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Restoration / Restoring a dried out dash pad

« on: January 02, 2012, 10:35:01 PM »

The dash pad on my car is in excellent shape. It has no cracks, the color is good, and even the screw holes on the edges are perfect. The only problem is, it's very dried out, and will crack eventually. What's the best way to bring back the flexibility? I plan on re dying the entire interior. Will this help? If not, should i treat the pad after dying or before?

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Decoding/Numbers / Rear end decode

« on: November 27, 2011, 04:51:21 PM »

I just got the numbers off the rear in my '68 RS. All I can make out is PW 12270. The PW gears seem to be used only in '67 models, so I assume the rear was assembled in December '66? My car was assembled in November 67, so I'm not sure if the rear is original or not.

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Originality / '68 RS Options

« on: October 10, 2011, 09:45:31 AM »

I just bought a '68 RS Coupe that's on it's way to me now. It has matching numbers, but is missing the front clip and exhaust. Is there any way to tell if it came with stripes on the nose, and whether it had single or dual exhaust, without the build sheet. It has the 327/210 engine, so I'm assuming single. I want to restore this car to 100% factory. Also, it currently has wheels that resemble rally's, but the holes are more of a saw blade shape. I assume these are aftermarket?