Hello, all. Upon removing the doors from my 1937 120 Touring Sedan for restoration of the body, the door hinge pins were rusted and became damaged upon removal. I have asked Kanter, John Ulrich and Max Merritt for replacements, but they do not carry those. Does anyone have a source for the door hinge pins? I have the dimensions and probably can have them fabricated from any machine shop, but if I could just order replacements, that would be preferable.
Thanks.

Mr. Ambassador; Again I am in your debt. I will definitely check out that site, for I do not remember if I had looked at it earlier or not.
Home Away from Home: Thanks for the picture for that graining looks extremely close to what I experimented with on one of the pieces. I then do not think what I am doing will be too far off.
Again, thanks to you both for the information.

Hello, again to all. I am to the point on my '37 120C where I need to touch up the paint and then polish everything out. While I'm waiting for good weather to do so, I am looking at the woodgraining on the dash and window frames. I have a woodgraining technique that I learned a couple of years ago, but the final product, to me, seems a bit too dark. All of the applique type of woodgraining materials on the internet that i've found contains a bit too much red, so, I was wondering if any of you might know of an alternative woodgraining product or technique that might not give me such a dark texture. What I have now is a light brown base coat and then use a dark brown rubber based printer's ink for the actual graining. Do you think that a lighter base coat might produce lighter results? My paint is Packard Cream, so the darker graining would look pretty good with that, but I am open to all suggestions. Thanks in advance for any help.

Thank you. I'll definitely do that.

Hello. I tried looking for a URL that pointed to something such as Restoration Supplies and spent about 30 minutes doing so, but to no avail. I did send e-mails to both Lebaron-Bonney and HIrsch concerning the roof inserts and am awaiting for their reply. If you possibly have the actual URL that points to such a site, that would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks.

Thank you, Mr. Ambassador. I shall investigate this forth with. I do appreciate the information you have supplied.

Hello, all. I am at the point in my '37 120C Touring Sedan restoration where I need to locate information and / or materials to replace the missing roof insert. In the modern pictures, I see the insert being black, which tells me that it is waterproofed canvas, but in some earlier forum responses, it is implied that the insert was the color of the car, which might imply that it is of another material. Does anyone have any information on whether or not it was the color of this model car and / or where I might obtain the materials and instructions on how this insert is put into place?? What materials are used to seal the insert and for the '37 120C, was the top always black regardless of the vehicle color, or did it actually match the car color? I would think that it would be more monetarily efficient to, for the junior series, to have the insert the same color for all sedan models regardless of body color. Also, part of my question is when the top is sewn in place, does the thread go all of the way through the insert to seal it in place, or is the material folded and it is sewn only in the under fold? I would appreciate any information anyone might be able to give. Thanks.

Thanks, cli55er. I did find out that JD at Max Merritt does have it available and from the pictures he sent, it looks quite good. I failed to ask about the material from which it was made, but he is providing it at a very reasonable price. (Besides, the chrome shop is paying for it.) Again, thanks.

I was having the bezels that go around the speedometer and clock rechromed and unfortunately, the chrome shop inadvertently destroyed one of them. Does anyone have any link or name where I might be able to obtain another one? The alternative is to have the shop remanufacture one for me, but I told them that I would see about getting a replacement first.
Thanks for any information that anyone might be able to provide.

Howard. Thank you for confirming what I thought was supposed to go on. I shall take your advice and see what else I might find.
Thanks, again.