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« on: September 05, 2015, 06:34:32 PM »
Lloyd
There was a place is Mission that did great work, but they have changed their business and they are now referring work to Instrument Specialties. IS sub-contracts it to a place in Texas, I believe. I had my 67 dash carrier re-chromed and repaired, and they did a good job. I would think they could do a 69 dash restore/repair just as well. I did NOT have a great experience with IS' instrument work, however. It took nearly 10 months to restore my tach and speedo, and I ended sending them back because the speed minder no longer worked and the tach had epilepsy. Ultimately, I ended up throwing the tach away since it never looked or worked right after I got it back. Further, because they had cut the tach hub and glued it to the needle I couldn't even salvage the dial face. Rant.. rant.
I wouldn't bother with the HBC restored 69 carriers - I bought one for my 69 for $1100 and promptly sent it back. Compared to a good repro, it looked pretty crappy, frankly. I'm a purist too, but this is one area I would consider using a repro piece. My repro is almost indistinguishable from either my original or the restored HBC one.
Grant