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Re: Another project
« Reply #30 on: November 10 2018, 09:28:32 AM »
Looks real nice!
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Re: Another project
« Reply #31 on: November 12 2018, 04:57:22 PM »
Minus the headliner and overhauling the dash, the interior is complete. Managed to polish up and install most of the front end.
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Re: Another project
« Reply #32 on: November 12 2018, 11:28:09 PM »
I wonder if knead-able epoxy would fill that gap in the steering wheel and hold up
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Re: Another project
« Reply #33 on: November 16 2018, 11:16:54 PM »
Headliner is in
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Re: Another project
« Reply #34 on: November 17 2018, 08:45:46 AM »
That looks really nice!
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Re: Another project
« Reply #35 on: November 17 2018, 09:41:37 AM »
Thanks! I will pay someone to do it next time
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Re: Another project
« Reply #36 on: November 17 2018, 11:15:42 AM »
My son found a guy working out of a storage building that recovered his seats.  His wagon did not have a headliner in it.  Had the bows but not the backing.  There are no wagon headliners for old Chrysler products available so the guy tried to make one but it would not hold the shape.  In the end, he apparently glued it to the metal which does not look as nice as factory, but, it  looks a lot better than it did with nothing up there.  Seat covers came out very nice.

Headliners can be pretty easy, or they can be really tough.  Wagons are never going to be easy due to the size, if nothing else
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Re: Another project
« Reply #37 on: November 17 2018, 02:25:49 PM »
Lookin' Good! :cheers:
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Re: Another project
« Reply #38 on: November 19 2018, 09:19:06 PM »
Been wheel window shopping...  I kind of like these
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Re: Another project
« Reply #39 on: November 20 2018, 07:25:31 AM »
How big are you gonna go? Or how big will fit? I'm guessing the wagon will hold a pretty big wheel.
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Re: Another project
« Reply #40 on: November 20 2018, 09:22:37 AM »
I was thinking 18's. Not too big and not too much wheel
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Re: Another project
« Reply #41 on: November 20 2018, 12:10:14 PM »
17-18" is a pretty good size these days.  You can get modern tires and they don't look like wagon wheels or donks
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Re: Another project
« Reply #42 on: November 30 2018, 10:38:20 AM »
Swapped the manual brake cylinder for a power assisted one. Swapped out the fron drums for discs. Cleaned and installed new wheel cylinders, new shoes and new drums on the rear. That should be able to stop this boat a little easier
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Re: Another project
« Reply #43 on: November 30 2018, 02:11:33 PM »
That not only looks good, it should work really well.  I had a '66 Fairlane GTA and at 70 mph, the brakes would fade and quit working about the time it had slowed down to 50 mph.  There was no fast stopping until I installed some semi-metallic shoes used on taxi cabs.
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Re: Another project
« Reply #44 on: December 03 2018, 09:43:50 PM »
Wheels and tires went on today.  Ended up going with a set of American racing torq-thrust with the matte gray on the spokes as the us mags wheel I chose was backordered. I think it set the car off nice and I'm very pleased. Drove the car this afternoon around town for the first time since March or April, I can't remember.
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