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Every car got different quality and amounts of black out paint. I know a guy who did the job back in the day. It was an entry level job. As you can imagine, spraying paint upward from a pit with a wand like a weed sprayer was a pretty nasty job. So he said that if someone called in sick one of...

There is lock ring that holds the glass to the housing. You can get behind the end of that ring with a small screwdriver and remove the ring and then the glass comes out. Most of the ball retainers are held in with rivets though.... I have found that a couple of drops of superglue on the ball...

I know a guy who did the job back in the day. It was an entry level job. As you can imagine, spraying paint upward from a pit with a wand like a weed sprayer was a pretty nasty job. So he said that if someone called in sick one of the first guys to leave their post to be a replacement was the...

Yes they originally had nuts with captive washers. I put additional larger washers beneath those nuts. Clipped the edge of some washers for clearance.

I agree with the comments above. I used to use oxy/acetylene and then once I got mig with gas there is no way I would revert to the old way. Borrow, rent or own short term a mig setup to finish your job.

Contact member Chained_360 for those clips.

Agree with all above. I got both gaskets from them based on past deals. They are Precision gaskets so the same product as 98% of the other suppliers but from a supplier who can be fully relied on.

I like this for vinyl tops, toneau covers, tires etc. One Grand Ext. Rubber & Vinyl - 16 oz Pump Spray I use this for the interior. It says its for tires and works for tires well but really excels for interior treatment. It's water based and doesn't leave the slimy shine like a lot of...

The pentastars were put on 63s too. The later cars had them factory installed but the dealers recieved kits from Chrysler to install them on the cars they had already sold. You can imagine how many were called back in to get a tiny emblem installed! The early ones were pot metal. Does anyone...

Rubber bumper pads for rear bumper. There is a rectangular hole with a spring nut sort of thing that these screw into. They hold the front corners of the rear bumper so they don't jiggle around.

Foam fillers looking from fenderwell behind tires.

I go to the craft section in WalMart and get the black foam in sheets, cut it to appropriate size and pattern and use spray headliner glue to replace the door seal. Works perfectly. I also use the foam weatherstrip from Home Depot or Menards to replace the top ring.

Doesn't Precision make them and everybody else sells the Precision seals? I remember a few years back when there was a shortage of certain seals and the story from every supplier I called was that they were on backorder from Precision.

Nobody is making an original style lock strip. Everybody sells the Chevrolet pickup lock strip which fills the gap but is not the correct profile and are only .50" wide instead of the original .535" wide. Most suppliers who claim to sell lockstrip for early Mopars are providing the Chevy...

That's old news to me. Back in the early 70s a guy that lived a few houses down the street from my parents used plumbers putty to shine his cars. It seemed that cleaning his cars was his main hobby and anytime the weather was decent he would be out cleaning and shining either his '68 Ford...

I have used Kirker Enduro Prime for several years and like it quite well. It's a pretty sraight forward product.

I used to use Kirker Enduroprime DTM when the local paint shop carried it. It sands well for additional primer to be used later.

Yes, the EPA had methylene chloride removed from consumer use toward the beginning of the year. All you can find on store shelves now is the "improved", and safer product. Check your can to see if it contains methylene chloride. If not, the product will probably not remove automotive paint. I...

I had a 64 Barracuda with a 1/2 filled 340 block and an extra capacity oil pan. I had fenderwell headers so lots of underhood heat. I cut the core support and mounted a wide aluminum radiator but the issue was really not enough space for air to get out of the engine compartment. I ended up...

Ya, the early As have so little under hood room there is minimal area for cooling air to pass through. And then when you fill part of that precious space with header tubes it is even worse. I have struggled with cooling a couple of times with early As even with good, large radiators and good...

I knew a guy who did that job back in the day. He said it was an entry job and not liked by those who did it. The paint was applied from below the car from a pit and was sprayed as the cars passed over with a wand similar to a weed sprayer. Paint drifted back down onto the guys and ventilation...

These guys have most clips on Mopars. Restoration Specialties & Supply, Inc. Online catalog isn't great but if you call them they will know what you are looking for. They are pretty Mopar savvy.

Aree with above, Saran wrap or stick it in a trash bag. Saves stripper and eliminates removing the crust it sometimes forms.

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Brown is cool. You don't see a lot of brown cars. A lot of the other colors are getting over used, plum crazy being one, (and I like plum crazy too.)

I've done the super glue thing many times. It's one of the few things I've found that super glue actually works well for. A drop or two on the ball and let it set up. It won't lock the mirror so tight you won't be able to adjust it either.

I'm always puzzled by the many cars I see at shows where the owner has spent countless dollars and hours restoring a car and then it sits there with a DieHard battery or an Interstate or an Optima or..... Now if the car is just a build and it has headers, different valve covers, chrome air...

Thanks for helping me out with my CRS! I have talked to Jim at DMT and he is unable to find a supplier so he has settled for providing the style used on older Chevy trucks. Unfortunately I don't know of anyone else who could make it. It seems that there should be enough demand that someone...

A long while back there was some discussion regarding reproduction of the glass lockstrip for 64-65 early A Bodies. I searched and do not find the discussion I recall. Someone was going to send a sample to someone else to see if there was a possibility if getting it reproduced. A friend scored...

Did you check your winshield wiper pivot seals? A pretty common area for leaks that end up on the floor.