so we could go to the Jukebox Fair car show together the next day. He arranged to stay in a hotel nearby because we just had moved to our new house and had no guest room ready then. The weekend he came was a bit disappointing for all of us, he came Saturday morning and we talked for a while until Matthew came downstairs and asked me to call the doctor. Later that day he had to go to the hospital and Roland had to have dinner alone at the hotel ☹ Matthew was so sick that he didn’t even see Roland’s car! On Sunday we did go to the car show together and had a great time but I had to go back early to see Matthew in the hospital and Roland had to drive about three hours back home. I promised him that we would come to Luxemburg this year for a car show. So Roland if you know the date please let me know.
Ron
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### Author:  [@Matthew\_Keij](https://59plymouth.net/u/Matthew_Keij)
#### Post date: [January 3, 2009, 9:14pm UTC](https://59plymouth.net/t/repaint/1177/75 "2009-01-03T21:14:17Z")
The restoration goes on without the car 😉
_My evening job in the garage_
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### Author:  [@Ron\_Keij](https://59plymouth.net/u/Ron_Keij)
#### Post date: [January 10, 2009, 6:28pm UTC](https://59plymouth.net/t/repaint/1177/76 "2009-01-10T18:28:34Z")
new rockers They made a little progress this week:
_"new" metal in the right rear quarter_
_new rocker panels were made_
_primered for protection_
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### Author:  [@Matthew\_Keij](https://59plymouth.net/u/Matthew_Keij)
#### Post date: [January 21, 2009, 3:07pm UTC](https://59plymouth.net/t/repaint/1177/77 "2009-01-21T15:07:51Z")
Here are some more pics
_Passenger side is almost done, only the corner of the door needs to be done._
_Other side still needs to be done, I hope they did some work today!_
_Looking sad ☹ but we all know it’s going to be allright_
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### Author:  [@Ron\_Keij](https://59plymouth.net/u/Ron_Keij)
#### Post date: [January 26, 2009, 5:05pm UTC](https://59plymouth.net/t/repaint/1177/78 "2009-01-26T17:05:14Z")
Slowly but surely they are making progress with the body work.
_This is the guy resposible for the body work_
_The epoxy is replaced by metal now_
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### Author:  [@Ron\_Keij](https://59plymouth.net/u/Ron_Keij)
#### Post date: [February 22, 2009, 8:32am UTC](https://59plymouth.net/t/repaint/1177/79 "2009-02-22T08:32:35Z")
It has been a while since there was an update but they did keep working on the car every now and then. Most of the welding is done and they started sanding. Unfortunately they found some bad repaired spots while doing that 😈
They are convinced their work will be done by the second week of March.
Ron
_There is metal in front of the door again instead of fibre and bondo_
_finished work under the rear windshield and also repaired the area around the trunk opening_
_the sanding begins_
_Bad spot is gone._
_It’s getting there!_
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### Author:  [@big\_m](https://59plymouth.net/u/big_m)
#### Post date: [February 23, 2009, 5:02pm UTC](https://59plymouth.net/t/repaint/1177/80 "2009-02-23T17:02:08Z")
Thanks for posting the progress pics.
Watching the cars come back to life is always exciting! —John
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