How Does She Look?

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63flip
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Re: How Does She Look?

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Looking good. Lucky you winter is mild down in Tennessee. Should have some nice days for a little cruising!
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Re: How Does She Look?

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Paint job looks great!

One thing my detail-oriented brain couldn't help noticing though - the rear quarter panel emblems are installed back-to-front. Should be a simple matter to remove the retaining nuts and flip them around, if you're so inclined.
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Re: How Does She Look?

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WOW, the new pics look GREAT! I wonder now if I did the right thing with mine, a P.O. had given mine a BAD red paint job and I stripped it to go back original patrician green. Looking at yours though, I LOVE IT!
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Re: How Does She Look?

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63flip wrote: Sun Dec 30, 2018 9:10 pm Looking good. Lucky you winter is mild down in Tennessee. Should have some nice days for a little cruising!
Yea, but not that mild? (I have no heater Lol!)

Hunting season just ended yesterday, so I will have plenty of time now, to get ready for Spring :mrgreen:
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Re: How Does She Look?

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60fore wrote: Wed Jan 02, 2019 1:19 am Paint job looks great!

One thing my detail-oriented brain couldn't help noticing though - the rear quarter panel emblems are installed back-to-front. Should be a simple matter to remove the retaining nuts and flip them around, if you're so inclined.
Thanks for the heads up, 60fore - I will put that on my list! Honestly, I have not had the chance since I brought her home, just to take a good look at everything?
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Re: How Does She Look?

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caseyc wrote: Mon Jan 07, 2019 12:21 am WOW, the new pics look GREAT! I wonder now if I did the right thing with mine, a P.O. had given mine a BAD red paint job and I stripped it to go back original patrician green. Looking at yours though, I LOVE IT!
Thanks, Casey - it's not really a 'Ford Red' (I just looked through a color chart book the shop had, and picked one I liked)
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Re: How Does She Look?

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What kind of re-spray was it? a 6" job, a 3' job, 10' job?

There's a lot of frustrating hardware to deal with when trying to strip the body clean for a full on re-spray.
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Re: How Does She Look?

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El Leon wrote: Thu Jan 17, 2019 8:05 pm What kind of re-spray was it? a 6" job, a 3' job, 10' job?

There's a lot of frustrating hardware to deal with when trying to strip the body clean for a full on re-spray.
El Leon, don't get me to lying? (my guess is 6"?)
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