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01/12/2021 5:58 pm Â
Bought an extra early Brooklin 1956 Plymouth Fury on sale and converted it into a Belvedere convertible. Since I had a white top left over I found it fit back on nicely in spite of my jeweler's saw cut at the windscreen and C pillars so managed to get a two for one conversion.  Of course this is a non stock tri color Plymouth that was a Dodge and Desoto feature. Now the 1956 Plymouth fleet also includes a two door Suburban, a Belvedere four door hardtop a stock Brooklin Fury and Plaza 2 door sedan.
John F. Quilter
Eugene, Oregon USA
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01/12/2021 8:29 pm Â
Fantastic, John! And the Plaza Club Sedan looks better without the whitewalls, I think I'm gonna turn mine to black as well.
Barry Levittan
Long Island, NY
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02/12/2021 8:58 am Â
Good work, John! I owned a '56 Belvedere 2 door hardtop back in the day, and I really liked it. V8, pushbutton transmission with no "park," 2-tone cloth interior-  a honey!
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02/12/2021 1:17 pm Â
Good work, John! I owned a '56 Belvedere 2 door hardtop back in the day, and I really liked it. V8, pushbutton transmission with no "park," 2-tone cloth interior-  a honey!
The cloth upholstery on the '56 Belvedere was most unusual from the internet photos I viewed. A very busy black and white print material. I was able to represent this by spraying flat black from a rattle can at a high level onto white adhesive backed address label paper giving a speckled look, then cut to shape and apply to the Fury seats which were quite different from the Belvedere ones.
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John F. Quilter
Eugene, Oregon USA
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04/12/2021 10:00 am Â
Absolutely fantastic John. I especially like the results of your Belvedere convertible. It turned out really well. I can appreciate the work that went into this conversion. I am still working on a Brooklin 1955 Dodge Coronet 4 dr sedan conversion into a Custom Royal Lancer 2 dr htp. A lot more work than expected in order to get it right. Hope to be finished in the next 2 weeks. Will post pictures.
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04/12/2021 1:23 pm Â
Absolutely fantastic John. I especially like the results of your Belvedere convertible. It turned out really well. I can appreciate the work that went into this conversion. I am still working on a Brooklin 1955 Dodge Coronet 4 dr sedan conversion into a Custom Royal Lancer 2 dr htp. A lot more work than expected in order to get it right. Hope to be finished in the next 2 weeks. Will post pictures.
Can't wait to see the Lancer Ken! I love that car.
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04/12/2021 2:22 pm Â
I'll be interested in your conversion.  My 1955 Dodge convertible is a Provence Moulage kit from long ago. I also took one of these and made a Dodge La Femme.
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John F. Quilter
Eugene, Oregon USA
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