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    Vinz auto parts house

    lol total bs site :) and dot "in"...
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    Vinz auto parts house

    Some of these sites are "ebay" flippers... they offer the ebay item for 100% or 200% the cost of ebay. Scammers abound...
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    Front and rear shock absorbers for my 57 Belvedere 301 v8?

    yeah rockauto or amazon... I have KYB's on my 57 dodge... work great.
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    I have a chance maybe to buy a junk '57 Imperial convertible

    we need pics :) these cars are usually tons of welding. Also if not going totally orig, its not that bad.
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    1958 Plymouth Belvedere - valuable or rare

    it boggles my mind... I certainly had rose colored glasses on thinking I could EVER repair this car... Lol... Find a donor if you can :) the amount of work saved is astounding...
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    57 Belvedere gas sender grounded?

    tank has to be grounded...thats first
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    Dumb windshield question

    I think Pilkington might have a few left, they have closed their classic car division.. But they have some lingering stock left.
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    58 Belvedere project

    almost gone... I now know how these cars were fully assembled... the quarter panels were built separately depending on the doors. Floors were the same but the rear deck panels are differnt, trunk floors the same, the outer skins the same, but the inner is different, and the wheel housings were...
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    My Next Victim

    Dang that was quick... Yeah 1600$ for paint... lol they are just hooking suckers and thats basically an insurance scam... Like a lot of businesses... buy up the competition and/or corner the market, control the market, lock people in somehow, then start turning the screws on anyone you can...
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    58 Belvedere project

    this thing is brutal... it's held together by dirt.
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    58 Belvedere project

    Lol i cant believe i was even thinking about trying to "weld" this back up... I knew it was bad but never really assessed the state of the vehicle... basically i would have rewelded the whole car. I am way over cutting to be careful not toss anything i might need. I will need to drill holes in...
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    58 Belvedere project

    My original car was horrible... I didn't even really need to cut it, it practically fell apart... I have no idea how the rockers could be essentially gone... The previous owner had repaired the passenger inner and outer and it was pretty much a fail. I saved SOOO much time... Now i dont have to...
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    58 Belvedere project

    Cutting the donor roof off the rusty original 2dr ht Belvedere... Obtained a nearly rust free 2 door post body from John @ Big M... Chopping up the rest of the body today. The seller actually got one rocker and quarter panel done... but was in serious trouble as there were no real floor pans...
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    Hadn't really planned on this...

    looks like the roof is choopped...
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    1958 Plymouth Belvedere - valuable or rare

    Yeah confirmed Collectors Auto supply sells "window" seals for example... for 75.87$ plus shipping. Those same seals are 41.99$ on rockauto... So they ebay link and rockauto link with huge markups :) Suckers are born everyday. These are chinese parts but I love how they say "we work with USA...
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