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Welcome everyone to the new forum software as of 12/16/22! If you have questions, want to report a bug or missing feature, you can do that over in the Test & Help forum. There are several improvements with the new forum software, which I'm pretty excited about. Following is a partial list...

Just a heads up that the forum software is scheduled to be updated today/tonight. There may be some down time during this process. Also, I have tried hard to keep the new forum looking as similar as possible to the old forum, but there will be changes. I'll do my best to walk everyone through...

The 2023 CaliforniaSpecial Calendars are now on sale! PLEASE READ: You are buying directly from the printer rather than me ordering them in bulk and then shipping to you. Unfortunately the bulk pricing went through the roof so it just doesn't make sense to do it that way any more. The calendar...

It's time to vote for the 2023 wall calendar. Choose your favorite 8 photos. Remember, you only get one chance to vote, so pick your 8 carefully. With 13 entries we have exactly enough for the calendar (12 months + 1 cover shot). So all 13 cars entered will be in the calendar. This vote is...

Hard to believe, but it's already time to start submitting photos for the next CS.com wall calendar! So here's the official call for entries. Please submit your photo no later than Sat Oct 22, 2022. We'll all vote on the photos and the top 12 will be used. They'll be on sale in time to get...

Everyone, please confirm your email address is current by clicking here: https://californiaspecial.com/forums/profile.php?do=editpassword If your email is accurate, you don't need to do anything else. If your email is old, just type in your new email twice and click "Save Changes". The...

Sorry everyone for the forum being down most of this last week. I upgraded to a new server, but ran into an issue that took several days to resolve. The migration of the site and databases to the new server went just fine, but there was an issue getting the domain name to recognize the new IP...

I've been fighting this headliner for a few weekends now. I just can't get all the wrinkles out of it. I'm about to give up and just finish reinstalling the dome light, visors, coat hooks, etc. and be done with it. It's really messing up the rest of my progress. I know I can use a hair...

The 2022 CaliforniaSpecial Calendars are now on sale! PLEASE READ: You are buying directly from the printer rather than me ordering them in bulk and then shipping to you. Unfortunately the bulk pricing went through the roof so it just doesn't make sense to do it that way any more. The calendar...

It's time to vote for the 2022 wall calendar. Choose your favorite 8 photos. Remember, you only get one chance to vote, so pick your 8 carefully. PLEASE READ: To help see the images better I've set up a preview page here:https://californiaspecial.com/calendar2022.htm Click each thumbnail for...

I'm happy to announce that I'm in the process of upgrading to a new forum software. The current vBulletin software is way past end of life. It has been extremely stable and has served this forum well for 18 years :o , but it's more than past time to upgrade. I am upgrading to XenForo software...

Hard to believe, but it's already time to start submitting photos for the next CS.com wall calendar! So here's the official call for entries. Please submit your photo no later than Fri Oct 15, 2021. We'll all vote on the photos and the top 12 will be used. They'll be on sale in time to get...

I worked on freshening up my instrument gauge this weekend. I had planned on getting some Testors model paint in the correct fluorescent orange (red?) but couldn't find any at my local hobby shop. But I did find an orange Sharpie paint pen. It ended up being an almost identical match, at least...

Looks like a true 1967 HCS big block fastback based on the Marti Report. I guess I haven't seen many '67 HCS Marti reports. I didn't realize that Marti specifically called out the High Country Special package in 1967. I think the seller's price is maybe a *tad* too high at $32,000. :)...

Does anyone have any extra heater control, radio bezel and interior door handles in good shape? They don't need to be perfect, but the ones I have are so bad the corrosion has broken through the chrome in many spots. Normally chrome cleans up pretty well with #0000 steel wool, but mine are too...

The 2021 CaliforniaSpecial Calendars are now on sale! PLEASE READ: You are buying directly from the printer rather than me ordering them in bulk and then shipping to you. Unfortunately the bulk pricing went through the roof so it just doesn't make sense to do it that way any more. The calendar...

Last time I looked for a '68 steering wheel pad was 10-12 years ago. No one made a repro at the time. I figured by now someone would have, but I'm not finding any. Is there a repro available or is finding an unwarped original the only option? I'm talking the large pad, not the small center...

I plan to tackle the headliner next weekend in my '68 HCS. Anyone have any tips on the install? I understand it to be a pretty time consuming job, mostly to get all the wrinkles out. I have both the front and rear glass out. And the weather here is nice and sunny, so cold temperatures won't be...

My 14 yr old son and I started disassembly today. The goal at this point is just to get it to the point where we can drive and enjoy it, not do a full on restoration. First step is fixing the brakes (see my other thread) but while we wait for the power booster to be rebuilt we're focusing on...

Does anyone have an original brake distribution block? The brass block where all the brake lines connect, circled in red in the attached image below. I was taking the piston (shuttle?) out of mine and misunderstood how it came out. I used a punch too large and mushroomed out the flare fitting...