March 22, 2013
OK - I forgot some more stuff - I need to take the "California Special" and "Mustang" scripts as well as the rear quarter reflectors. The original script is in really great condition and will polish up very well. It turns out the hinges for the car are worn and the rear of the hood wants to pop up, so they need better hoods. Despite all the parts I have, I don't have extra hinges. So I had to order some from NPD. I ordered the Dynacorn Premium (read "extra thick") hinges, two tone blue vinyl dyes, Ford tooling rear reflectors, rear quarter extension (original is beyond repair from previous collision), and a bunch of other stuff I can't remember now - day was too long.
I also found a reproduction blue steering wheel on someone's shelf - probably the last one out there. The car came with a Deluxe steering wheel originally, but finding a blue one is tough enough, let alone a DELUXE blue wheel...so I got this as back up, or maybe conversion to dlx.
I went up to C3 Restorations and what the?!?! Where did all the green primer go? As ugly as the green was, I think this is uglier. :-D
OK - not that ugly...it is getting really straight and they are working lightning fast! The real story here though is the trunk lid. This trunk lid was damaged from a rear end collision and the top lip was hurt pretty bad. I tried to pick up a set that was for sale, but missed out to a bloke in Australia...doh!!! BUT with that said, Brad has done a FANTASTIC job fixing it. He removed all the original wood from the lip and then inserted bendable aluminum tubing to build the edge back up and make it better than original. Here are some photos Brad sent me on his remake:
How is that for perfection! I am impressed! Thanks Brad!
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