"it" has begun....
12-21-2022, 06:07 PM
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Re: "it" has begun....
Oh I'm sure I'll find a use for them in my SLP museum or mortuary?
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12-24-2022, 10:33 AM
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Re: "it" has begun....
absolutely Love that strategically placed 44.....
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12-25-2022, 03:09 PM
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Re: "it" has begun....
I have it scooted back because I was installing a truetrack in a original 1970 formula 1 wheel peel 3.31gear 12bolt for my 70 bird.
My shop is wreck right now!
My shop is wreck right now!
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. Wish I had those kind of problems.
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Can't wait to get the real center medallions finished. Need more hrs and energy in a day.
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01-29-2023, 03:55 PM
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Re: "it" has begun....
Lights on for romantic effect
Lot of clutter in the ole birdhouse
marker lights on
Still the wrong medallions but it gives the look.
Non painted wheel centers and no centercap look.
Tailpipes look low but that's right about where SLP put them
New tires are a bit wider than the firesones and slightly taller.
Original 92 Firehawk tires used on the 92 Firehawks. Can also see the rear bumper cover sssshrinkage.... I was in the pool, I was in the pool!!!
Original Firehawk tires used on 92 Firehawks
Lot of clutter in the ole birdhouse
marker lights on
Still the wrong medallions but it gives the look.
Non painted wheel centers and no centercap look.
Tailpipes look low but that's right about where SLP put them
New tires are a bit wider than the firesones and slightly taller.
Original 92 Firehawk tires used on the 92 Firehawks. Can also see the rear bumper cover sssshrinkage.... I was in the pool, I was in the pool!!!
Original Firehawk tires used on 92 Firehawks
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Still looking for a NOS rear bumper cover for this project.
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Re: "it" has begun....
Been a bit busy with the new kiddo, about 6 weeks old here
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Re: "it" has begun....
Not sure if you covered it already in this thread, forgive me if i have missed it. Where did you get the tail pipes? Did you have to get them made? Awesome build by the way!
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thanks!
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Re: "it" has begun....
Cleaned up some dirt and checking a couple bumper covers to see if they aren't shrunk like the original one.
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Bumper cover stripped completely and off to paint a couple weeks ago.
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Tony - Did you have your rims repainted? (I forget) what does it typically cost? thinking of having it done for one of my cars.
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07-20-2023, 12:09 AM
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One step closer Have a final round of polishing then the decal from 1991can go on.
Old paint with no clear vs new paint/clear
Checking decal location, not all were in same spot, close but not the same
Broke out my NOS Firehawk decals
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I guess there's no turning back on this conversion now
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Well, it will be nice to see you, but when I said "this beauty", I did mean the car. 
Do you spend any time out in the parking lot in the evenings? I've never done that, and it appears I miss out on a great deal of mingling. Just hard to mingle when you don't know anyone there. Feel more like party crashing.
Do you spend any time out in the parking lot in the evenings? I've never done that, and it appears I miss out on a great deal of mingling. Just hard to mingle when you don't know anyone there. Feel more like party crashing.
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Well, it will be nice to see you, but when I said "this beauty", I did mean the car.
Do you spend any time out in the parking lot in the evenings? I've never done that, and it appears I miss out on a great deal of mingling. Just hard to mingle when you don't know anyone there. Feel more like party crashing.
Do you spend any time out in the parking lot in the evenings? I've never done that, and it appears I miss out on a great deal of mingling. Just hard to mingle when you don't know anyone there. Feel more like party crashing.
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Should I bring it to the T/A Nats? Still no hood or front bumper paint but the wheels and rear view are looking much better
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I'd love to see it. Just being that close to an aluminum hood gives me a warm, happy feeling.
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Didn't take the car this year but we had a blast!
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Another step closer, still not perfect but they'll fly for me. The logo color looks lighter in pictures and darker in person, pretty wild.
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Cleaning the old paint off really takes some time hand sanding.
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Wrong and 98% right
Randomly ran into this guy at wally, he worked @ Firestone when those 1st came out. I tried to buy the hat but he wouldn't sell. Lol
Supposed to be NOS black cloth seat material to make the seats "correct" . Looks to be charcoal color when compared to sample they sent and my original seats. Ugh, back it goes, i guess.
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not sure I really needed another project but here we are. Guess I'll start a new thread for this one. 92, 350 car, repaint early on in life, decals installed wrong and wrong size tires plus a bunch of little things to repair correctly but it only has 50k plus miles
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The repop window sticker came today. Have the invoice, build sheet and window sticker for this car.
Will have to modify one of these to make it correct for my car
Will have to modify one of these to make it correct for my car
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