lewtot184
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To me the quality of the body is everything. Give more money for a good body. You'll blow a fortune on cheap rust buckets. My 65 is a west coast car.
New to the 62-65 b bodies ! harder to buy than a 71 cuda ?
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matthon
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yea ....some of the cars I see have a ton of metal work. Mine was very little.
lewtot184
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i took my car completely apart like you did. only bad metal i found was a broken trunk extension on the passenger side. everything else was grandma's door dings. when i bought my car there were three of us building early b's. one was a '64 belvedere 2drht; a lot of sheet metal work, other was a $150 dollar 63 dodge and you can guess how bad that was (car was thrown away). i gave $4000 for my car in January 2000. it was a running big block california car and i was laughed at for giving that much money for it. long story short it was money well spent. i would have had thousands of dollars and untold hours patching up a junker and from disassembly to running was about 6-8 months vs years.
when i got into this i thought i could build the car for about $12,000-$13,000. that never happened! it will take twice that for a reasonable safe build without all the sheet metal and labor costs. add in all the body repairs plus mechanicals and this is why people get halfway thru them and throw in the towel.
Nice car but get rid of that plastic fuel filter. I have seen way too many fail like those glass ones and cause serious leaks along with some fires. Think about when that dry rots or cracks from heat driving down the highway what would happen. Put a metal one there.
Not to mention the crappy ethanol fuel that eats away at most materials...
ffgreg32
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I will, thanks for the advice. There are a few things that builder could have done better I suppose, bought it this way. Who do you reccommend for a metal filter?
Purolator or Wix makes good metal ones..
ffgreg32
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I've had great results with WIX oil filters, I'll try that, thanks again!
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I have some stuff you may be interested in, as I'm in Alberta (Canadian funds). I have a very rough '64 Polara convertible project, a complete '64 Polara 4dr. sedan, and a '64 Polara 4dr. hardtop. I bought the 4 doors for parts cars to repair the convertible for the wife. The 'vert is a repairable car but needs major sheet metal work. I also picked up front bucket seats and a console for it, and have some other misc. pieces for it. I have all the tools, knowledge, etc. to do the project, but at 65 yrs. old and already a '59 Fargo project underway, I'm afraid I'll never get to it. Let me know if you're interested.
Robert Barber
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Do you have a trim piece that goes on the lip of the hood? Mine is missing. Also, do you have a good passenger side headlight bezel?
j-c-c-62
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I should have the trim piece for the hood, being I replaced the OEM trim with a bespoke carbon fiber lip. The problem I have is finding it, I have 3 semi's stuffed with this stuff, don't wait on me, but if I find it I will let you know.
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justjim
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Sold the Red one 3 years ago and at the age of 73 the Black Sport Fury might be next ??
Thread '62 belvedere for sale*** not mine' 62 belvedere for sale*** not mine
Robert Barber
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Ok. I am not in a real big hurry but I would like to buy one as soon as possible. I’ve called to a couple salvage yards, one quoted me $200 for this part! That’s the only two parts I need, the rest of the car is in great shape.
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two 63 plymouths , two 65 plymouths b bodies that is . working on getting these and all the others ect........
Now that's a bad *** ride!
More pics please!!!
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