She's finally purple again! FC7 70 Shaker Cuda340

[anlauto]

That's great news Steve.

Now can anybody confirm what style clamp was used on the breather hose ? The style Steve has in place or this style ?

[VCODE]

That's great news Steve.

Now can anybody confirm what style clamp was used on the breather hose ? The style Steve has in place or this style ?

Like the one you post Alan, but that is a repro made one.
Bob

[VCODE]

The new oil breather arrived, and I painted it, and all is good. I think some of the problem was an optical illusion from the "shorter" breather that actually sat taller on it's mounting tube. So here's the result: one specifically calibrated, index finger width of clearance.

Steve, looks good, but is your finger the same size as mine ?
The breather hose clamp is wrong.
Bob

[njsteve]

This one with the finger slicing, sharp edges, right ?

[VCODE]

This one with the finger slicing, sharp edges, right ?

Wow, that's the correct NOS one.
Good for you
Bob

[anlauto]

This one with the finger slicing, sharp edges, right ?

Wow, that's the correct NOS one.
Good for you
Bob

Yea, they're getting harder to find...I had a bunch but I think I'm all out now...

[njsteve]

Finally got the headliner in. It took a week of work to get it all unwrinklized. The repro sail panels are crap, though. I ended up having to buy material directly from the manufacturer and will have to recover my originals. How do they expect a flat piece of carboard to conform to a three dimensional compound curve? And with a stick-on pocket to hold the metal clip??? Yeah that lasted all of two seconds before it ripped out of the back of the sail panel.

Anyway, here's the progress as of today...

[anlauto]

Steve I never realized this car has white interior...I love it even more now.

Funny you mentioned the rear sail panels...I've heard numerous complaints about these. I don't know if there are different manufactures for these, but I've been using Legendary Interior ones for years now with no issues whatsoever
My interior guy does a bang-up job installing them with no complaints...

Here's a 71 that is in my shop now, I just snapped these pictures...I think it looks good

[njsteve]

It was a black interior car but since everything needed to be replaced, I switched it up since I love the purple and white combination.

Did you dye the various panels, and plastic/metal trim parts to match? I am kind of a fan of the original look with all the different shades of off-white color.

The reproduction plastic interior panels - door, rear, and seat backs I got from Roseville are all the same off-white color which is different than the headliner and trim that I've painted. So it will look like a mix and match white when I'm done.

I used SEM White 15313 but its a little too bright to match. What color white are you using for the interior trim?

From looking here: https://forum.e-bodies.org/reference-material/18/1970-paint-data-interior-and-exterior/179/  , it looks like the correct interior paint color for 70 Mopar is Dove White 8743 or 169Y92. Does anyone offer this in a spray can? SEM equivalent?

Maybe Herbs Parts 1195 white?

[Mopsquad]

Purple/white, one of my favourite combos.

[anlauto]

Did you dye the various panels, and plastic/metal trim parts to match? I am kind of a fan of the original look with all the different shades of off-white color.

With this particular car. The headliner/sail panels/seat covers are Legendary, the plastic interior panels are the New Metro plastic panels.

As for ALL the metal trim....for years I also used SEM Super White 15313, but I switched to Herb's Interior paints a few years back when he first introduced his new paint line. Now I wouldn't used anything but Herb's paints.

That's not exactly true..I still use SEM Landau black 

[anlauto]

It was a black interior car but since everything needed to be replaced, I switched it up since I love the purple and white combination.

I have to admit I'm surprised you would do that to such a rare original shaker car....but I guess if there's only one person you're building it for....then I say go for it....HANDS DOWN...purple and white look much nicer than purple and black any day

...and I've restored my share of purple cars...6 with white and 4 with black it looks like...
http://www.alangallantautomotiverestoration.com/PAST-RESTORATIONS.html

[anlauto]

This is a sample (not the best) of Herb's white interior paint right next to a new Metro door panel.

The door is new right out of the box. The rear is an original brown panel painted with Herb's white.

You can see a slight difference with the rear panel being a little more "grey" while the front panel is a little "warmer" for lack of better terms..

[njsteve]

Yeah, I'm doing this car just for my amusement so that's why I chose to swap the interior color to white - my all-time favorite combination. And I'm doing some Day 2 stuff to it, like vintage mag wheels and a 1972 Mopar steering column-mounted tach that has been in every Mopar I have owned since high school...and it still works!

I bought those same panels from Roseville- front and rear, and the seat backs, so they match. Already ordered a couple cans of Herbs Paint. Well, at least all the trim pieces have nice base coat of white for Herbs Paint to go over. :-)

BTW, I know the four shoulder belt retainers are black on a white interior but the coat hanger should be white, right?

[anlauto]

BTW, I know the four shoulder belt retainers are black on a white interior but the coat hanger should be white, right?

I believe so, yes....love the tach