72 TA : New Project

[njsteve]

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Steve,
Do you have any plans for a protective treatment of some sort after the aluminum moldings are polished up? Bare polished aluminum will require frequent upkeep, just like aluminum wheels.

Verne

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From what I have read, that Boeshield stuff soaks into the metal and keeps it nice, shiny and protected for about 6 months. If it tarnishes after about 6 months, you can then wipe it down with some mineral spirits and give a quick polishing with the Simichrome and recoat it with the Boeshield again.

[njsteve]

Here's a link to the Boeshield website. Sears sells it as do a lot of boat dealers. It runs about $14 a spray can.
http://www.boeshield.com/

[njsteve]

Started to work on stripping the rear spoilers today and noticed a couple things.

1) The original rear spoiler decal section wraps under the center section of the spoiler by about a 1/2 inch. It is also a much different blue color than the later (what I assume is a) GM replacement decal that was on the car. Note the color differences. The original decal remnants are more of a turquoise color with much smaller and finer black dot-matrix pattern that the replacement decal that is on the topside. The original spoiler decal was 18-1/16" wide, from outer pinstripe edge to edge and was also more accurately positioned: 12-14/16" from the passenger end and 12-13/16" from the driver's end. The replacement decal was 18" wide and about a 4/16" to the right side of the car.









And here was where it aligned up with the original trunk lid:

[njsteve]

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.

[firstgenaddict]

So Steve... the current replacement decals... are they correct? Or if not what are you planning on doing? Do you have NOS ones?

[njsteve]

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.

[mudjnky]

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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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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/