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Fri Jan 09, 2009 9:02 pm

Heres a little piece of motivation my brother did for me for my birthday last year. He painted it the same color that my Fasty will be. Its Chrysler "steel blue" (T19). It gives a good indication of what the car will look like finished!

Fri Jan 09, 2009 9:10 pm

This seems very anal to me, but it was just one of those things that really annoyed me. Hey, if its rusted, replace it right? The factory must have press fit this reflector plate onto the pot metal. I had to grind down the pot metal nubs to be able to remove the rusted reflector piece. I used pop rivets to reattach the donor reflector to the signal housing.

Fri Jan 09, 2009 9:23 pm

Critter1 wrote: This seems very anal to me, but it was just one of those things that really annoyed me. Hey, if its rusted, replace it right? The factory must have press fit this reflector plate onto the pot metal. I had to grind down the pot metal nubs to be able to remove the rusted reflector piece. I used pop rivets to reattach the donor reflector to the signal housing.

I agree. If you're gonna do it...do it right and all the way. I luckily had one NOS one and one that was in really nice shape. The rears I had to piece together from about 6 tailights that I had. They're OK, but not brand new looking. I've still got two NOS rear long reflector housings with OK reflectors that I didn't use. I'm holding onto them for I don't know what/why.

Fri Jan 09, 2009 9:45 pm

localboy wrote: I'm holding onto them for I don't know what/why.
I don't want to jynx you or anything.... But its good to hold onto that stuff just in case you get into a little fender bender. You never know.

Fri Jan 09, 2009 11:13 pm

localboy wrote: Critter1 wrote: This seems very anal to me, but it was just one of those things that really annoyed me. Hey, if its rusted, replace it right? The factory must have press fit this reflector plate onto the pot metal. I had to grind down the pot metal nubs to be able to remove the rusted reflector piece. I used pop rivets to reattach the donor reflector to the signal housing.

I agree. If you're gonna do it...do it right and all the way. I luckily had one NOS one and one that was in really nice shape. The rears I had to piece together from about 6 tailights that I had. They're OK, but not brand new looking. I've still got two NOS rear long reflector housings with OK reflectors that I didn't use. I'm holding onto them for I don't know what/why.

Email me if you decide on parting with those! :D

Sat Jan 10, 2009 8:51 am

Critter1 wrote: Yep, it was John Troia. They were done a couple years ago when he was still in business. No one can seem to get ahold of the guy anymore. He did great work. I had him do a set of Porsche 924 gauges for my 67 bug project as well.
The tach conversion may not be as cool as an original Type 3 tach, but it works good and all three gauges match.

damn, i am always a day late and a hundred dollars short!

did he just do the tach conversion or did he do the metal flake paint also? that metal flake is sic!!

Sat Jan 10, 2009 9:08 am

gixxer 711 wrote: Critter1 wrote: Yep, it was John Troia. They were done a couple years ago when he was still in business. No one can seem to get ahold of the guy anymore. He did great work. I had him do a set of Porsche 924 gauges for my 67 bug project as well.
The tach conversion may not be as cool as an original Type 3 tach, but it works good and all three gauges match.

damn, i am always a day late and a hundred dollars short!

did he just do the tach conversion or did he do the metal flake paint also? that metal flake is sic!!
He did all three gauges. Its too bad he doesn't do it anymore......

Sat Jan 10, 2009 9:14 am

:? :( :cry:

Sat Jan 10, 2009 9:46 am

Why not do them yourself! Jimmynotch said the red bezel gauges in my 66 square from Oroville, CA looked like the gauges HE restored and were stolen from him in Sacramento years ago?

Sat Jan 10, 2009 10:03 am

Mike Fisher wrote: Why not do them yourself! Jimmynotch said the red bezel gauges in my 66 square from Oroville, CA looked like the gauges HE restored and were stolen from him in Sacramento years ago?

im skeered! :oops:

Sun Jan 11, 2009 9:40 am

Gas tank, Spare tire bowl, hood trim handle. Black. DONE!

Sun Jan 11, 2009 9:51 am

That hood trim handle should disappear, which is Good! :D

Sun Jan 11, 2009 9:56 am

Pedal assembly is finished as well. You like that roller pedal (skateboard wheel) don't you? :P A little touch of old school Cal-Look. I actually like it better than the stock pedal. You can also see the steering column tube and Berg shifter in this picture. All painted with a special mix to match that factory black/grey color topped with satin clear. I like it.

Ignition housing with NOS ignition from Gabriel. Its a good shot of the black/grey color.

Headlight assemblies are done too. Silver with satin clear.

Sun Jan 11, 2009 10:00 am

Mike Fisher wrote: That hood trim handle should disappear, which is Good! :D
Hey Mike, we've spent more time on stuff thats gonna disappear, its ridiculous!! Its all good

Sun Jan 11, 2009 1:20 pm

Looks like it's coming along pretty good, keep the pics comin'!

Sun Jan 11, 2009 7:53 pm

Looks like it is finally coming along. You need to get it done before the first show, I don't want to have to go alone. :arrow: :wink:

Mon Jan 12, 2009 10:06 am

Just ordered a 1-5/8" raw merged header from Kymco. If anyone is looking at getting one, you should do it soon. They said the manufacturer of the headers is raising their price.

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Mon Jan 12, 2009 10:07 am

kathal12 wrote: Looks like it is finally coming along. You need to get it done before the first show, I don't want to have to go alone. :arrow: :wink:
You'll be one of the first to see it!!

Wed Jan 14, 2009 8:18 pm

Critter1 wrote: localboy wrote: Nice. 8) What's Quote: The color is a Chrysler color (T19) called "Steel Blue" look like?
You see the inner rings of the gauges: Steel blue. The factory Chrysler color had a heavy metalic. When I had my brother mix the paint, he reduced the metalic to a finer grain. Much nicer. I'll post some better pics of the paint color soon.

Actually the color is a Mitsubishi color, we found it on a Chysler Sebring (which are built by Mitsubishi) a couple years ago. The metallic in the original formula looked to vibrant/sparkley. When I mixed the formula it called for the BC171 metallic I just stepped down to the BC170 finer metallic. The Basecoat is R-M.

Wed Jan 14, 2009 9:00 pm

I would lose that butt splice in the starter wire in the column.
Should be soldered to the terminal like the original.