Dick, I'll be pulling the pad on my 68 so would appreciate any hints!
KerryP
Patch panels fabricated
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----- Original Message -----
From: Dick Benjamin <dickb@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, March 10, 2003 11:24 PM
Subject: IML: Old discussion
> A few weeks ago, when I was away vacating, I set myself to digest mode.
> When I returned, I scanned the messages, and saw a few I should respond
to,
> but as usual, I never got a rount tuit! Now we're about to take off
again
> (to the Borrego Desert to watch the wildflowers pop up for their annual
> display) and I've still not responded.
>
> Just in case some poor soul is waiting to hear what I have to say on the
> matters:
>
> regarding Larry Mullican's 67 coupe, with its apparently factory installed
> side marker lights.
>
> His car has the correct (1968 style) side marker lights, properly marked
and
> set into the front fenders (not the bumper!) and into the rear quarters,
> exactly as if it were
> a factory installation. The wiring harness certainly appears to be
factory
> made, as the wires from the side marker lights are not spliced into the
> harness, but rather are "Y"d off from the tail light circuit right at the
> nearby taillight bulb sockets. The wiring splice is rubber encapsulated
in
> what is obviously a factory mold, and in fact looks precisely like the
same
> connection as on my 1968.
>
> I am as puzzled by this as everyone else, all I can do is report what I
saw,
> and attest that I really tried to find something tacked on or
mickey-moused,
> but this car appears to have left the factory that way, with factory
> fabricated harnesses, and apparently die cut holes. I'll leave further
> conjecture to the pundits on
> here. The car was built in January 1967, so it is not anywhere near the
> year end.
>
> Since no other cars with this feature have surfaced, I assume someone has
> done this to the car, but he was certainly skillful!
>
>
> Regarding Kerry's question about the progress of the body restoration on
my
> 67 Crown 4 Dr, I have been collecting pictures of the process, and they
are
> posted on my web page, but I have not written any text to go with them, so
I
> haven't really kept up as I should have.
>
> The bottom line is: the car was stipped to bare metal, sand blasted where
> there was any sign of corrosion (under the vinyl top, where the glass is
set
> into the front and rear openings), new metal was welded in to those spots,
> then the whole body was metal finished (without filler) where there were
> dents and high spots. Then, the car was primed with epoxy primer (DP-40),
> and final block sanding/rework is now in progress. The car has one coat
of
> final color (Black), which was used as a guide coat for final long block
> sanding. Right now it is ageing down the primers and a second coat of
> color, and we'll lay the final color on it in a few weeks. It looks
> beautiful!
>
> If anyone would like to see pictures of the process, let me know and I'll
> send you the URLs for the pictures.
>
> I've also gotten involved in removing the dash pad from my other 67 (the
> convertible) in preparation for installing a very nice one I got from
IML'r
> Larry Mullican (thanks again, Larry, for that and all the other favors!).
> In case anyone is contemplating this operation (and I use the word
> advisedly!), let me know and I can probably save you a lot of trouble and
> possible damage to your pad - there are 14 fasteners, about half of which
> are almost impossible to see and release. It can be done, but it isn't
> fun! I have a set of pictures of these fasteners and their locations on
> the dash pad. These are also on my web page, but you'll need a list of
URLs
> to download them.
>
> Now we're going to be away until the 15th, so don't expect any more from
me
> until then.
>
> Dick Benjamin
>
>
>
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