Re: Barries's 1950 standard 8
Posted by africapackard On 2010/7/13 2:09:53
Well, it has been a while since my last post. With the soccer world cup and a cold winter progress is slow.
At least I have started with installing the door windows and mechanisms. But as luck would have it the last mechanism, left front, is missing its spiral spring that helps in winding close the window. It would not be good to skip on this as it makes winding terrible and the window tends to fall into the door by itself! Lucky for me I know someone with a large old car scrap yard. We matched up a mechanism from a late 40's Plymouth and it was exactly the same, even made by the same company called Briggs. So now I have to finish this last window, but something followed me home from said scrapyard...a 1955 Hudson Rambler Custom Cross Country wagon (56000 original miles)....................
Sooo....now I have to extend the carport by myself over weekends to safe some money to spend on my various vehicles. So be the life of the cronic oldcar hoarder!
Here is some pictures if you dont know what a Rambler Cross Country is...seems to be a scarce car. By the way ... the mascot played a huge part in my purchasing decision
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At least I have started with installing the door windows and mechanisms. But as luck would have it the last mechanism, left front, is missing its spiral spring that helps in winding close the window. It would not be good to skip on this as it makes winding terrible and the window tends to fall into the door by itself! Lucky for me I know someone with a large old car scrap yard. We matched up a mechanism from a late 40's Plymouth and it was exactly the same, even made by the same company called Briggs. So now I have to finish this last window, but something followed me home from said scrapyard...a 1955 Hudson Rambler Custom Cross Country wagon (56000 original miles)....................
Sooo....now I have to extend the carport by myself over weekends to safe some money to spend on my various vehicles. So be the life of the cronic oldcar hoarder!
Here is some pictures if you dont know what a Rambler Cross Country is...seems to be a scarce car. By the way ... the mascot played a huge part in my purchasing decision
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