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« Reply #75 on: January 19, 2010, 12:07:30 PM »

Love the leaf springs, so many people just paint them black.

I like them too. I coated them in rust bullet. That stuff is super tough.

What colour were they from Hamtramck?

The car is going in for the trunk floor to be spot welded in today, will get the factory look.
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« Reply #76 on: January 19, 2010, 12:09:49 PM »

Love the leaf springs, so many people just paint them black.

I like them too. I coated them in rust bullet. That stuff is super tough.

What colour were they from Hamtramck?

The car is going in for the trunk floor to be spot welded in today, will get the factory look.

I do believe starting in '69, the norm on leaf springs was they were painted black. Before that, they were left natural.

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« Reply #77 on: January 19, 2010, 12:14:10 PM »

Love the leaf springs, so many people just paint them black.

I like them too. I coated them in rust bullet. That stuff is super tough.

What colour were they from Hamtramck?

The car is going in for the trunk floor to be spot welded in today, will get the factory look.
I do believe starting in '69, the norm on leaf springs was they were painted black. Before that, they were left natural.

Troy

Thanks Troy. I couldn't see any evidence of paint before they were blasted, just lots of surface rust. From that and what you say, I figure mine were natural as the car is a November 68 production.

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« Reply #78 on: January 19, 2010, 05:22:10 PM »

SPD of november the 22nd 68   on my charger , were no signs off any black paint either ! on the leafs
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« Reply #79 on: January 20, 2010, 02:45:10 AM »

here's a few pictures of the new AMD one piece floor in - before and after.


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« Reply #80 on: January 20, 2010, 04:15:11 AM »

here's a few pictures of the new AMD one piece floor in - before and after.

done some real nice work  yesnod  awesome stuff  2thumbs
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« Reply #81 on: January 20, 2010, 09:39:05 PM »


Keep up the good work Kiwi, can't wait to see her when she's done.  2thumbs

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« Reply #82 on: January 21, 2010, 01:25:16 AM »

Wow, this thread made me cry just a little. Very nice work!
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« Reply #83 on: July 19, 2010, 07:21:23 PM »

The full quarters finally arrived after 3 months on a boat. I couldn't bring myself to put the Goodmark ones on this car and was worth the wait, the AMD products are awesome. Great for the hobby.

We cleaned up under the old quarters and sat the new ones in place. Still have a bit more clean up to do, and quarters will then get fitted properly and spot welded. The tail panel is just clamped for photos...

Cleaned up, before Brunox epoxy goes on:


After 3 coats of epoxy, ready for top coat (passengers)


Drivers:


Full quarters waiting:


Passengers sitting in place:


Drivers


Tail panel sitting in


Inside view:


Plug sitting on top, still a bit of trimming for better fit:
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« Reply #84 on: July 19, 2010, 08:03:23 PM »

man! that's looking good. it's come a long way . cheers
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« Reply #85 on: July 20, 2010, 01:26:35 AM »

 coolgleamA nice work going on there ! , keep the pictures coming popcrn 2thumbs
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« Reply #86 on: July 20, 2010, 02:39:39 AM »

Great thread kiwi68, well done on the progress so far  2thumbs
Come a fair way from ankle deep in garnet at Richards workshop

Looking forward to seeing this one on the blacktop mate   cheers
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« Reply #87 on: July 20, 2010, 03:19:32 AM »

Great thread kiwi68, well done on the progress so far  2thumbs
Come a fair way from ankle deep in garnet at Richards workshop

Looking forward to seeing this one on the blacktop mate   cheers

Ankle deep in garnet and brown dust  pity

Thanks for the kind words you guys  cheers
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« Reply #88 on: July 20, 2010, 06:29:22 AM »

Dunk..
Man, the car's coming along great !!!!!  How did those 1/4's fit? I'm going to eventually have to do what you did on my C500........ I've heard nothing but good things about the AMD products.....

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« Reply #89 on: July 20, 2010, 01:10:46 PM »

Dunk..
Man, the car's coming along great !!!!!  How did those 1/4's fit? I'm going to eventually have to do what you did on my C500........ I've heard nothing but good things about the AMD products.....



Hey Troy,
The passengers side fitted real well, the drivers was a bit tighter and needed a bit more massaging but nothing too drastic. I had a set of Goodmark ones I was going to put on the car. Sitting them side by side, there's just no comparison.
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« Reply #90 on: July 20, 2010, 01:13:00 PM »

Shes coming right along!!  2thumbs
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« Reply #91 on: July 20, 2010, 05:28:51 PM »

The full quarters finally arrived after 3 months on a boat. I couldn't bring myself to put the Goodmark ones on this car and was worth the wait, the AMD products are awesome. Great for the hobby.

We cleaned up under the old quarters and sat the new ones in place. Still have a bit more clean up to do, and quarters will then get fitted properly and spot welded. The tail panel is just clamped for photos...

Looking good... great progress, and more on the way soon now that the AMD quarters have arrived.  Wise decision not to use the Goodmuck  Cheesy  stuff after the lesson that I and others learned using their "official restoration" parts... not that I would ever hold a grudge.

Great work... keep it up!

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