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Points: 3059 		Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Fluffy73 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: Nov/02/2017 at 5:43pm
Originally posted by amcenthusiast amcenthusiast wrote:

Better than ever and it looks so right! Thanks for making me smile and congrats on the neat job so far. That's super cool IMO... I even like the patina of the original paint...

Do you have a problem with water leaking through the fresh air vents onto the front foor boards in a hard rain? I'm thinking some of us could pass around a template to make body color painted magnetic material to cover the cowl vent area when the car is seeing less than everyday use? -just a simple magnetic rectangle like the same material they use for signs on work trucks etc -this would help to keep the cowl area clean also for people who's car suffer being parked near shedding trees...


In the next two years, I hope for that patina to disappear. I've got some minor rust issues to deal with and am probably going to repaint soon.  I'm setting the not-so-unobtainable goal of having the car restored by her 50th birthday.  So, that gives me a little over 2 years.

Yes, I do have the issue you describe that has plagued me for years.  I'm not 100% sure it's my fresh air vents as there's no evidence of water seepage, but I have the rust and soggy carpets that say otherwise.
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Nice work. Just never know what all it involves until you get going. I have a "few" projects myseof. Some are closer than others but all of them are a "well, of I'm doing that I'd might as well do this, and this too, oh, and that too".

Gremlins are one of those cars that I've always wanted, seen a few for sale, but always bought other cars instead. A friend had a few for sale this summer, so I finally Just went ahead and bought one.

Thanks for sharing with us. Helps keep us others going and your stated timeline helps us "not sure if we can do-ers" see that it doesn't just happen in a few weekends.

Paul Novak
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1964 Classic 660 4door
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