Interior Progress

 I needed a psychological boost to keep up my interest in my decade long project, so I did a few obvious things where it is noticable. 

I finished reinstalling the right door trim panel and made a cloth pattern so I could cut the carpet for the passenger floor It actually came out quite good and have only one seam that falls within the foot well. I also like the looks of the plush carpet rather than the stock loop version. I hope it doesn't fade like the less- plush turquoise molded carpet I have in my Valiant convertible. 

Got a few pictures to share.

I also located the electrical short in the power window switch and trimmed the edge of the sheet metal cutout in the door to give the bundle more clearance. Windows now work great!

The driver's side carpet will have to wait for awhile until I can finish everything located under the access panel in the floor.

Update and Ridiculous Rides From Norway

 Still having medical problems limiting much of my activity, but I occasionally sneak into the shop to work on a few little things. 

I recently ordered a pair of door jamb light switches to replace the low-quality switches that I bought online a couple years ago. One or those low-quality parts is working, but the other has an internal short, and that convinced me to order new parts with hope they would be stronger. However, the new switches are about a quarter inch too long to fit '55-'56 Mopars. To be fair, they were advertised for '62 and up, but I was hoping I could make them work. I did have one salvaged OEM switch that I cleaned and de-rusted. It's functioning okay, so my interior lights are now working properly, but. I'll keep my eyes open for some new parts that are made somewhere besides China! One thing I did discover is that the thread size differs. My car has 3/8"-24 threads in the jamb, and the shoddy aftermarket switches had 3/8"-16 threads on the switch body even though they were listed as correct for '56 Plymouths. Since the ancient switch I salvaged matches my car's threads, I might be smarter to just look for good used parts.

Looking forward to getting back to work on the '56. 

Happy Easter and enjoy the video!