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You probably want the original set up.

But me,

1 wire alternator.. problem solved

Thanks Riki. I would like to stay original if possible but an alternator is always a backup


Drove Tanner to church today, and my friend parked his '63 Volvo B18 Sport next to me. Pretty cool little car. That engine is tiny.

That Volvo looks ~20 years older than it is

those were the Volvo's that convinced people that they were rugged simple durable cars

Kevin.

In your family picture,, looks like 2 of your boys need an attitude adjustment..

Let me know. ..

I'll send a wedgie machine...

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I've already put the little punks on landscape duty, haha.

The badly dented rear bumper was bugging me. Happy sent a sister bumper with the car that he had picked up somewhere. It had the standard bends and dents along the edges, and some minor denting in the middle. But overall was in much better condition.



Bent edges



I was able to get the edges somewhat flat with the help of a vice. Not perfect, but probably acceptable. So I pulled off the old bumper and got to work.



Some of the hardware that can be saved. Many of the bolts are unusable and will be replaced



I love my sandblaster



More parts wire wheeled, Ospho applied, and painted for protection



When I pulled off the rear gravel guard and panel, and the stainless trim above it, I found what I believe may be the original paint. You can clearly see the start difference between the respray and the other color. It also looks like red primer underneath?






On the gravel guard panel under the dust weatherstripping



Anyone familiar with the original color for Mojave Tan? Does this look like it should?

It's looking good. I have all new 1956 front bumper hardware but not sure what the rear entails although likely many are the same. To get what I needed, I had to buy quantities.

As for the set of 1956 Patrician doors that I have, they appear to be a little lighter in color than yours, more like the hidden area in the last photo. Of course, the slight difference isn't obvious unless comparing side by side.

Kevin

What i seen on my dads 56 top doors and on back are red oxide.

The front fenders and hood are black primer. Some fenders I've seen black ontop of red oxide.

Red epoxy will go where red is.

Black epoxy the the front,

I have a NOS section I can let you have . It is of no use to me, & and trying to sell it where I live is fruitless
PM me we can talk