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PAUL161

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Because the engine was painted Canyon Red, which I found out after the fact that it was wrong, I decided while the tub was off the chassis to strip it and re paint it Cardinal Red, which is the proper color for this cars engine. The photos of the C Red look a little to Orange, probably camera, light or whatever. The first photo is how I painted it the first time, the second is how it is now. Some think I'm crazy, the wife will agree, but what is wrong is wrong. Now it's right! PJ

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Nice, Paul! DO it while you can.
 
Guys,
we just got a friends TD running. It runs very well, makes me think someone had worked on the internals at sometime in the past. His TD is still in the original, barely drivable stage. Paint is rough , a few dents, and only half the lights and 25% of the gauges work. I don't see my friend having the ability to work too much on the car but I think he needs to sort out all the electrical that does not work. In your experience, is it the old wiring, or corrosion at the ends of the wires? What does it cost to get a new wiring harness and time to install it?

Jerry
 
400 bucks without turn signals, 770 bucks to convert to turn signals. If you know what your doing, it'll take a full week, if you don't, it'll take a month! :greedy_dollars:

What's this have to do with Engine Re paint?
 
Wives and most others do not know the difference in what car colors should be. I painted a Jag engine 40 yrs ago the wrong color and am dying to pull and repaint during restoration. Hate Jag nuts looking in engine bay and seeing the present color so I cover when they come by. When others look they think it's cool.
 
Looks clean. Nicely done. Just think of the haunting it would have done if you didnt fixed it now.
 
Yeah your right Will. Seeing how it'll be another 3 weeks before the sheet metal will hopefully go to the paint shop, I had plenty of time to make the correction. Now I'm happy with it as it is the correct color. Now I have time to get the 72 out and clean it up to go to the Fayetteville AR. show on the 13th. of Sept. PJ
 
Well, some people don't understand, but....if you had left it the way it was originally painted, it would stare back at you forever, irritating you every time you looked at it. And you'd be thinking, dang, why didn't I fix that when it was easy?
 
Jerry said:
Guys,
we just got a friends TD running. It runs very well, makes me think someone had worked on the internals at sometime in the past. His TD is still in the original, barely drivable stage. Paint is rough , a few dents, and only half the lights and 25% of the gauges work. I don't see my friend having the ability to work too much on the car but I think he needs to sort out all the electrical that does not work. In your experience, is it the old wiring, or corrosion at the ends of the wires? What does it cost to get a new wiring harness and time to install it?

Jerry
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Most of the problems are at the connections. The wire itself doesn't deteriorate; the insulation does, however, and I'd consider a new harness only if the insulation is cracking or crumbling and you can't trust it. The rest can be fixed with a pocket knife and a fair bit of scraping. The wire isn't the only issue; you have to be sure that what it connects to is also OK. I'll bet a lot of the terminals at the lamps and such are pretty bad. In my car, many of the connectors were totally gone, and the PO just soldered the wires to the bulbs. Being a practicing electrogeek, I made SURE that the electrics were well done and would not cause problems.

https://www.nonlintec.com/mgtd/electrics/
 
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