M1842 Posted April 2 Share Posted April 2 Did you do anything special on the shift quadrant other than cleaning it? I am always leary of messing too much with clear plastic pieces. Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FireballV8 Posted April 2 Share Posted April 2 1 hour ago, Kosage Chavis said: Looks like I am the butt-end of this April fools joke... Hi Kosage what are the paint codes on your 55? I think it looks good in that color scheme. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmTee Posted April 2 Share Posted April 2 4 hours ago, Kosage Chavis said: Looks like I am the butt-end of this April fools joke.. That's not the same yellow shown in the 'circus car' is it? Yours looks more muted and not so 'busy'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kosage Chavis Posted April 2 Share Posted April 2 5 minutes ago, EmTee said: That's not the same yellow shown in the 'circus car' is it? Yours looks more muted and not so 'busy'. I could be mistaken, but Condor Yellow was the only yellow color offered in 1955. The paint on my car has lost all its luster and very faded compared to the other car. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mudbone Posted April 4 Author Share Posted April 4 On 4/2/2024 at 12:52 PM, Kosage Chavis said: Looks like I am the butt-end of this April fools joke... Sorry about that…..Actually my cars original color was the worst I have ever seen. It was Turquoise with a Cherokee red top. I couldn’t do it, so I went with the red with the Dover white. The car I posted I saw in person. It was very poorly done and the bumpers were painted silver. I don’t think they used factory colors. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mudbone Posted April 4 Author Share Posted April 4 (edited) On 4/2/2024 at 1:19 PM, M1842 said: Did you do anything special on the shift quadrant other than cleaning it? I am always leary of messing too much with clear plastic pieces. Mark I took it apart and polished the metal and just carefully cleaned the plastic. It’s not perfect. Edited April 4 by Mudbone (see edit history) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kosage Chavis Posted April 4 Share Posted April 4 21 hours ago, Mudbone said: Sorry about that…..Actually my cars original color was the worst I have ever seen. It was Turquoise with a Cherokee red top. I couldn’t do it, so I went with the red with the Dover white. It's really okay Mr Mudd. It was all done in good humor. I have seen your cars original colors and I totally agree with you. What were these people thinking in 1955 with color combinations? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mudbone Posted April 5 Author Share Posted April 5 2 hours ago, Kosage Chavis said: It's really okay Mr Mudd. It was all done in good humor. I have seen your cars original colors and I totally agree with you. What were these people thinking in 1955 with color combinations? My first choice for my car was to keep the turquoise and paint the top and bottom Dover white. I even bought a pint of each color and painted both doors to see what it looked like. I love the turquoise. But I made the mistake of asking my family what they liked. They all picked the red and white. Sometimes I regret that I didn’t go with my gut…….. 5 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnD1956 Posted April 5 Share Posted April 5 The turquoise is sweet. And the red is hot! Both are beautiful. Do your next one in turquoise. 😄 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mudbone Posted April 6 Author Share Posted April 6 My goal today was to install the steering column. Never happened…. I realized it would be wise to be sure everything is routed properly under the dash. I was trying to install the fuse panel. I took a quick look at One Bid and was trying to get it to fit. (No way) So then I looked at my old photos and found out it was routed differently. Then it fit right in. (Did the two door and four door differ in the under dash routing?) I then realized I had the vacuum wiper cable coming through the dash from the wrong hole. Then I started looking for the hold down tabs for the oil psi and the water temp. I think I looked through every box and couldn’t find them. I started picking up tools and putting stuff away from the workbench and there they were in a zip lock bag with the transmission dip stick tube clamps. All restored and ready to bolt on……. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NailheadBob Posted April 7 Share Posted April 7 Those Dang workbenches 😂😂 Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avgwarhawk Posted April 7 Share Posted April 7 The ability to take pictures to reference later is invaluable. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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