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Grille and custom Marchal fogs/lower mesh in and done....

3867/(1483*2) = 76.7% still around...??? Paul Newitt looked for decades, and yes some keep coming to light, but I'd say the x2 is optimistic... no one will ever know for sure but I'd say "about half" still exist... impressive for cars pushing 50 years old. Maybe a couple hundred out there in...

Yeah, its an odd dual-diameter-with-a-nut-in-the-middle. I'll find the right part, not a "weld a few bits together that work" type...:wink: If I was if I ever sell it I'd be fodder for the "guess what the PO did..." posts! :eek:

I actually used a can of vinyl dye I had to recolor black carpet. Had a spare and figured "why not give it a go"... 5 years on still looks good...

I found over a base coat of Semigloss black about 4 passes from a good 12"+ away from the panel left a good match to the OEM parts I had, using the NPD paint. After painting (on a warm day) the surface was a bit rough as the paint went on a bit "dry", but after letting it cure for a day a wipe...

A supposed low mile original in a high end collection I viewed did have the seam... not sure if it was supposed to be there or not. Again in this hobby conflicting info from "credible" sources...

Cut the damaged line if needed and pull the block. Put the rounded nut (or even a non rounded) in a bench vice and use a crescent wrench (with some padding) on the block to turn the nut. Never failed. (but hard to get to the middle one) Or you can put the block in a vice, put on a flare...

... found it.... http://californiaspecial.com/forums/showthread.php?t=11374

See this post. There was another of Neil's car showing them installed, but I can't find it... http://californiaspecial.com/forums/showthread.php?t=7954&highlight=badge+dash

Installed a top on my GT/CS a while ago and did not look at this too carefully. The seam on the vinyl roof fell about 2" down the pillar. Which seemed reasonable. Went to install a second top a few days ago and it is cut in such a way that the seam has to fall almost at the upper windscreen...

Neil kindly donated a pair of his GTCS dash/steering wheel badges to me. Arrived today all safe and sound... nice custom touches... Thanks Neil!!! :grin:

Alterea, 3 1/2 year old Rhodesian Ridgeback. AKA "the Bean" , an in "full of..." as she gets pretty wound up sometimes and barrels around the yard (sometimes racing full tilt into the garage between the two Stangs yet comes to a full stop just before crashing into the workbench, must have 4...

Thanks Yep, that looks like it... $9 part, $20 shipping! :wink:

And this afternoon's handiwork....

Thanks Hmmm... OK, I have the wrong item. Mine is waaayyyyy longer than that. Anyone know a source for the correct item? Looked at a few parts houses, could not find it..

Didn't do a before on the wiper motor, but it looked similar to the one beside it...

Can someone measure their carb stud, the one the wingnut goes on to hold the base/lid down. On mine I just put a correct carb I got on and the stud is 1" too tall. The tip is about 2 1/2" above the lid and the threads stop about 1" above the top of the lid... and yes, there is the ~1" spacer...

Or just buy the Marti repros... nice parts. FoMoCo stamps for that" extra touch" under the hood. And not terribly expensive at $20 each for most sizes...

As the ones noted are not avaialable here I found a OEM Ford color a local auto parts store could mix up in a rattle can. Dark Titanum Metallic, I think it was a 80's or 90's color they pulled off thier system.

Progress... sloowlllyyy..... Body panels and scoops on. Fitting grille and trims now. Working on interior (headliner) and vinyl roof next. Stroker kit (survival motorsports 390 to 445 "Prison break" kit) and cam kit (Comp cams XE274H) arrived, dropping them off at the engine builder...