Solar78 wrote
Oh the repos are TOTALLY different.....
Maybe I can land an old set from someone??? And refinish them?
Or is that impossible?
I bought a set of originals on ebay about 6 months ago. The color and clear covering had been totally removed which is what I wanted (paid $12 + $6 shipping). My intent is to refinish them but I haven't devised a way to lay the red color in. The red lays down between some fine ribs in the wings so it might be difficult to get a good clean look where the red is concerned. The black shouldn't be too much of a problem because that area is more open and flat. If I'm successful with the colored portions, I'll overlay it with crystal clear epoxy (the kind you see that has a bug or marble or something embedded in it). That's the plan. If I ever get around to it, I'll post the result.
About three years ago, I bought sail panel birds from NPD (like the second pic posted by Hitman). At the time, I didn't realize that they were different than the originals. My originals were stolen off my car back around 1980 so I hadn't seen sail panel birds up close and in person for 20 years. I thought the NPD offereings were the same as the original. It wasn't until a couple of years after purchasing the NPD version that I learned they were different. They look ok on the car but, as you can see, they are different than the originals. I'd love to find a good set of intact originals but they can be relatively expensive on ebay.
