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01-13-2008, 04:46 AM
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Re: 72 T/A progess
The second thing I noticed was that I have two different spoiler end caps on my car: a long end cap and a short end cap. The shorty with the white underside is the original 70-73 endcap (PN 480159) and the black undersided, longer tipped, end cap is a replacement from a 74 to 78 T/A (PN 493688). At least it's easier to trim the longer one to match the shorter one. Thankfully that's a lot simpler than trying to make the shorter one grow to match the later longer, end cap.
  
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#2
01-13-2008, 06:00 AM
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Re: 72 T/A progess
So Steve... the current replacement decals... are they correct? Or if not what are you planning on doing? Do you have NOS ones?
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#3
01-13-2008, 06:59 AM
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Re: 72 T/A progess
That's a very good question. I don't have an answer at the moment. I've never had much luck at using NOS decals. The sticky sides don't seem to hold up after 35 years or so. At least not the Mopar decals I've played with.
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#4
01-16-2008, 11:08 PM
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Re: 72 T/A progess
[ QUOTE ]
That's a very good question. I don't have an answer at the moment. I've never had much luck at using NOS decals. The sticky sides don't seem to hold up after 35 years or so. At least not the Mopar decals I've played with. [/ QUOTE ] Steve, have you ever dealt with Pheonix Graphix? They are usually pretty good to deal with. If they don't have your correct decal and you can supply them with an NOS piece they can usually fabricate it. I set this up for a friend of mine on his Bronco stripes. Not sure if he ever sent them, but they were eager to do the project. Just thought I'd offer the info to you. http://www.phoenixgraphix.com/
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#5
01-17-2008, 12:05 AM
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Re: 72 T/A progess
Actually, I checked with the folks on the various Pontiac websites for opinions. Those who have purchased the Phoenix Graphics version have been very dissapointed with the accuracy and the quality of the stripe package they sell for the 70-72 T/As. Stencils and Stripes seems to make the most highly recommended decal set currently available, though still not 100% accurate.
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#6
01-17-2008, 01:04 AM
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Re: 72 T/A progess
Are they not accurate because they don't have a good NOS set to duplicate? Just curious, you would think they would want to be as close to original as possible.
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#7
01-17-2008, 02:52 AM
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Re: 72 T/A progess
I think they were too short, too wide, the dot matrix pattern was wrong, and they didn't have the clear carrier film that encompassed the center section and the outer pinstripe like the original OEM decal did. Other than that they were a perfect reproduction part.
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