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35topdown

06-05-2011 @ 1:06 PM

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Cal-
Thanks for the encouragement. This car will get finished for sure. It was restored in the 70"s by my dad and I'm going back through it from the frame up. I have posted pictures of it on my website at www.richardfinley.com.

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06-05-2011 @ 10:52 AM

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Cal, you have a beautiful car, and my compliments also on the aesthetic photograph!

A comment on the bride & Groom drive from the Church: I'm sure that went very well, to the pleasure of all concerned, but I hope the happy couple was family or friends. The reason is, if you accepted compensation of any kind for the service, you were basically self insured for virtually all risk, as your Insurance Company would disown you. I'm sure you will agree that a fat envelope slipped to you by the Father of the Bride could come back to haunt you in a Court of Law should something happen to that proud Father's Daughter while riding in your beautiful car.

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06-05-2011 @ 9:27 AM

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Car Girl & 35topdown
I can't enchourage you two enough to finish the task fo rebuilding a Phaeton. Just last year we finished the 8 yr build of our 36 and it's a dream to drive around. Just yesterday we had a bride and groom in the back seat driving them away from the church. I purchased a complete set of top rail from Indiana. Cost us $1800. So if you have the rails I would do anything to reuse them. We had nothing.
Horns we also didn't have. We found a orginal set from Bill Randal in NY. We found him through this board. He can rebuild your horns I'm sure of it. Our sounds so orginal we love it.
If you have any other questions let me know. cal@wefrogit.com

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06-04-2011 @ 12:42 PM

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I've been making rivets out of stainless bar stock. The hard part is that the holes are not consistant even from rright to left sides of the same bar. They vary about .050 or so. so they have to be custom done one at a time in order to get a good fit. A set would probably run in the $100 range. I don't remember how much the top irons were since there was a bunch of parts. I am satisfied with the work done. I told him I wanted a good job, but not necessarily concourse quality. This car will be used for local parades, shows, etc. Not for auction sales like you see on TV. I am in Texas, but one of our club members used to live in Colo. and he told me about this guy. They were old buddies and he trusted him. If you will email me at ref772@yahoo.com, I'll get his company info to you.

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06-04-2011 @ 10:39 AM

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Wondering what place you used in CO for plating. Do you live in CO ?

Are you very satisfied with their workmanship and price for chrome ?

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06-04-2011 @ 10:37 AM

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Hi 35topdown,

Let me know how things go with the rivets for the top frame.
I had a lot of parts chromed like you did. Just not the top irons.

Wondering how much it will cost you to redo the top irons in chrome with new rivets.

Car Girl

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06-01-2011 @ 3:37 AM

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TomO, I've heard (but not completely certain) that the phaetons sold in Australia were pressed in Canada and assembled in Australia. We didn't sell enough to warrant the expense here in Australia. Only around 20 1935 phaetons still on the road in Australia today. All our motors etc were Canadian, that way Ford could market them as a British empire product in the Commonwealth Countries. At that stage we were mainly British ancestors and Ford had good success marketing the cars this way .

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05-31-2011 @ 1:02 PM

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We have installed a number of interiors, and prefer LeBaron Bonney. If you have a problem, they know what to do, and will replace any pieces that tear or don't fit. I used plastic instead of leather for the seats in my '47 convertible, and have often wished I had spent the extra for the better quality. Plastic is very hard to get placed on the seat backs, and like any open car, the material gets very hot when the top is down. This makes the plastic less resistant to cuts, etc, while leather does not. Installing an interior in any car is a big job, so don't cut corners on quality.

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05-31-2011 @ 8:29 AM

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Dan, I have no experience with Ford vehicles manufactured for export or in any other country than the USA, so all of my comments apply to cars manufactured for the USA.

Disclaimer aside, thank you for sharing a photo of your car and the Aussie differences. I hope that you are able to bring your phaeton back to life.

Tom

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05-31-2011 @ 7:42 AM

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In australia the 35 phaeton was available as a std. They had a painted grill, windscreen and posts. Only 1 tail light and 1 front horn.The dash knobs were a different colour, and I think the interior door handles were different. The picture is my phaeton. Very rusty. Lots to do. dan

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