Well, I just joined after I found this site by accident, imagine, other people who like station wagons. We always had a wagon when I was a kid, there were six kids and two parents and wagons were the way we traveled back in the '60s and '70s. I learned how to drive, in 1980, in our 1977 Plymouth Gran Fury Sport Suburban. I've been trying to find one ever since, the closest I have come is my 1979 Chrysler Lebaron Town & Country. It needs cosmetic work and usually runs, but, I have no mechanical skills. It needs new "wood" and a paint job. If anyone knows where to find the plastic "artificial white ash" trim please let me know, because it will suck to have to get it painted and not have the wood on it's flanks. I will post some pictures of the car as soon as I can find them again. Thanks.
Welcome aboard I-Dude! I've never heard of Mopar using exterior plastic trim. I thought only Ford did that. Well I already posted one source to watch, because they update daily, but you'll have to find some NOS sites for Mopars. I'm stuck. If it was me with a fine T&C like those, with all that wood trim, I'd make up some new ones from Ash and coat it with Marine varnish. They've got nice flat sides.
I think the LeBarons wagon of that era had one of, if not the, nicest wood treatments of any wagon. All the moldings, breaking up the wood, always reminded me of the craftmanship one would find in those old victorian houses where carpentry was such an art. Good luck with yours. I'm eager to see some pics.
I-Dude, Good Ash isn't hard to find. Here's a nice 1952 Buick with Ash trim: Those deep curved pieces are tricky, but your's doesn't have any, right? Nice and straight, maybe 1/2" thick. Router the edge shapes, drill where the clips were and countersink and cap with ash dowel plugs, sand, seal, and varnish. Piece of cake!
Or you could do a role reversal, change all the steel to wood and use metal trim: http://greenupgrader.com/5321/rethinking-design-the-splinter-wooden-supercar/2/ I just looked at your pic, upclose and personal. I'd scout around for some NOS or slightly used pieces. Not gonna be an easy find, especially in the Sunbelt where you are. You could try here maybe. Maine doesn't have the same sun, that you do. Maybe put an ad in?: http://www.unclehenrys.com/ Don't know if this will help: http://tncrestorations.com/ This should though: http://www.imperialclub.com/Yr/index.htm
I should've done all this in your other post, but... More info: http://www.allpar.com/old/townandcountry.html Big Canadian Mopar club fest and some good links: http://www.moparfest.com/links.htm For Sale page: http://www.moparfest.com/for_sale.htm Parts Vendors (US and CDN): Some are in the LH list with no 'ads'. http://www.moparfest.com/2009_vendors.htm That's all I can find. Hope it helps.
Wow, thanks, now I have new sources to search. I need to do something though the paint is really thin and little rust spots are popping our all over so I may get it painted and as I find the trim add it later.
I-Dude! Good luck with your restoration project. May I suggest you take before, during and after 's..? Thanks for joining us!
Oh yeah! That's the one tool that's a must-do! Before especially. You have no idea how much you'll forget. Somehow, the brain's hard-drive can't run a replay 6 month's later. It's worse if you're over 40.
Mainly Quebec. That was a really stong Chrysler region. The Prairies have been a Ford region for decades (Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta.)
