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Topic starter
15/03/2016 3:20 am
PICS: This is how the rot cancer starts on the DM '59 Chevy convertible. This is mine.
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Notice the hood where it meets the windshield is bending a little too. But mine started with the doors.
George Schire
Oakdale, Minnesota
15/03/2016 3:29 am
that is how mine looks too at the doors.
My hood is fine, but does have some pretty uneven paint. The trunk on mine doesn't fit in the opening anymore. The hinges were the first to go. They just crumbled.
John Merritt
South Lyon, Michigan - USA
Topic starter
15/03/2016 3:39 am
My trunk is a little off on fitting now too John. As I said, I think we as collectors are in for some big disappointments in the next few years. Not the kind of news any of us expected when we bought these cars.
George Schire
Oakdale, Minnesota
15/03/2016 6:41 am
George, how did you make out with the Danbury Mint?
Topic starter
15/03/2016 10:07 am
@ Ed Murray, I'm still waiting to hear back from them. Not going to lose sleep over it.
Each morning, I see the sun come up in the east, and that is all that matters at this stage of my life. 
George Schire
Oakdale, Minnesota
15/03/2016 12:51 pm
That's a good attitude to take George!