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    1968 Informational sign for car shows contents?

    ... always found it odd when people put a picture of the car by the car... kinda redundant with one parked right by the sign??? :smile:
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    1968 Informational sign for car shows contents?

    Looking into something that can be stuck to the side window to avoid the hanging/banging/falling over aspect of most... Nice overview stolen from Wikipedia (with some minor edits): In mid-February 1968, the California Ford Dealers (Ford Dealer Advertising Fund) began to market a factory-built...
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    . Annoying new popups

    hmm.... ok maybe the new laptop has something different than the old... thanks for the info...
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    . Annoying new popups

    Anyone else getting incessant popups in the lower left of the screen on the site...??? Seems localized to this site. Have tried popup blockers but it seems to ignore them... really, really annoying...
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    1968 Tie rod ID

    And the info and pics I got from Scott Fuller showed the "non-B" service replacements to be basically the same as OEM 69/70 ones...
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    1968 Tie rod ID

    Yep, that's my post... ! :wink:
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    EXP500 Repli-bute...

    Buy the Branda "best fit" (or other) fiberglass, and then spend weeks making it fit. :wink: My shop, luckily, just hired a guy recently with a lot of late model fiberglass experience. If you notice mine its bonded to be one seamless nose, not 4 pieces. That was at least two solid weeks of...
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    1968 Hood Hinge Finish

    Found 2x 12 oz spray cans at $55... best I could do, will give it a go.
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    '68 Shelby Stripes

    That would be me too....!!! :wink: Thanks. For info in case anyone else is looking: 1/2" strip top and bottom 3/8" gap 1 5/8" letter/mid stripe height Mounted 1/8" above bottom of door. Now to get this stencil made so they can get painted on...
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    1968 Hood Hinge Finish

    I do this; - Blast super clean with very light media - Air blast off any residue, while working the hinge (wearing gloves or holding with a clean rag) - wax and grease remover - soak in fresh phosphoric acid solution for anywhere from 30 minutes to 2 hours - remove and immediately air balst...
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    EXP500 Repli-bute...

    This is what the GTCS should have been! A Shelby coupe! :wink:
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    1968 Hood Hinge Finish

    S2 - phosphate and oil.
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    1968 the finished product

    Looks great. The steering wheel insert, hollow plastic or solid with lamainated woodgrain on top?
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    1968 Tie rod ID

    Have 4 off my '68 X code (not a GTCS and becoming the EXP repli-bute, not a reprobate, like me! :wink: ). The inner had the metal lipped dust boot (no number on them) and lipped edge around the ball joint. The outer the lipped edge too, but just rubber boots with a spring inside, but a very...
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    EXP500 Repli-bute...

    Yep, the shop is woefully oversized! Organized chaos. These guys are busy, because they do good work. :wink: The "lineup" is the cars in final prep for paint.... They will not scratch it, but I might!!! :eek: And the color looks so much better in person!!!! Can't wait to see it assembled...
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    EXP500 Repli-bute...

    Thanks Mike. Don't want to know how much I spent picking it as it was about the 5th or 6th one we tried... lots of test spraying as its a totally custom color. Yesterdays progress.... Now wait for it to cure for a week or so, then the race is on...!!!
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    1968 68 HCS out of hiding

    .. every dark cloud has a silver (or Tahoe Turquoise) lining! ??? :wink:
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    1968 Emergency brake under car parts - finish?

    Thanks Marty, that all aligns with what I am seeing...
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    1968 Emergency brake under car parts - finish?

    Thought these were all S2, but just stripped gunk off a 68 "lever arm" (the part that attaches to the body pin with the big washer and clip) and it appears to be silver zinc. What is the correct finish for the lever arm, "U" shaped clip to connect body clip to the wire on the RH side, and the...
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    1968 dash pad

    Melted??? So they have plastic pins like the steering wheel emblems? The 67s have metal tabs that stick thru and fold over... any pics? I ask as I am looking into making custom hand laid veneer dashes for 67-68 and also brushed aluminum inserts for the two years too...
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