Pictures of stolen part, 1959 Dodge

Hi,

Has someone pictures of the inside of this part that covers the spare wheel (don´t know the english word), how it´s attached to the car? It´s a 1959 Dodge Custom Sierra:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/8949233@N04/8719275787/sizes/o/in/photostream/
My is stolen need to make a new.

Teddy in Sweden

 

Welcome aboard Teddy

Another Teddy...two is always better then one...




that would be your lower quarter panel. So I understand, yours was stolen and your trying to find another one?

 

Good luck with that. Most of those rusted out, I believe. The spare on the 9-passenger Chrysler Corp full-sized wagons during this period was accessed by removing this exterior panel. I've seen more than one of these wagons for sale where the panel was already missing.

I'll bet that if you find another wagon like yours under restoration anywhere in your area, you'll find your spare cover. Maybe check with parts sources and casually ask if anyone else has been ordering parts for a vehicle like yours. Tell them you would like to 'compare notes'.........Finding YOUR panel will likely be easier than finding another one.

 

My was stolen, looking for pictures on the inside of the panel, it would be a great help, will make a new panel (have a guy that will manufacture one for me). / Teddy

 

Shouldn't the owner's manual (if you have one) show how the panel is attached with pics and/or illustrations?


The pic I attached doesn't show much other than there's a lower section of the inner wheel housing that is part of the panel. The bottom must have a section so the tire is fully enclosed? I don't think they would let the spare hang there with nothing covering the bottom but who knows.
Need to find a guy with a wagon like that and see if you can get detailed pics.
A good metal beater guy should be able to make one up and reverse engineer how it was attached with no pics. A Ferrari factory metalworker could make one in his sleep out of an old trash can.

 

I am 99% sure that that panel would be interchangable with all 57-59 Chrysler, Plymouth, Dodge, and DeSoto wagons (at least the 9 passenger versions of the wagons).

 

I can pretty much guarantee this, as all the Mopar wagons used the same two body shells. Wheel base variations were accomplished via the front frame and sheet metal

 

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Service manual didn't help, this is all:

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7455/8731402904_b29e1d5f5e_z.jpg

 

Unless you've got it and are attempting to sell him his own, I'd suggest he look for it on the roadside where he last travelled and was sure it was still attached. Something like that could fall off, you know

 

Sorry I can't help. Just say that is a beautiful color combination and great looking wagon. Good luck. I'd also say the old panel may have fallen off. Even here not many of those in demand.

 

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Thanks!

It didn’t fall of, the panel was stolen when it was in the paintshop (the car was in my garage).

 

The paint shop should be liable, but if it's like the places I dealt with in this area, "they don't know anything about it". I hope you get yours back somehow!

 

If anywhere, then they're likely in demand south of the border where such vehicles are commonly used as 10 passenger wagons

 

The results are the same, but it likely wasn't actually stolen. Its more likely that a shop employee didn't recognize what it was and it got scrapped. It likely ended up either in the local land fill, or the local recycling center.

 

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Originally Posted by Teddy
Thanks!

It didn’t fall of, the panel was stolen when it was in the paintshop (the car was in my garage).

witch ever or, it still sad to loose at the hands of another considering you say the wagon itself was in your shop but the piece was at the paint shop. It's a very rare car even on this side of the ocean............. I'd be having the paint shop owners teeth on my new key chain!