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1 owner time capsule 58 NY convertible #3172237 09/02/23 08:23 AM 09/02/23 08:23 AM
Joined: Dec 2004 Posts: 1,148 M McCandlessboy OP super stock
McCandlessboy OP super stock M Joined: Dec 2004 Posts: 1,148	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQlxTJIAqo0&t=2s Just picked this up. Incredible how solid this car is. Checked paint thickness last night. 90% of the car is within 3mil, two spots 3-4x that. Given the data, appears to be 90% original paint. Was in Wichita, KS its whole life till this past week. Will do our best to preserve/clean it and see what we got. Excited to have this one in the museum.

Re: 1 owner time capsule 58 NY convertible [Re: McCandlessboy] #3172241 09/02/23 08:55 AM 09/02/23 08:55 AM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 8,165 Plymouth, MI Blusmbl master
Blusmbl master Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 8,165 Plymouth, MI	That's in incredible shape! Can't wait to see the underside and the engine compartment after you get a chance to clean it up. My uncle has spent about 20 years restoring a 1958 300D convertible, I am absolutely in love with the styling of the 57-59 Mopars! '18 Ford Raptor, random motorcycles, 1968 Plymouth Fury III - 11.37 @ 118

Re: 1 owner time capsule 58 NY convertible [Re: Blusmbl] #3172301 09/02/23 12:22 PM 09/02/23 12:22 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 4,270 Morrow, OH markz528 master
markz528 master Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 4,270 Morrow, OH	That’s awesome! 67 Coronet 500 9.610 @ 139.20 mph 67 Coronet 500 (street car) 14.82 @ 94 mph 69 GTX (clone) - build in progress......

Re: 1 owner time capsule 58 NY convertible [Re: McCandlessboy] #3172303 09/02/23 12:41 PM 09/02/23 12:41 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 21,507 N.E. OHIO, USA A12 Too Many Posts
A12 Too Many Posts Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 21,507 N.E. OHIO, USA	WOW Someone only put about 6400 miles on it since the last service....................in 1967 Do you think you should rotate the tires now Nice score Mike

Re: 1 owner time capsule 58 NY convertible [Re: McCandlessboy] #3172327 09/02/23 01:40 PM 09/02/23 01:40 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 25,786 Rio Linda, CA John_Kunkel Too Many Posts
John_Kunkel Too Many Posts Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 25,786 Rio Linda, CA	Ragtop with A/C, not very common back then. The INTERNET, the MISinformation superhighway

Re: 1 owner time capsule 58 NY convertible [Re: John_Kunkel] #3172365 09/02/23 02:45 PM 09/02/23 02:45 PM
Joined: Dec 2004 Posts: 1,148 M McCandlessboy OP super stock
McCandlessboy OP super stock M Joined: Dec 2004 Posts: 1,148	Originally Posted by John_Kunkel Ragtop with A/C, not very common back then. A little over 600 in total production, less than 15 known to exist today.

Re: 1 owner time capsule 58 NY convertible [Re: John_Kunkel] #3172375 09/02/23 03:00 PM 09/02/23 03:00 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 21,507 N.E. OHIO, USA A12 Too Many Posts
A12 Too Many Posts Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 21,507 N.E. OHIO, USA	Originally Posted by John_Kunkel Ragtop with A/C, not very common back then. I always thought that was odd too, to have a convertible WITH A/C but my longtime friend that lives in Florida pointed out that it's dumb NOT to have A/C in an area that has high humidity and daily popup rain showers. Driving a convertible with the top up in high heat and high humidity is no different than driving a hardtop anything with the windows up. He also said that convertibles with no A/C where usually purchased or ordered by first-time convertible buyers, they soon found out the mistake they made on a hot day with scattered rain showers.

Re: 1 owner time capsule 58 NY convertible [Re: A12] #3172434 09/02/23 07:31 PM 09/02/23 07:31 PM
Joined: Mar 2003 Posts: 18,678 Fresno, CA Jim_Lusk I Live Here
Jim_Lusk I Live Here Joined: Mar 2003 Posts: 18,678 Fresno, CA	Amazing. That's in similar condition to a '57 Bel Air I saw last night. The guy that owns it now (bought it about a year ago) knew the car from when he was high school in the 1960s and has been stored away since the owner at that time went to Viet Nam (yes, he came back, but bought a 240Z and drove that). They're still out there.

Re: 1 owner time capsule 58 NY convertible [Re: Jim_Lusk] #3172500 09/03/23 07:40 AM 09/03/23 07:40 AM
Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 12,812 Tulsa, Oklahoma Wagonmaster I Live Here
Wagonmaster I Live Here Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 12,812 Tulsa, Oklahoma	Nice score! My very first car [in 1969] was a 1959 Chrysler New Yorker. Mine was a crown coupe and it was loaded with options, as well. Wish I had it today... Oh - I gave $200 for the car from its original owner.

Re: 1 owner time capsule 58 NY convertible [Re: Wagonmaster] #3172623 09/03/23 05:08 PM 09/03/23 05:08 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 43,541 Round Lake Beach, Illinoisy Rhinodart Rhinotruck
Rhinodart Rhinotruck Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 43,541 Round Lake Beach, Illinoisy	When I transported that 58 300D fuelie and had it in my shop for a couple of years I drooled on it several times, it may have needed everything but it was the coolest car I have ever been around for any length of time! I hated to take it to another storage building right before I sold my shop. I also had the binder with copies of ALL of the 300 letter car IBM cards and owner information from the 300 club director, what a neat thing to page through... Definitely my favorite cars of all time are the 57-59 300's... Last edited by Rhinodart; 09/03/23 05:09 PM. The funny thing about science is that if you change one miniscule parameter you change the entire outcome to the way you want it. JB Rhinehart, Realist A-Body's RULE!

Re: 1 owner time capsule 58 NY convertible [Re: Rhinodart] #3172662 09/03/23 08:29 PM 09/03/23 08:29 PM
Joined: Dec 2004 Posts: 1,148 M McCandlessboy OP super stock
McCandlessboy OP super stock M Joined: Dec 2004 Posts: 1,148	I hope to debut the 58 300D FI car next year

Re: 1 owner time capsule 58 NY convertible [Re: A12] #3172704 09/03/23 10:20 PM 09/03/23 10:20 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 15,350 Omaha Ne T TJP I Live Here
TJP I Live Here T Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 15,350 Omaha Ne	Originally Posted by A12 WOW Someone only put about 6400 miles on it since the last service....................in 1967 Do you think you should rotate the tires now Nice score Mike Nah, the tires rotated when they moved it 🤣 www.tandmautomotive-omaha.com

Re: 1 owner time capsule 58 NY convertible [Re: TJP] #3181439 10/05/23 05:32 PM 10/05/23 05:32 PM
Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 5,610 Germany F fc7_plumcrazy master
fc7_plumcrazy master F Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 5,610 Germany	ccongratulations on the purchase. I have seen a few restored 58 NYer verts in sweden. IIRC two green ones, a blue and a black one Carsten

Re: 1 owner time capsule 58 NY convertible [Re: Blusmbl] #3181470 10/05/23 06:30 PM 10/05/23 06:30 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 28,596 Shopping @ HoBo Fright 340SIX Doc Flappergas's Evil Twin
340SIX Doc Flappergas's Evil Twin Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 28,596 Shopping @ HoBo Fright	Wow what a time capsule [img]https://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee87/fast340six/sig%20pics/2840886-340SIX-1.jpg[/img] VP of the MPM in New Orleans 73 Dart Sport 340/ 70 challenger vert. That may still get built, If I live long enough

Re: 1 owner time capsule 58 NY convertible [Re: 340SIX] #3181592 10/06/23 08:30 AM 10/06/23 08:30 AM
Joined: Dec 2013 Posts: 4,672 Wichita G GY3 master
GY3 master G Joined: Dec 2013 Posts: 4,672 Wichita	Wow! Lots of cool and rare cars in Wichita. '63 Dodge 330 11.19 @ 121 mph Pump gas, n/a, through the mufflers on street tires with 3.54's. 3,600 lbs. 10.01 @ 133mph with a 250 shot of nitrous an a splash of race gas. 1.36 60 ft. 3,700 lbs.

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