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Messages - 29UJohn

#166
General Discussion / Re: Reproduction Handles
January 15, 2017, 06:28:25 PM
Thanks!
Mike charges $125 for the interior door handle, $145 for the window winder handle, and $115 for the T- Handle.
#167
General Discussion / Reproduction Handles
January 14, 2017, 09:46:21 PM
Attached is a picture of the model handles that Mike Butters showed me.  Do the three on the left all look correct?  I'll ask him about the missing knob and the dimensions.
#168
Frank,
I appreciate the information.  I have received some advise from Earl and Jeff on my car restoration in the past, but I do wish the Club had more information on these first Plymouths.  I really want to do it right this time, but it is hard sometimes knowing what right is.
Thanks.

Also - Mike Butters sent me some pictures of sample handles he has.  It looks like he can make the interior door handles, except he does not have the same knob on the window winder, it is a plain knob.  So I get the dimensions right, how ling long are the interior door and window winder handles?

John
#169
BTW - It would be really great if I had a good set of pictures that showed all the details for the pin striper to go by!
:) :D
#170
Thanks Frank, I didn't realize that.
I was starting with a picture if of the 1928 Plymouth Red Roadster in the Chrysler museum as a guide, but I couldn't tell that detail - thanks!
Jeff Buton told me the strips should be about 3/32 inch wide.
I have looked at lots of pictures of guys 28-29s with pinstripes, but I did not have a picture of the rear of the sedan with pinstripes.
I have one picture of the to of the hood, that's another picture of the red roadster in the museum.

One other question - the judging guide states that the dash should be pinstriped too.  I have only seem one picture of that and so I am not planning on having the dash pinstriped.
#171
Dave,
Thanks for the handle pics!

Frank - Great car and thanks for the pinstripe explanation and picture!
#172
Ted,
That's great!  I was wondering if they could be powder coated.
#173
Dave,
Your picture of the original handles appear to be linked to a web based album and I cannot copy them. 

Frank,
The pinstripes will be Dupont "Harvest Gold".  It is the closest I can find to the original "Deep Gold Bronze" listed for a 1929 Sedan with Blue body.
#174
Your cars black rims look great too!
#175
Dave,
The pinstripes on your car - do they join into one stripe along the back, or continue as two stripes close together across the back of the car?
#176
Dave,
Can you post the actual picture of the inside door handle, so I can send it to Neil Butters?  Or email it to me?
John
johnrfain@gmail.com
#177
Not yet.  I will check with Don Sommer, Neil Butters and Vintage Reproductions.  Do you know anyone else?   Right now I am waiting to see if the door handles I have ordered are truly correct.  I expect to receive them in about 6 weeks.
#178
I ordered a non- locking outside door handle from vintage reproductions.  When it comes in I will let you know how well it fits and post a picture. The price is in Australian dollars, so cost will vary with the exchange rates.  As for the other handles, since at least three of us are interested, we should be able to get them reproduced.  There are three re producers that I am aware of still in the business, prices vary.

That T-handle is the nicest one I have seen, it would be good to get it reproduced too.

As for the handles, they very well might have varied somewhat.  Did a DeLux version have different handles?
#179
The T handle I have for my 29 is just like the one on the right.
If I cannot find any interior window handles, perhaps you would consider letting a reproducer borrow one from you to make a mold?
#180
General Discussion / Wheel balancing beads ?
December 31, 2016, 08:33:19 PM
Has anyone tried using wheel balancing beads?  I see them advertised in Model A parts supplier catalogs.  Snyders offers a kit for four tires.