Palmer Moe-par 68
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This runner has had the roof cut almost to the quarter panel seam, all the floors removed, and everything from the inner quarters back taken out (including the package tray and deck filler panel). Most people would call it a lost cause, and they might be right, but I am going to (attempt to) prove them wrong!
The assembly has been going very quickly and I have got the roof structure complete, rocker panels repair and replaced, outer wheel housings welded in place, front floor pan welded in, and now... the rear end I have built separately is ready to be installed. Just a few days ago, only half the car was left, if that. It didn't even really resemble a car. More like a metal box. Now it is taking shape. Here are some photos from start to present:
got the car in Snoqualmie (that's why it is heavily covered in snow compared to everything else). It is hard to see but under all that growth, primer, and rust, is the original coat of gold paint.
That is parts car #1 I had bought it when I was 13 years old along with another coronet and had plans to put the two together into a two door coronet.
There is the other coronet. This one is the two door. and can you believe it has now become the mess of body parts below!
Parts pile required to help build the car.
professionally, and I use the term loosely, painted engine. Lucky for me, it is numbers matching drivetrain, except the trans. It must have been replaced at some point.
This is the donor rear frame from one of my parts cars (the half a car pictured above)
Here is the donor rear floor pan out of one of my parts cars
Have the rear floor pan, new trunk pan, new tail panel, new rear cross member, new trunk extensions, and the spare tire mount all welded on the sand blasted frame.
And there is the finished rear assembly! On the top, it is sprayed in red oxide primer for now, but the finished underside is painted the final color.... Plum Crazy! Now that the rear assembly is ready, it is time to get the car ready for it.
I think there is going to be a lot of cuts and tetanus shot by the end of disassembly. I still to this day do not understand how this car did not collapse! Half of the passenger side frame rail is gone! The rear clip, or the chunk that has been removed already (By removed I mean fell off) was only attached in two places! AND, I didn't have to remove the trunk pan or gas tank... mother nature already did it for me! Now you can see why nobody(except me) would touch this car with a 10ft pole. Half the car is scrap metal at best. I bet if you took it to a crushing yard, they would pay nothing for it.
To be Continued....
The assembly has been going very quickly and I have got the roof structure complete, rocker panels repair and replaced, outer wheel housings welded in place, front floor pan welded in, and now... the rear end I have built separately is ready to be installed. Just a few days ago, only half the car was left, if that. It didn't even really resemble a car. More like a metal box. Now it is taking shape. Here are some photos from start to present:
got the car in Snoqualmie (that's why it is heavily covered in snow compared to everything else). It is hard to see but under all that growth, primer, and rust, is the original coat of gold paint.
That is parts car #1 I had bought it when I was 13 years old along with another coronet and had plans to put the two together into a two door coronet.
There is the other coronet. This one is the two door. and can you believe it has now become the mess of body parts below!
Parts pile required to help build the car.
professionally, and I use the term loosely, painted engine. Lucky for me, it is numbers matching drivetrain, except the trans. It must have been replaced at some point.
This is the donor rear frame from one of my parts cars (the half a car pictured above)
Here is the donor rear floor pan out of one of my parts cars
Have the rear floor pan, new trunk pan, new tail panel, new rear cross member, new trunk extensions, and the spare tire mount all welded on the sand blasted frame.
And there is the finished rear assembly! On the top, it is sprayed in red oxide primer for now, but the finished underside is painted the final color.... Plum Crazy! Now that the rear assembly is ready, it is time to get the car ready for it.
I think there is going to be a lot of cuts and tetanus shot by the end of disassembly. I still to this day do not understand how this car did not collapse! Half of the passenger side frame rail is gone! The rear clip, or the chunk that has been removed already (By removed I mean fell off) was only attached in two places! AND, I didn't have to remove the trunk pan or gas tank... mother nature already did it for me! Now you can see why nobody(except me) would touch this car with a 10ft pole. Half the car is scrap metal at best. I bet if you took it to a crushing yard, they would pay nothing for it.
To be Continued....
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? All the body parts should be exactly the same, as you said they have the same part numbers. The only different ones are the obvious panels like the quarters and fenders. I will try to get out to my four door Coronet and measure the wheelbase, since some sources say 116 in. for Coronet and others say 117 in. I will be able to confirm the correct measurement. I did read though that the wagons we're 117 in., Which is more believable, since I think the platform is different in the back. Regardless, my panels are fitting and I am happy about that