composition of plastics on a '68

[ViaJoaquin@xxxxxxx]

Mark,
The piece in the trunk covering the tail lghts is indeed either 
polypropylene, polyethylene or some other close cousin, that cannot be glued. 
You can tell 
because it has a sort of waxy texture when it is cleaned. Mine was cracked 
down the area of the screw holes and I held it in place by putting large fender 
washers under the screws and carefully pulled it together before I tightened 
the screws. It looked satisfactory and stayed in place until I found a 
replacement.

Roy
6 Crown FDHT

In a message dated 5/26/2003 1:22:20 PM Pacific Daylight Time, 
tomswift@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:

<< Hey folks,
 
 It's time to play Stump the Panel.  I am thinking of ordering a
 Plastifix plastic repair kit from Eastwood Co., and it says in the write
 up that it is only good on certain plastics.  It will not work on
 polypropylene or polyethylene.
 
 I am going to use it on the following:
 
 1.  Seat molding on my '68 (plastic part that wraps around side of
 bottom cushion is cracked at the front edge)
 2.  taillight covering in trunk (a softer plastic-- covers the holes for
 the taillight bulbs in the the trunk-- it has cracks in it)
 3.  hard plastic trim for A pillar in '70 NYer
 
 I don't think any of these parts are polypropylene or polyethylene, but
 how do I tell?
 
 Thanks, Mark
  >>