I might, MIGHT, have one from my dart if its the same. It'd be from a slant 6/904 car.
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Unconventional
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Good morning, to some extent. Can't see 100 yds for the fog.
Good news is my blood pressure is almost normal this morning! Guess the meds are leveling out. (Hope). Even when I got home and was a couple hours late taking meds it was not very high. 
thats goodGood news is my blood pressure is almost normal this morning! Guess the meds are leveling out. (Hope). Even when I got home and was a couple hours late taking meds it was not very high.
goldfish65
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Get this, talking to my Mom just now, she made an off-hand comment that my step-dad had saved a FL license tag, "I think it might be from 1971, I was wondering what to do with it." He was sentimental about my Mom's '66 Valiant and that was right around when they were first married.
FINALLY have just the perfect front license plate for the Fury!!
FINALLY have just the perfect front license plate for the Fury!!
So, I called My insurance and they said I needed to deal directly with the other guys insurance since it was his fault.... So, now I have to wait for them to talk to the other guy. Apparently he did call it in, but did not give the adjuster a statement yet. I guess I will be driving the wife mobile to work for at least a few days.
hmm usually you just file with your insurance company and they run with it. who's your insurance company
Can you do that? Run another states tag that is expired?
I have State Farm. They would do it, but said I would have to pay my deductible that way. If the other guy admits fault (which he already did to the cop) Progressive should cover me 100%
who in here has used the vinegar soak to get rid of rust?
goldfish65
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I'm gonna "assume" it's ok since in SC we just get the one plate for the rear. The '71 FL tag is the very old format where a county code (16 for Sarasota) is followed by a symbol that represents the weight range ("d" "-", "w", or "ww", then the unique digits you were issued.
I did a bunch of tools and some hardware...
did you have to wash or otherwise treat the things when you took them out of the vinegar?
Yeh, when I first pulled them out, everything flash rusted bad. I found that giving them a bath in Zep purple cleaner helped with that. The tools I then treated with some light mineral oil.
thanks! I've gotta paint these though. I wonder if a baking soda bath afterwards would help
I have my dad's PA bicentennial plate that would be correct for my 75. For now I am running a PA historic vehicle plate. They charge an extra $75 to re-register an old plate, but give you a new one. Not sure how that makes any sense other than stealing my money.
Unconventional
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Would baking soda rinse immediately after kill the acid from the vinegar and then into clear water? Just a thought.
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goldfish65
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I have my dad's PA bicentennial plate that would be correct for my 75. For now I am running a PA historic vehicle plate. They charge an extra $75 to re-register an old plate, but give you a new one. Not sure how that makes any sense other than stealing my money.
I think some attitudes are different in the South...the requirement of a front license plate is a foreign idea in these parts. Something you only see in "yankee states." Plus you rarely even see cops around here. Maybe I am wrong about this but I just don't see anyone messing with me about it.
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When they flash rusted, was the color of the rust orange?
PA does not have front plates either. Not sure if they pay any attention to it. Lots of people run other plates up front, but have never seen a 'real' plate used. I was actually thinking it could be more of an issue if driving in a state that does use them. PA recently eliminated using date stickers on the plate for registration. I know it was resulting in tickets from (mostly other states) officers who were not aware of this.
Hmmm, yeh I think it was.
Unconventional
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I had just bought my brand new '79 Yota 4x4. First thing to do was put the 49 state Cibie headlights in it. Plate come a month later and I got the back one but drug my feet on the front plate. Dad says for what reason I don't recall he wants to drive my truck back home on a Friday afternoon. We were working for the same outfit in San Fernando Valley and living in Barstow, it's a construction thing, go where the work is. A CHP heading the opposite direction on a desert 2 lane highway flips a ***** and lights him up. Hands Dad a fixit ticket for both infractions. He was not a happy camper when I saw him Monday morning at work. 
Ddaddy
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That makes sense. Then the answer to prevent the flash rust is to neutralize the acetic acid (vinegar) with baking soda before removing the metal from the solution and then quickly rinse using clean water and dry the part.
The oxidation is occurring because of the sudden contact with oxygen while the surface of the metal still has acetic acid droplets on it.
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