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Offline richtata4sp

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Re: 72 Trans Am restoration 1/9/08
« Reply #615 on: January 14, 2010, 11:03:36 PM »
The rollers you got from NPD...did you get the other black plastic isolators from there as well. Thanks

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Re: 72 Trans Am restoration 1/9/08
« Reply #616 on: January 15, 2010, 08:05:05 AM »
Just the rollers are new; I reused all the original plastic isolators & hardware. Fortunately all my plastic isolators were in great condition just needed a good cleaning as I haven’t seen them repro yet?? 
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Re: 72 Trans Am restoration 1/9/08
« Reply #617 on: January 15, 2010, 09:48:39 PM »
looking good Pat. has the car been started yet or no?
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Re: 72 Trans Am restoration 1/9/08
« Reply #618 on: January 15, 2010, 09:56:44 PM »
pat, depending on which plant and or month your car was built, you have purchased o.e. door glass. LOF (pilkington) is oe for gm mainly in norwood and ppg now pgw was typically for van nuys. nice tool I have one that looks similar but its all one unit. glad to see you went through the trouble of new hardware as this is an area most people tend to forget about doing. but for me for some odd reason its a main focal point.
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Re: 72 Trans Am restoration 1/9/08
« Reply #619 on: January 15, 2010, 10:37:13 PM »
looking good Pat. has the car been started yet or no?

Not yet, all the fluids toped off just need to prime the oil system and on the next warm weekend I start her up!
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Re: 72 Trans Am restoration 1/9/08
« Reply #620 on: January 15, 2010, 10:48:37 PM »
pat, depending on which plant and or month your car was built, you have purchased o.e. door glass. LOF (pilkington) is oe for gm mainly in norwood and ppg now pgw was typically for van nuys. nice tool I have one that looks similar but its all one unit. glad to see you went through the trouble of new hardware as this is an area most people tend to forget about doing. but for me for some odd reason its a main focal point.

It's a 12B Norwood car, and you are right it's all the little details that most people never see that I enjoy looking for at car shows.
Thanks!
Pat

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Re: 72 Trans Am restoration 1/9/08
« Reply #621 on: January 16, 2010, 09:28:50 AM »
Did the little tool come fron NPD as well or did you have to look elsewhere for that

Charlie,
Yes the window guide roller tool is from NPD  www.nationalpartsdepot.com part # C-T13
Thanks!
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Thanks Pat...I'm just getting cought up ;D

I'm usually quite disapointed at the car shows around here because people take short cuts  and try to hide stuff and i'm the kind of guy to look for those details.

There are very few cars in Sudbury that take my breath away with craftsmanship
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Re: 72 Trans Am restoration 1/9/08
« Reply #622 on: January 18, 2010, 01:45:09 PM »
I finished the door latch rods but I’m unable to find the fabric tube for the door latch rod, any suggestions? 





This is the fabric tube I’m looking for.
Thanks!
Pat

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Re: 72 Trans Am restoration 1/9/08
« Reply #623 on: January 18, 2010, 02:01:20 PM »
did you check out the aircraft industry for something

It may not be the same but I remember my dad having some of this stuff  at his Hanger or at least something that looked like it
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Re: 72 Trans Am restoration 1/9/08
« Reply #625 on: January 18, 2010, 03:24:31 PM »
dfred,
Awesome find! The ebay mopor link looks like it's close to the right stuff.
Thank You!
Pat

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Re: 72 Trans Am restoration 1/9/08
« Reply #626 on: January 18, 2010, 04:56:50 PM »
Looks good! Indeed, the mopar stuff on ebay looks like it's the right one.

Did you get your doors re-painted yet?

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Re: 72 Trans Am restoration 1/9/08
« Reply #627 on: January 18, 2010, 05:02:37 PM »
Looks good! Indeed, the mopar stuff on ebay looks like it's the right one.

Did you get your doors re-painted yet?

Yes! I pick them up tomorrow!
Thank!
Pat

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Re: 72 Trans Am restoration 1/9/08
« Reply #628 on: January 18, 2010, 06:39:27 PM »
well you could always go to the junkyard, most new cars have the same stuff on them ?
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Re: 72 Trans Am restoration 1/9/08
« Reply #629 on: January 21, 2010, 11:45:07 PM »
I received the mopar door rod sleeve and it’s similar to the original sleeve, and after I painted it with the red oxide it look very similar. Thanks again dfred for the ebay link!
Pat