Hey guys and gals, After 6 years sitting in waiting my Australian Plymouth bodied Desoto got some love this past week, a good mate (Scratchbuilt) came up and we hooked into her for 6 days straight. Here's the starting point, one very rough and rusty 54 Desoto Then came the parts car, with a full set of spare bolt on panels, its a Chrysler Royal AP2 V8 which was based on the 53-4 Plymouth chassis as well. After striping her out and giving her a pressure wash This is the point where scratch built turned up and we started cutting, front doors extended 8 inches Rear 1/4 filler panel More to come....
Time to start chopping Roof off and I'm off for my first cruise, kind of Flanging ready for the roof to sit over the windscreen 1 inch, the posts were also leaned back 1 inch Initial chop was 2 inches at both ends, later went to 2.5 inches at the back
The extra 1/2 inch at the back and checking how to fit the rear window and finally this is where she sits at the moment, its just tacked together and will need some tweaking to get the right flow but you can see where this build is heading. Next job is to get everything aligned properly and weld it solid, although that will have to wait while I get my new parts hauler ready for the road.
If you have any spare parts left over let me know. I have a 1956 Desoto Australian UTE here in the states that will soon begin restoration.
Are you chasing anything in particular? There's not really much left over but you never know and I can keep an eye out for you
Any chance you have an original jack? The remote Brake fluid reservoir? Small pieces of chrome on the sills just ahead of the rear wheel wells Dog dish hubcaps?
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