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Most all those areas are where the factory had seam sealer.

The car you say want the exact color looks like it is EB3 ice blue Metallic. We will never know because it could have been repainted with anything close. DD1 was done in 1968, the EB3 was the closest. They are both great colors that don’t get much love.

Not rivets, won’t pull out. They are welded to the sheetmetal. Grind off. photo: larger round green thing is a stud, so remove the nut on the other side.

Sounds like it is disconnected, or the latch has failed. A functioning latch will only go 1/4 of a turn before it stops. Now time to go inside the trunk and unbolt the latch

Is this on the 67 dodge polara? Has the lid ever open in the past? Is the trunk lid physically stuck to the weatherstrip? If the key turns then you don’t need a locksmith, or to drill out the cylinder. When you turn the key is it just turning free or does it have some resistance? Is it...

Start with cleaning and lubricating the hood latch. Operated the latch many times by hand to work in the lube. Don’t use white lithium grease from a spray can, it will harden over time. How does the hood fit with the fenders when closed? To high, too low, just right? look at this before...

Yes back in the day idiots would go down the street and clean off all the antennas. starting on 1968 Chrysler got smart and the antenna mast would unscrew from the base and a new one was a two minute fox. how many times when people remove the RF fender. The antenna cable got cut off. Too...

Look at the build dates and assembly plants of these cars and post the results of that.

I tapped a sharp pick tool in the pin at an angle, rotate the pin so it’s loose in the clip and pull it out. It chews it up some, but they work fine. i always thought to get some dowel and use that. Or go to a model shop and see if they have any plastic pins that diameter.

If you remove the motor with the glass attached to the regulator the glass won’t fly up, it won’t want to go up by itself at all, the spring just balances out the weight of the glass. Remove the motor then you should be able to put the glass up by hand to get the motor back in.

The explanation is the new tire weights are not lead and some of them are thicker Than the old style. Do you have a photo of the weights they put on to see if they are too thick?

very cool a 1970 GTX, now that’s a classy ride!

How do you know what products were used on the paint jobs you were looking at? A wide range of quality and price range is out there for all paint types.

A painter likes to use what he is familiar with. And his best work will come from that. If you make him use something he isn’t super familiar with then the final result might suffer. If he has customer recommendations then go and check out what those paint jobs look like and see if you lie...

You pick the ends for the trim and rivet everything on, the rubber slides in the aluminum channel, a variety of colors of rubber. They screwed your lots of body panels with that crap!

Sorry to tell you, those are not stick on they are riveted.

That’s a common car lot add on Trim From the 70’s and 80’s. No it’s not original.

Does it need painted in there? You can clean it and polish it by hand and make them look good. How do they look now? They can last decades and still look good,if they aren’t abused, they aren’t In direct sunlight. keep in mind (most) body shop guys usually hurry through the prep and painting...

I don’t have a number. But I’d put parts out in the sun in the summer and the part was warm but I could still hold it in my hand. And then brush the RPM on and it would melt in nicely. Then buff with a towel. if not summer I would put a space heater on the part and warm it up and get the...

This works nicely, better than rattle can paint. Rust Prevention Magic (RPM - 8 oz.)