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So that is what makes the parts look so dirty, no matter how I scrub them! Thanks for the revelation! Guess Big John is right. It is impossible to restore the true color, so I might as well look for a color that looks pleasing, like trying to match the off white on the vinyl door panels. Same...

Nothing gives me as much grief as restoration of interior plastic panels, especially when the sun degrades the surface to powder. I finally found a local guy that can skin the old plastic with a vinyl that has similar texture. But what color? The existing panels of my 1972 Newport are varying...

Thanks all. Snake-Oil products is one outfit to stay away from, if online ratings can be believed. I will check out Bill and Robin Edwards. At the time I was restoring my Pinto, I couldn't find anyone to restore the same sort of Ford detachable system. The lap and shoulder belts were merged as...

Plenty of people re-web seatbelts and repair retractors. Not many deal with the buckles. My Newport, like other cars of the early seventies, had a detachable shoulder harness. This allowed a person to wear only a lap belt, or the lap and should belts together. The two were attached by a...

I came out blank when I asked this question before. I found a passenger side rear-view mirror for my 1972 Newport. To my knowledge, this is not reproduced by anyone. Need someone to remove the mirror from it rechrome the metal, then reinsert the mirror. Know anyone who does this?

If Instrument Specialities can't fix anything and everything behind an instrument cluster, it cannot be fixed. They are in Rhode Island.

Thanks Big John. But the trouble is, mine just falls out! I don't have any trouble getting it OUT. I have trouble keeping it IN!

The lock cylinder of my 1972 Newport glove box door keeps falling out. Something must have broken on it. I can't figure out what. I have an extra glove box cylinder from a junk car, but cannot figure out how to swap and rekey it. My local locksmith doesn't want to mess with it. Got any idea...

So what new repro mirror is in your Avatar? Looks like my Newport's mirror!

1972. The driver side is remote, the passenger side (an option on this car) is not. Both are in fair shape but have pitting in the chrome. Don't know how these things come apart to rechrome.

My Newport has rectangular exterior mirrors on driver's and passenger's side. The chrome on both are pitted and the glass less than perfect. I see reproductions for earlier years; round mirrors, but not for the rectangular later years. Anyone know of any reproduction ones? If not, can any shops...

I was so careful taking my 1965 Plymouth Fury III apart to be painted. I put most small items in plastic bags and labelled them. One thing I CAN'T find are the 8 machine screws that attached the grill to the front of the car. (6 on top and two down at the bottom.) They were machined threads and...

Thanks guys. I had no idea so much Fury stuff was available on E-Bay. The trim screw sets were all interior, though. Don't know what size I need for exterior trim. Guess I could check sheet metal screw size with hardware-store screws, then order the appropriate size from e-bay. Did not see any...

I got my grandma's Fury from the paint shop the other day. I had meticulously put the screws in every hole so as not to lose them. The paint shop guys removed them and lost them! Many are oval-head stainless screws with oval heads for trim pieces on the front of the car. Also needed are those...

Thank you! The painter found WW1B stamped on the car. WW1 must be the color; don't know what the B was for. Thank you so much for the info! You saved me a lot of trouble!

I am having a good body shop repaint my 1965 Plymouth Fury III. This car has always been garaged and never repainted. Through the years, my grandparents put a lot of nicks and dents on it, and I want to restore it to its former glory! The color is an eggshell off-white. The body shop called...

Thanks so much! This is indeed the guy I used many years ago and did such a good job. Surprised he is still working!

I had a guy years ago that could take smashed and dented body trim, pound it out, polish it, and it would look almost brand new. He could really work that metal. I am sure he is retired by now. Found him in Hemmings, but I don't take that huge book anymore. I am leery of some guys that...