An awb 65 Dodge hardtop converted to a sedan

[Mike Holland]

Really excellent surgery here, respect. I agree, the sedans were cooler, just understating the Plain-Jane Mopars of the day. Rubber mats, radio delete, cigar lighter was optional as well as the right side rearview mirror. Very nice work!

[R. Thorne]

On 11/22/2025 at 8:55 AM, Mike Holland said:

Really excellent surgery here, respect. I agree, the sedans were cooler, just understating the Plain-Jane Mopars of the day. Rubber mats, radio delete, cigar lighter was optional as well as the right side rearview mirror. Very nice work!

Thanks, Mike.  Took a couple days off.  Cut a new package tray from .015” styrene sheet and glued it on.  Some more sanding (sigh!) , run some 3000 grit foam Tamiya over the whole body, then scribed the trunk.  Washed it off for another coat of primer and paint the interior with some Tamiya Champagne gold.

[Mike Holland]

OK, I didn't even think about the enterior needing patchwork, makes perfect sense. Probably very finicky to pull off. Hang in there, this is a great conversion.

[R. Thorne]

On 11/24/2025 at 6:22 AM, Mike Holland said:

OK, I didn't even think about the enterior needing patchwork, makes perfect sense. Probably very finicky to pull off. Hang in there, this is a great conversion.

Thanks for the words of encouragement.  Sanding, body work, etc., is definitely not my forte, but we all have to stretch our capabilities to improve ourselves.  Found a couple more spots that need improvement and this time I tried some Mr. Surfacer 500 instead of the Tamiya putty.  Should work better for the occasional scribing errors. The interior looks ok.