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For the sake of completeness, I meant to cover the details of my ordering the roll of vinyl ribbed material to make the insert moldings from. I ordered the material from American Floor Mats. You can call them to place your order at (800) 762-9010 (US & Canada only) or 240-715-3333 or you can...

I tried calling them to ask about it. I called Sherman Parts directly and asked them about availability and they told me, based on the part number in the listing you show in your post, that part does not exist. They said their part numbers start with SHE and not SHI. The on-line...

It can be done but it isn't easy. There is a member on this site whose member name is @fc7_plumcrazy and for him I had my body/paint guy convert a 1971 Polara into a 1970 model appearance wise. The conversion of the rear end was a nightmare and the conversion of the front end wasn't trivial...

I will just add that on one of my 1973 Dodge Monacos I too had this problem and the only way I too solved it was to bend the torsion bar just a little more to get the doors to close fully. It worked just fine thereafter. Put open end wrenches (vice grips would work fine too) on it in two...

My TCP Global acrylic urethane single stage paint cost me about $370 to do the whole car in spinnaker white. That was 2 gallons of paint, a gallon of reducer and 2 quarts of hardener. I didn't think that was too bad.

I also understand from my body/paint guy that single stage metallic paints can not be color sanded and buffed very well either. One thing I like about TCP global at least from the information they provide is that they have a really complete color chip library and they even have very fine...

I find it interesting that you mention TCP Global......in terms of matching the factory original color for a restoration project do you believe they have the best capability to duplicate the original paint colors (this is the opposite question being asked here where he is trying to match his...

Do any of you know whether this tool will not case any warps/waves over wide panels such as hoods/doors etc? Looks like a useful too for faster, safer stripping of panels at first glance...........................

I no longer have one of those wagons but @MonacoBlue still has one and probably would be your best best in showing what the clips look like and may even be able to mention a source for them.

The Gold car sold a couple years ago now and I recently saw it in person. There was no change in the appearance of those restored moldings from when I made them - i.e. no fading of the colors or any evidence of starting to peel at all. I was pleased to see that since the car is running around...

Most of the 71 300s by now have lost most all of their moldings as the factory adhesive was not up to the job. Since I probably have the world's most 71 300s in one place, I had to come up with something! A bit crazy after all these years. :realcrazy:

No one reproduces those trim insert moldings. I had to make my own using ribbed vinyl floor mats made in rolls so the vinyl insert would be long enough without breaks down the molding. In my case, I used black ribbed vinyl and painted the entire cut strips white and then took a folded cloth...

If those are all originals, I would have to conclude the factory ones were variable since none of them seems exactly the same to me..................................................

Besides EW1 being one of the hardest colors to match, TCP Global will not send you any spray cans or smaller quantities than a quart to check their match with your car ($110/quart). They do either acrylic urethane or urethane which are single stage paints and they are even available in...

That is truly a great total price for rechroming all those difficult parts. I have paid a lot more for worse work than they turn out and sometimes a lot of those parts wouldn't be touched by most replaters.

I would have thought that piece had no future but the scrap heap! Amazing results and only for $100??? Near Whittier sounds great too. I will try them out. Thanks for the tip!

In my experience with this same problem, I have found Mr. G's the most comprehensive source of molding clips. I even found the exact clip for my 1971 300s with the body side moldings in their inventory. I was amazed. They even provide the exact dimensions for their clips to speed...

Bob Baker has actually made many very nice reproduction parts for our C bodies, and almost no one is buying them. Nice dash pads and a lot of interior stuff that should be high demand. But the reality is that C body guys don't seem to have much money to buy anything. What else can one...

I guess when spending something in the area of $12 - $15K for body and paint work on a restoration project, I am shooting for representing the best that the company could do, not its average or worst. I visited many assembly plants back in the day when working for the corporation, and I was...

My apologies if I came across "pompous". That was not my intent. I have just had it with body shops that claim to do good body work and have production systems like you describe to accomplish the work. The panels are usually not straight or wave free, the door/panel alignments are not good...