1934 Dodge Full Body Off Restoration by Ian_Greenlaw

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Bit more progress. They guy doing the garnish molds has nearly finished them. A bit of a sand and another shot of clear and all done. Looking the part !!

Hi Peter,

The guys doing the woodgraining are not doing small jobs anymore. They do high end full restorations....$100,000 up to $1,000,000. I only saw one of their cars at the motorclassica a number of years ago and asked if they'd do mine. I was lucky I'm the last small job they are doing. I believe Wayne's Woodgraining does a good job. He's in Syndney...02 49573696 or 0407017919.

The guy who did the pin striping works with the guy whopainted my car. His name is Dave 0433178708 and his mate Simon.......Dave calls him Simple Simon....ha.....he does the pin striping.

Both do a brilliant job.

Let me know if you need some more leeds......I'll help where I can.

Cheers

Ian

2/5/20

Hey all,

A bit more progress.... Upholsterer made up some paper templates to get a feel as to the fit of boards he's going to make up. Cut out one of the door backing boards which has a lot of detail drawn on it. There's a lot of indented work and curved pleating ( I suppose you call it that ). He made up a sample wher he cut foam, glued a piece of leather, cut again, glued again etc etc and this gave him an idea of how the indentations would look. Its not the interior colour but just a trial. He needs the garnish molds so he can get the backing board correct height. Baby steps but starting to take shape.

Cheers

Ian

2/8/20

Bit more progress.

Bit more testing with the black vinyl and buttons. Original patterns and new boards being marked up and ready to cut out. Sewn leather for the bottom of the rear seat and the rear seat started on. Also picked up the garnish moulds and dropped the door ones off to the upholsterer.

Cheers

Ian

2/10/20

Couple of pics of the headlining roughed in and with the template of the rear seat in place.

Certainly looking the part !

2/13/20

Hi all,

Still chugging along. Thought about the bonnet bump stops and I wasn't really happy with the way they sat. I bought some new ( and expensive ) ones from Steele Rubber. These are the ones with the rivet in them. You can see how they really don't fit. The thickness is also vastly different. There are also two types on the 34 so after parting with $110 I feel better I have the correct ones as I really want the bonnet sides protected.

Cheers

Ian

2/14/20

Hey all,

Dropped into the Upholsterer for my weeky visit to the ole girl. Nothing much happening until I opened the car up and they've done a test fitting of the rear seat. The button haven't been done and a few adjustments to do but overall good progress. The previous owner of the business comes in a day or so to help and give advice.

Cheers

Ian

3/14/20

Hi all,

Bit of an update. While the car is still in the Upholstory shop I've been working on some small projects until she comes back. I've had made up some brackets that I measured and designed to anchor the number plates to the bumper bar iron bolts. I have to finish polishing them and cleaning them up. I also had to bend one slightly so it fits around the bumper bar.

The upholsterer has also made some progress. The front seat is 3/4 done, the carpet is almost finished. They are having trouble with the indented door panels to get the leather to sit tightly. They can do a small area as per the sample in a previous post but a larger area is not holding its shape. They are trying a stiched option. I think it will all work out in the end but have to compromise a bit otherwise the cost will escalate out of control.

Cheers

Ian