1966 Plymouth Fury 3

[DodgeRover]

Any chance you could get it in a press with some lumps of wood. Or even Frankenstein something with a bottle jack wood and something too heavy to lift

[PhilA]

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Put the bumper back on. Needs straightening a touch. Wasps have set up nest in the damn car too, trying to get rid of them.

[PhilA]

Bought 3 headlight buckets on ebay. I'll be ok so long as there not all the top left one (apparently they're top and bottom specific, left and right specific; the top ones stick out further, dunno why L/R are different).

They do look complete though, including the chrome bezels to hold the bulbs in, those by themselves are worth what I paid, so if I have to buy more I'll at least have those. Most appear to not sell with them.

Bought on the faith of a couple crappy, fuzzy photos and the fact they were half the price of any others for sale.

[PhilA]

Also, trim and bodywork spares for this car are stupidly expensive. I can't figure out why. Nobody has the front indicator lenses either. They appear to have been made from diamonds or something. (More likely, their low, covered position caught stones and stuff. I see photos of these cars restored without the lenses present... And the lower edge of the bumper all bandy). I'm going to invent a time machine, go back to 1965, order front and rear light sets for this car, come back to this year and retire in Malibu off the proceeds.

I might see if the slip yoke will clean up, also ordered a transmission mount so if I pull the engine apart again, clean it up and get it running it might move by itself. That'd be fun.

Phil

[PhilA]

Had a bit of a mini project today.

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Front indicators. All janky, rusty and nasty, missing lenses.

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All cleaned up, new gasket cut for it.

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An orange plexiglass lens cut for it.

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Lights up a nice shade of orange. No diffusion lines but it'll do. Lenses for these lamps are like unicorn poop.

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Got that Canadian export model vibe going on now. It should have clear lenses but I had the orange and that works.

Phil

[Eddie Honda]

Resin casting time...

[PhilA]

Resin casting time...

Yes, but that involves having one to create the buck from in the first place.

I think I'll find some fine metal mesh, heat it and push one side of the plexiglass into.

[Eddie Honda]

Resin casting time...

Yes, but that involves having one to create the buck from in the first place.

Sort of. That's the easiest way. The harder way is create the buck from scratch.

[PhilA]

Sort of. That's the easiest way. The harder way is create the buck from scratch.

Yeah. In this case just the backing plate is really needed; the flat plexiglass will work until I can find the proper ones. They don't appear to cross reference to any other cars, which is typical.

[SiC]

A rough up with sandpaper will make a poor man's diffused finish.