Back to Domenic's '57 Nomad (under restoration in NY)... Here's a shot of the underfloor that he sent me today.. (it's looking great Domenic!)..
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Domenic emailed me a few more photos of the progress on his '57 Nomad a few days ago, so I'll post them here...
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Domenic is continuing to move ahead in his '57 Nomad restoration efforts. He sent me a few photos of the car before he began, and also a couple more photos of 'in process' work... The first two photos are of the '57 Nomad (in canyon coral / ivory dress) in 2017 before they began the restoration; the second of which was Domenic and his son at a local cruise in/car show.. The last three photos are of the spare tire well which is being restored out of the car, and which is now ready to be reinstalled in the car. The car is being restored in Tropical turquoise / ivory...
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Last edited by BamaNomad; 06-27-2021 at 06:58 PM.
Domenic's restorer has welded in the prepped/painted spare tire well back into the body....
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Thanks Gary , in the past the previous owner had removed the tub and it wasn't put back in properly . Here my restorer friend Bob has restored the overlaping edges so this peice is now properly welded in rock soild . Now just some finish work needed .
Thanks Domenic... I was curious as to WHY it was removed during your restoration... and correcting a past problem is a good answer..
Domenic and his restorer have completed re-installation and paint trim out of the restored spare tire carrier, along with the restored rear springs and rear end housing, and a new gas tank. He sent me these photos to post for him.
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Domenic,
Your build thread began with a question about 'sourcing british honduras plywood' for the cargo area. I think we beat the 'british honduras' part of that question pretty well earlier, but now that you're seemingly at the point of actually installing the cargo (and rear seat) plywood, I wanted to provide you the dimensions you will require for cutting the cargo area plywood.
The first image shows a measurement of an 'original' spare tire board with a thickness of 1/2". You will find it difficult to find plywood 'exactly' 1/2"' in thickness. If you do have difficulty, then I would suggest using plywood 'slightly' thicker than 1/2" to eliminate possibilty of cutting your hand with the stainless trim on the spare tire cover. I actually used 5/8" plywood for mine (which is thicker than it needs to be). I think 17/32" would be a better choice.
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The second image is from an old NNC Nomad Post article by Wayne Oakley showing dimensions to but the boards.
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I've also attached a pdf (power point) diagram which I made from measuring the boards sold by an 'online seller' which was installed in my '56 Nomad when I purchased it. One pays quite a bit more for these cut boards and shipping rather than buying plywood at your local store and cutting it yourself! The dimension between these two diagrams are slightly different, but the 'tolerance' on the holes in your stainless trim should allow either diagram/dimensions to be used successfully.
PS. you will also have to rout out a small area to fit over the 'small raised area' on the Nomad metal floor (near the rear on the drivers side), and also clearance for your rear tail/brake light wiring to go thru the floor.
Last edited by BamaNomad; 08-09-2021 at 06:55 AM.