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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:]Hmm, if it was in my garage I would take it down to the last splinter and bring it back to life.[/QUOTE]

Well, if you'd like, Jack, you can come help us put the 'splinters' back together...I just took a break for lunch - been sorting new rubber pieces & new nuts/bolts all morning!!
 
Oh shoot Tony, much easier to just throw em all in a bucket and dig for what you need, hehe.

Or spread em out on a newspaper and pick and chooooose.
 
The problem with that is it's originallity. I like the fact that mostly nothing has been replaced or refinised on it since it rolled off the assemblyline. From what I can see other than "regular maintenance" and a things like the the battery and Fuel pump most of the these parts are original.

To each is own. I like this aspect of the this particular car. Ditto with my GT very original. The 74 I just got will be modified and painted & tweaked & what have you. Again just my preference. I'm taking my time and collecting as pany used parts as I can.

I just picked up a bunch of used parts from a BCF member and they are just perfect to keep this going. I only need a few more pieces and will have the complete car is used parts.

Tony, I'm off to the PO. CD should be there shortly.
Vince
 
In the photo below, is that gap in the weatherstripping on both sides? &, if so, how wide is the gap? & wonder why its there?

Also, does the weatherstripping stop at the fenders or does it go underneath their edges?

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It wraps the wood from bottom of each left & right side of the wood member on the bulkhead. It is head in plate with small flat head nails about every 5" or so.
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Gotcha, thanks again!
 
There should be no gap in the bonnet pad. Yours is probably old and broken.

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:]The problem with that is it's originality. I like the fact that mostly nothing has been replaced or refinished on it since it rolled off the assembly line. [/QUOTE]

Good man! That's precisely why my YB will never be restored. It's original down to paint and interior. It's easier to enjoy vintage motoring when your car is actually old, not full of modern parts! Of course it will eventually succumb to age and will need paint, but I'm trying to put that off for as long as possible.
 
Oh my paint is by far nice, but nice enough to drive. Bonnet is peeling and there are chips & dings everywhere but it still shines up nicely.
 
I wholeheartedly agree that there need to be 'survivors'...& I've several cars in my garage that'll never be restored...but, some of them are so far that restoration is the only way....My TD is an example - the PO had started a restoration but become too ill to finish & he had done everything correctly so I had to continue.
 
Got the cd, Vin - thanks - wealth of knowledge there!
 
My pleasure sir:smile:
 
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