Re: Newly Acquired Custom 880

[Dave Casey <dcasey@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The guy in New Zealand is George Laurie. Don't know if he's still around 
though.

Dave Casey
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: <62pluckedchicken@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, June 30, 2010 9:49 PM
Subject: RE: Newly Acquired Custom 880


> I rather doubt they misspelled DODGE... It's like a friend of mine had a
> Honda that read "DO DA"
>
> The '62 taillight lens aren't cheap, look for '62 Chrysler taillights as
> well as the 880 (i.e. Newport, New Yorker, 300) They all used the same
> tail light lens
>
> ebay is a good place to look.. and there's a guy in New Zealand, named
> George ???? (don't remember for sure) that make repo lens.
>
> You could also try Gary Goers
>
>
> spigot2039@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > Below is what Dave wrote. (Dave, try setting your gmail settings to
> > "plain text" to send a email through Topica.)
> >
> > Welcome Dave!
> >
> > My two cents is it is unlikely that a distracted or bored or hung over
> > (or whatever!) assembly worker put the letters on incorrectly. Each
> > letter should have pins on the back that stick through the deck lid -- 
> > but each letter should have a different pattern that would prevent such
> > a spelling boo-boo.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Gary H.
> >
> >
> > ========================================================================
> > Hello all,
> >
> > My name is Dave, and I just picked up a 1962 Custom 880 4 door Sedan
> > with
> > the 361, 73,000 miles. The car has been parked for 18 years so needless
> > to
> > say, it needs a bit of everything. I just finished rebuilding the carb
> > and
> > hope to fire it up soon so wish me luck! Pictures can be seen at this
> > address:
> >
> > http://s605.photobucket.com/albums/tt133/dodgecar/
> >
> > I'll have plenty of mechanical questions in the future, but for now I
> > have
> > one concerning some history. As you can see in one of the pictures, the
> > DODGE emblem is misspelled on the trunk as "DOGDE". The gentleman I
> > bought
> > the car from was told that the mistake was done at the factory, and
> > makes it
> > a desirable car. I searched all over the web for any little tidbit of
> > information but couldn't find anything on the subject. This is a 2 owner
> > car, with the first being a WWI veteran, and the 2nd a non-enthusiast
> > that
> > used it as his daily driver, so I don't believe either one would
> > deliberately change the emblem. By the patina around the letters you can
> > tell its been done a long time ago, and the trunk appears original to
> > the
> > car (unlike the passenger fender). This "rarity" did not influence my
> > decision to purchase the car in any way, so don't feel bad about hurting
> > my
> > feelings if you have bad news lol!
> >
> > I'm also in the market for some non-cracked brake light lenses, if you
> > happen to have some laying around....
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > - Dave
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> >
> > >Still Blank!
> > > Herb
> > >
> > >
>
>
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