I have been in considerable contact with Kirsten regarding her new to her '59 Squarebird. If you saw the pix posted of it in Our Rides, you know that it has some rust issues in the usual areas found on Squarebirds. Surprisingly, to me, instead of being on the passenger side, they are on the drivers side. I am about to post some close up pix of the damage and she would like to hear your comments regarding how difficult and costly it might be to have patch panels put in, or to repair this kind of damage. She knows that there are certain repair patch panels available to her, and I have also told her she might want to contact Carl Heller ~ partsetal, because he may have used panels off his Squarebirds parts cars she might be able to obtain at less cost than new ones. I see she has the left hand fender skirt in the trunk and a couple of other panels. But it does not look like she was given other repair panels with the car, as I thought she might have been.
I have just put her in contact with the VTCI Long Island Tbird Club President who knows her Tbird. It belonged to a previous member of his club, as did our Founder, Alexander Sosiak, who he knew very well up to his passing.... The LI President has contacts with a company on the Island who does his auto repairs on his classic cars and might be a help to Kirsten in getting those rust areas repaired. But she would like to have your advice and expertise regarding the damage so she can make a decision on how to go about this. Here are the pix.
I have just put her in contact with the VTCI Long Island Tbird Club President who knows her Tbird. It belonged to a previous member of his club, as did our Founder, Alexander Sosiak, who he knew very well up to his passing.... The LI President has contacts with a company on the Island who does his auto repairs on his classic cars and might be a help to Kirsten in getting those rust areas repaired. But she would like to have your advice and expertise regarding the damage so she can make a decision on how to go about this. Here are the pix.
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