Re: Watch those guidelines in '65
Read my post again, Pat -- I said I PITCHED the originals because NCRS judges who I then considered to be infallible told me the parts were WRONG. That's one of the reasons I hammer on the theme of us all being MEMBERS of the same club instead of owner or judge -- brings out the aspect of human frailty that's always with us (errors of omission and errors of commission).
No, I was less experienced then and was simply trying to take a very 'rough' old driver and restore it as a living memorial to my uncle. I got told lot's of things that were incorrect and believed 'em. No different today. We're still learning about these cars and believe me every judge makes a wrong call here/there....
What I did learn was not to believe everything you hear and NEVER to throw away what you believe to be an original part. Who knows when there will be a breakthrough in knowledge/technology allowing you to re-use it.
Well, enough said, the original splash shields with their melted rubber goo are HISTORY. So is the factory original air in the tires with its 16 PPM of DDT that would categorically PROVE factory authenticity with a gas chromatigraph. So what? Car is a Flight/MOE restoration piece and NOT a Bowtie vehicle.
But, I'm sprucing 'er up for a Duntov display at Sun Valley and I decided to do 'something' here. Last week I pulled the virgin splash shields and blasted 'em. Visited several Rocky Mtn friends with MY cars in frame off and studied their shields. I 'duplicated' a set of 'original' staple holes and re-painted my virgin shields being sure to mimic runs in the paint.
Yeah, I was a 'coward' and stopped short of re-installing fresh weatherstip that would only re-melt/re-stink again. Who knows, maybe I'll drive this sucka.... So, com'on out to Sun Valley and let's party!
Read my post again, Pat -- I said I PITCHED the originals because NCRS judges who I then considered to be infallible told me the parts were WRONG. That's one of the reasons I hammer on the theme of us all being MEMBERS of the same club instead of owner or judge -- brings out the aspect of human frailty that's always with us (errors of omission and errors of commission).
No, I was less experienced then and was simply trying to take a very 'rough' old driver and restore it as a living memorial to my uncle. I got told lot's of things that were incorrect and believed 'em. No different today. We're still learning about these cars and believe me every judge makes a wrong call here/there....
What I did learn was not to believe everything you hear and NEVER to throw away what you believe to be an original part. Who knows when there will be a breakthrough in knowledge/technology allowing you to re-use it.
Well, enough said, the original splash shields with their melted rubber goo are HISTORY. So is the factory original air in the tires with its 16 PPM of DDT that would categorically PROVE factory authenticity with a gas chromatigraph. So what? Car is a Flight/MOE restoration piece and NOT a Bowtie vehicle.
But, I'm sprucing 'er up for a Duntov display at Sun Valley and I decided to do 'something' here. Last week I pulled the virgin splash shields and blasted 'em. Visited several Rocky Mtn friends with MY cars in frame off and studied their shields. I 'duplicated' a set of 'original' staple holes and re-painted my virgin shields being sure to mimic runs in the paint.
Yeah, I was a 'coward' and stopped short of re-installing fresh weatherstip that would only re-melt/re-stink again. Who knows, maybe I'll drive this sucka.... So, com'on out to Sun Valley and let's party!
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