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Here are a few more photos from 3/18/11. All the stainless trim is back on.
Here are a few more photos of work on the '61 Desoto. Getting most of the stainless back on (which proved to be a challenge as almost all of teh moldi...
Here are some photos from 3/2/11. Getting pretty close to the end now.
Here are some photos showing the exhaust system just installed.
Here are some photos from 2-18-11. We drove the Desoto in my driveway. All seems fine except the brakes-the rear brakes don't seem to be working well ...
Paul: J and P Plating's phone # is 260-726-9696. They are in Portland, Indiana. Ask for Dave. They have doen two jobs for me. The upper grill in the '...
Here are a few more photos as of 2/16/11. Got the front w/s in and some of the stainless at the wheel wells. Got the driver's headlight molding back f...
Stan: As regards the windshield, it has been months since we took them out. I think that we used a wire rope to cut them out with and also a windshiel...
Could not find any Desoto sill plates but found some '61 Ply plates that work. They don't have the FL emblem like the old ones but don't have a Ply na...
I am not sure about the actual build date of this car although I can find out. The owner was a gentleman in Jackson Ms (near where I live) named Earl ...
Seat Belt Pros is the outfit that i was trying to remember. They have a big selection.
I have been doing a complete restoration of a '61 Desoto since early March, 2010. I am about 30 days from completing the work (after alomost 1k hrs of...