OneStopRestoration's Special Orange 69 Chevelle 300 Deluxe Coupe

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My original knobs have flaking chrome and in buying some 66/67 pieces the knobs are quite good for reproductions in those years.

The 69 piece arrived from The Parts Place. Im unclear on OE manufacture as the box is white labled. Decent piece. I had to sand and polish the black area as it had waves in it from the molding process. What really suprised me was it was about a 1/2" longer than the original and stuck out away from the switch. Its a cheap piece and not worth shipping back so i put it in the mill, recut the notch that catches in the switch, trimmed and shapped the nose to a point, and milled down the shank like the original.

Top Picture Before, Bottom After

Im wondering if others have had better luck with other brands?

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Got into restoring the heather control, and had to make a new black vynil background for behind the lens.

Had to start with some dark contruction paper and then had adhesive backed vynil that I could dye black with interior dye.

I first did the cutouts as the one pictures is the 2nd one i did after making some mistakes on the first.

I show this really simple thing for the humor, as something like this turns into 4hrs before you know it!

[ragtop]

Rick, thanks for taking the time to post these tips and product details. Gives me the inspiration to tackle a hugger orange 69 Chevelle as well