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Well done!
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Wow
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That car looks incredible. Did you use the alumabrite on the as-cast areas of the wheels, then?
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Yes, that was the main purpose of using the Aluma-Blast - to clean the cast areas since there really isn't anything you can use on it that won't alter the appearance of the cast areas - I guess you could media blast it, but you'd have to mask off everything around the cast areas. It was hard enough masking the center portion to spray it black.
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scuncio (11-07-2020) |
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Looking good!!!
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Awesome.
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Very nice Steve!
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Dang, this car looks great!
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I had been working on cleaning and repainting all the gauges, dash moldings, brackets, and the dash frame itself over the past week. The dash frame is painted in a unique suede black finish that takes some patience to apply properly - I.E., you really have to stand back and spray it dry, out of the can for it to come out right.
This morning, with the help of my son, we got the dash assembly installed. It took all of one minute. You just engage the lower forked bracket onto the two kick panel bolts, then hinge the whole assembly up toward the cowl, insert the four screws in the defroster duct area, and it's done. I then started installing the carpet. It really has to be shoved up forward under the dash for the molded area to properly engage with the shifter hump and to get the cutout in the heal pad to properly aligned with sheet metal kick-out of the driver's side kick panel,where the dimmer switch goes. Now I am in search of original carpet photos to see how the factory trimmed the carpet up under the dash where it engages with the gas pedal, steering column, heater box, etc. Anyone got any E-body under-dash survivor photos? Last edited by njsteve; 11-07-2020 at 11:49 PM. |
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Nice trick on how to install the dimmer switch thru the carpet:
https://www.hotrod.com/articles/1973...-installation/ This may help you Steve: http://www.cuda-challenger.com/cc/in...topic=111538.0 Last edited by Lee Stewart; 11-08-2020 at 01:17 AM. |
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