'59 Plymouth Forum

Dick Koch wrote:When l was a wee small boy we had a gate just like that.

Wait, they had plastic back then?

My bad, mine was wood and l kid you not, he ate it. He was half collie and half German shephard.
Dick

Well Dan, you wanted pics! Here's one of the master at work

Dick Koch wrote:My bad, mine was wood and l kid you not, he ate it. He was half collie and half German shephard.

It is wood, Dick - but clad in plastic. Not that a ravenous doggie couldn't make short work of plastic either! But Bailey got over his chewing stage pretty quickly - I'm hoping Exner (I kid you not! That will be his name) the Beagle will have a similar temperament.

Matthew Keij wrote:Well Dan, you wanted pics! Here's one of the master at work

OMG! Already, I don't recognize it.

Dan

Believe me, it got worse before it got better, the Valance that is!! Matthew gets some credit, he helped me strip all that Bondo off.
Dick.

Ever since Matthew left, the superheated West Palm Beach Clipper has been toasting the garage. I just couldn't bring myself to climb under the car today, so I piddled around in the interior compartment. Removed the kick panels and retainers, all the windlacing (replacement on order from Goers), the rear shelf and the last of the panels. Debating whether to remove the interior upper rails and headliner panels, to make painting less worrisome.

Here's the gutted interior. The floor looks really good...

...except for this one spot on the front passenger side. In some places, the coating is really thick, and cracked - I've got to pry it out and get ospho in there.

I've noticed, I can see daylight at the base of the gas pedal. Is there a Goers grommet for that?

Dan

Lucky man Dan, those floors really look good. Ospho, encapsulator, sound and heat barrier and you are good to go. The gas pedal has a rubber boot (Gary Goers) that hangs under the floor. Take the pedal off and you will see a plate with 3 machine bolts, soak good with penetrant then remove, the boot mounts under the plate. Dan l recommend you get a tub of white grease and with a light of some kind smear the grease on the window operating mechanisms moving points, sliders, rollers, exposed gears etc. It's a messy job but well worth it. It's easier with your fingers than a brush.
Dick

Dang! just placed my order - will call him to get it added. This guy, right?

Dat beez it.
Dick

Dan, when l did a redo on Charleen l took the roof panels down and found some light rust. I used O & E and replaced the insulation, Ace has it on a roll and sells it by the foot. The panels are much easier to paint with them out. If the panels are deteriorating or cracking at various places it's a good time to reinforce, l used gorilla duct tape. The side rails are not stainless they are chrome plated and will clean up nicely with 0000 steele wool, then use carnauba paste wax.
Dick

Dick Koch wrote:The panels are much easier to paint with them out.

Dick, do you mean, the car is much easier to paint with them out? I repainted mine a while back (here's the post), they're holding up pretty well, although they need a touchup in some spots. But I would remove them, if there's a risk they might get flashed with overspray.

BTW, my roof rails were rechromed - I think I may have gotten painted rails from John Fowlie, so there was little corrosion. Ed Ober provided some very decent door rails I had rechromed.

Dan

No, l meant painting the panels out of the car. I didn't remember you painted them previously. Any good auto painter worth his salt will mask to protect the interior.
Dick

Hi guys

Curious about the accelerator boot

Are you saying that this mounts underneath the floor?

I assume the accelerator ordeal lever pushes theru it and stops water coming in?

Cheers
Vic

Vic - Part of the pedal mechanism has a plate with three holes for the mounting bolts. The rod actuator goes thru the hole in the boot then the boot goes thru the large hole in the floor and is between the floor and the plate with the three holes. The boot protrudes under the car.
Dick

Cheers

May have to come up with my own invention to seal the floor given I waited 2 years to receive my latest parcel