1958 Dodge Coronet
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Got a rust free trunk floor from John Fowlie of Big M Automotive for our '58 Coronet over the weekend.
He said it was cut out of a rust free '57 D500 that was unfortunately parted out years ago.
Looks like the quarters were cut off first, so I have a few inches to make up on the back sides.
It has the frame mounts, gas tank mounts, and rear double floor section I didn't want to attempt to fabricate, as I wasn't sure exactly what it looked like.
It will be nice to have a floor I can't step through and sever an artery.
After a 3.5 hrs drive, as I was pulling into the parking lot my rpm gauge went way high, it was idling at 3k and would go up from there.
It also smelled like burnt gear oil, I thought, as I just went through the rear on the truck.
Then I realized it was a rotten egg smell. Popped the hood, voltage regulator quit, battery boiling over.
I watch all the gauges like a hawk on long trips, this is my only vehicle that still has an ammeter, and it was just a tick above the center, I guess that's enough.
John took me to the parts store as his wife went shopping, in his crew cab dually with 2 car trailer in tow.
They waited until I swapped in a new vr and battery and my truck was set.
I felt very fortunate that day.
Then his wife gave me some homemade sauce!
Generous, kind, good people.
He said it was cut out of a rust free '57 D500 that was unfortunately parted out years ago.
Looks like the quarters were cut off first, so I have a few inches to make up on the back sides.
It has the frame mounts, gas tank mounts, and rear double floor section I didn't want to attempt to fabricate, as I wasn't sure exactly what it looked like.
It will be nice to have a floor I can't step through and sever an artery.
After a 3.5 hrs drive, as I was pulling into the parking lot my rpm gauge went way high, it was idling at 3k and would go up from there.
It also smelled like burnt gear oil, I thought, as I just went through the rear on the truck.
Then I realized it was a rotten egg smell. Popped the hood, voltage regulator quit, battery boiling over.
I watch all the gauges like a hawk on long trips, this is my only vehicle that still has an ammeter, and it was just a tick above the center, I guess that's enough.
John took me to the parts store as his wife went shopping, in his crew cab dually with 2 car trailer in tow.
They waited until I swapped in a new vr and battery and my truck was set.
I felt very fortunate that day.
Then his wife gave me some homemade sauce!
Generous, kind, good people.
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