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71 rebuild
Jethro:
Hopefully no more shrinkage marks this time round hey BradO
wabco40:
It's been a long time between posts. I am finally back to where I was 11 months ago, paint is done and I have started to colour sand.
The clear has been flattened with 800 grit and will be going finer grits before buffing.
The tail light backing plates where starting to show there age (47 years), so I had them zinc plated. It's cheaper then replacing them and the quality is possibly better then the repo replacements. I had previously replaced the lenses.
sirfixalot:
way to go with plated bits at least you know they fit not nearly there like a lot of repro stuff. Can get a hell of a lot of stuff plated for $100
wabco40:
--- Quote from: sirfixalot on February 28, 2017, 08:49:20 PM ---way to go with plated bits at least you know they fit not nearly there like a lot of repro stuff. Can get a hell of a lot of stuff plated for $100
--- End quote ---
Your right Geoff. I've wasted a lot of money on repro parts that I didn't end up using. Reconditioning original parts is the way to go.
The shop that did the plating had a $80 minimum charge but I couldn't think of anything else I could have added. Still only worked out to $20 each compared to about $90 each for the repro part landed here.
metalhead:
Looking good!
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