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My "new" 72 Javelin SST |
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pacerman
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Looks good. I used the camel color on Gizmo my 76 Gremlin too. Joe
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Happiness is making something out of nothing.
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304-dude
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Looks great! Things are going very well on the interior considering off the shelf color.
Yep, I agree lighting is one of them things that really can't be helped. When I custom mixed color I had to do a spread of various shades and grey scaling. 3 pictures done with the same light source and at different angles, all did not match between them. Though even with a well kept interior my 73 had slight color differences by plastic vs vinyl on the interior. My door panels and kick panels were lighter than than the crash pad and upper door pad on the door panel. Though the console was the only factory painted part had matched well with the plastics. Steering wheel and arm rests were oddly darker, as oils or what not from being handled darkened up the color. Never bothered with the steering wheel clean up, as a cover was installed right away. I told you your steering wheel looks great... looks just like mine but missing stitchery and not black. It took a bit of getting use to the thickness feel. As my first attempt was more to my tastes, but had bad leather, so after the replacement was found to be out of whack with its stitch holes, I compensated by adding more padded wrap. Thus the thickness matching what you have done on yours. Maybe you should get into the sports wheel custom grip service in the side. Edited by 304-dude - Aug/08/2017 at 2:43pm |
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71 Javelin SST body
390 69 crank, 70 block & heads NASCAR SB2 rods & pistons 78 Jeep TH400 w/ 2.76 Low 50/50 Ford-AMC Suspension 79 F150 rear & 8.8 axles Ford Racing 3.25 gears & 9" /w Detroit locker |
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CamJam
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Dash is out. Looking at the condition of the plastic crash pad structure makes me wish I had bought one at the Kenosha swap meet. Looks like it's time to pull out the PC-7! Fixing cracks in the plastic is easy... restretching the soft plastic and getting it to stay where it has pulled away from the hard plastic, not so easy.
Edited by CamJam - Aug/10/2017 at 6:14pm |
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'73 Javelin 360 (current project)
'72 Baja Bronze Javelin SST '69 Big Bad Orange AMX (2018 Teague Heritage Award) SOLD |
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304-dude
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CamJam, you may find my crash pad fix thread helpful. Though now that I have a better glue for vinyl adhesion for pulled away and bubbled areas I will get back to correcting once more. 3M gasket and rubber adhesive does wonders for tough things like keeping vinyl in place for the eye brow overlay area.
Plus if you pickup a shifter handle kit from Amark you may want to use my shifter handle mod for long term reliability, since yours popped put it's top. Will look for my threads. http://theamcforum.com/forum/strenthening-7174-javelin-console-shifter-handle_topic49961.html Edited by 304-dude - Aug/10/2017 at 6:31pm |
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71 Javelin SST body
390 69 crank, 70 block & heads NASCAR SB2 rods & pistons 78 Jeep TH400 w/ 2.76 Low 50/50 Ford-AMC Suspension 79 F150 rear & 8.8 axles Ford Racing 3.25 gears & 9" /w Detroit locker |
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304-dude
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I donno where my fixit dash repair thread went... may have been lost to the way side of what I did to my AMC thread.
Basically I uses flashing material and bent it to patch missing broken out sections using liquid nails all purpose adhesive gun tube. The stuff is pretty durable and sticks well. Here are my links to images. http://theamcforum.com/forum/uploads/1422/1441369432228-1591960403.jpg http://theamcforum.com/forum/uploads/1422/1441369559433-1312109964.jpg http://theamcforum.com/forum/uploads/1422/1441369963873897285876.jpg I even sealed up the speaker hole to conform to the shape of the dash pad. http://theamcforum.com/forum/uploads/1422/1450311239524-1153411773.jpg http://theamcforum.com/forum/uploads/1422/1450311149773537174411.jpg Even folded metal flashing over to create new fastener locations along the metal trim and grab handle area. http://theamcforum.com/forum/uploads/1422/1441369633716-603337643.jpg |
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71 Javelin SST body
390 69 crank, 70 block & heads NASCAR SB2 rods & pistons 78 Jeep TH400 w/ 2.76 Low 50/50 Ford-AMC Suspension 79 F150 rear & 8.8 axles Ford Racing 3.25 gears & 9" /w Detroit locker |
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CamJam
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Good idea on beefing up the shifter handle, James. As you can see, the hole in mine is right where the spring sits. I did plan to order one from Amark.
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'73 Javelin 360 (current project)
'72 Baja Bronze Javelin SST '69 Big Bad Orange AMX (2018 Teague Heritage Award) SOLD |
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CamJam
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All clamps on deck! |
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'73 Javelin 360 (current project)
'72 Baja Bronze Javelin SST '69 Big Bad Orange AMX (2018 Teague Heritage Award) SOLD |
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304-dude
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Ha! Yep, I see you had a bit of lifting in the vent area. I too, and very crispy I may add. I was able to warp back most of my ABS plastic under the vinyl with map gas. I tell you the dash pad was a t**ser. But it is good enough for my use, once tamed down with a bit of man handling. Ha! Well I think there is no hold down not redone with metal flashing and a good bit of liquid nails. That stuff is great filler and for reinforcing. Just have to be patient and a bit creative. Though I see you have plenty of other glues and what available that will do as well. As for the handle, that was used long ago when in college. I had a 10 year old factory handle split in two. Used some adhesive to glue in the copper pipe segment to hold the two together. Figured after getting back to owning and some repair work on my AMC, to add that wee trick here, as a good piece of preventive maintenance. |
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71 Javelin SST body
390 69 crank, 70 block & heads NASCAR SB2 rods & pistons 78 Jeep TH400 w/ 2.76 Low 50/50 Ford-AMC Suspension 79 F150 rear & 8.8 axles Ford Racing 3.25 gears & 9" /w Detroit locker |
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CamJam
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New lens, new sockets, new bulbs and some contact cleaning, and whaddya know? Turns out the car did not leave the factory with the dash light delete option!
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'73 Javelin 360 (current project)
'72 Baja Bronze Javelin SST '69 Big Bad Orange AMX (2018 Teague Heritage Award) SOLD |
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304-dude
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CamJam, if you want a factory look. I suggest searching for a very very light blueish green clear film sheet. I donno if art or photography supplies can help. But a cut thin sheet behind the new clear lens would make it look more OEM.
Maybe the new LEDs are too bright but seem to wash put the tent of the lens. Looks great by the way! |
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71 Javelin SST body
390 69 crank, 70 block & heads NASCAR SB2 rods & pistons 78 Jeep TH400 w/ 2.76 Low 50/50 Ford-AMC Suspension 79 F150 rear & 8.8 axles Ford Racing 3.25 gears & 9" /w Detroit locker |
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