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B.E.A.U.T.I.F.U.L. I can not wait to see her finished.



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I love the red, This will be the best 53 on the planet. Nice work Andre.
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I love the red, This will be the best 53 on the planet. Nice work Andre.
Brian

 Ditto ... I have always thought this ... even when it was in pieces ... a great resto!



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looking great fitz where did the chrome clips come from?

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The clips for the side mouldings?

 

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Hi Fitz,

Impressive build. Maybe we can discuss you doing some work on my 51. I'm in Calgary now, and my car is still located back in Montreal. Maybe when I come back on a break we can talk.

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Last night work!!

 

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The clips for the side mouldings?

 

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 yes! my 53 came with the side moulding removed



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Great work! Is this the original dash harness or a repro? Either way it looks great!



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timbuk wrote:
Fitz wrote:

The clips for the side mouldings?

 

Fitz.

 yes! my 53 came with the side moulding removed

 I've took them at my local car parts store.

 

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Great work! Is this the original dash harness or a repro? Either way it looks great!

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It's a repro, made by Narragansett. The craftmanship is perfect, but they have to use mine as a template, and, it was not identical...don't know why, and it was very long journey to get it back!! In the overall I'm happy with, and most important, some electrical «gremlin» I had with the car they seem to have disappeared, like the quality of the lighting, more strong. And as expected start faster.

 

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And now some few hours of work today.

 

Fitz.

 

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Here it is, some work today

 

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Now that is attention to detail!!! Great job! Must have great patients, I always chip the paint!cry



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x 2 Don't know what he said but I saw Bravo!

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Johnnee D wrote:

Bravo, c'est super beau... tu es bientôt prêt pour la route, cet été?

congrats, it's beautiful... are you almost ready to drive it, next summer?



-- Edited by Johnnee D on Sunday 1st of February 2015 12:58:04 AM

Non pas cet été mais peut-être cet automne avant que la neige tombe...

No not this summer, but maybe the next autumn before the snow...

 

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Beautiful job   phenomenal  patience    

 

I must be AC/DC or ODC or attention delete...  

I would never keep my interest level there...  

I can do a few things at a time, but never years to finish a car...  



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Here I am!

The seats are in the upholstery shop, the seat frame will be painted to match the new interior color.

 

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Just simply B.E.A.U.T.I.F.U.L.



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Where did you send the seats ... and how much did they charge you to refurnish them ? I recently bought a 51 styleline and was looking for a trustworthy place to send the seats too . I did find a couple of places but i'm not impressed by the quality of their work .

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Where did you send the seats ... and how much did they charge you to refurnish them ? I recently bought a 51 styleline and was looking for a trustworthy place to send the seats too . I did find a couple of places but i'm not impressed by the quality of their work .

PM sent.

 

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Here is a update,

 

I had a heater leak, I fixed it and ajust the doors correctly before the weatherstrip. Also, put back the glove door. Stay tuned!

 

PSSST, the headliner is here...IMG_1991.jpgIMG_1992.jpgIMG_2011.jpgIMG_2012.jpgIMG_2036.jpgIMG_2039.jpgIMG_2050.jpgIMG_2052.jpgIMG_2061.jpgIMG_2062.jpgIMG_2063.jpgIMG_2064.jpgIMG_2065.jpg

 

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super nice stuff

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Hi guys,

 

here is update. I didn't work a lot on the 53 since I had a 57 as you know in the shop. We did some Under dash cleaning on the 57 and make some things working again. The Customer take his car back home for the summer, so I worked on mine just a little. Another car will take place next week, a chevy 51 pickup.

 

I put back the sunvisor and took the door panel out with the seat to be recovered. And I worked on the rear side glass.

 

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WOW WEE that is looking great! im guessing you will drive this summer,i love the door handle plates mine doesnt have those and when mine came it had a visor but nowhere to be found! thanks again for the brake line pictures you are getting close to the finish line indeed!TIMBUK

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