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With the car back on all 4 wheels I decided to push it outside and take some pictures. Here it is with almost all of
the exterior components installed. The only items missing are the parking lights, backup lights, hood molding, front
license plate bracket and antenna. The wiper arms are not installed at this time, since I need to run the motor to
determine how they align. It seems that the Dark Jade paint is very hard to capture on film.
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Here is the nose missing the parking lights, hood molding and front license plate bracket.
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Here is a rear shot. It was taken on my sloped driveway so it appears to be tilted. You can see that the Backup lights
are missing. The new tail light lenses, gas cap and bumper make the rear of the car look like new. All it needs is a
cool vanity license plate.
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Here's a close-up of the LH front. Though you can't see it from this picture, I installed reproduction Ford script headlights.
The reproduction headlight bulbs are Wagners. The original ones were most likely Tungston-Sol. The grill and headlight rings are
original parts that I cleaned and painted with Krylon semi-flat black. The grill moldings on the headlight extensions are
reproduction parts made in the original Ford tooling. They are identical to the original ones. The grill emblem is a high
quality reproduction as well.
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Here's a top view of the engine compartment. See anything missing ?
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Here's the driver's side firewall area minus the master cylinder. Notice the correct paint daubs on the steering box (yellow),
clutch pedal rod (orange) and anti-sway bar (gold/purple).
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Here's a shot of the RH rear quarter. You can't tell that the quarter panel was replaced. Even the shadow line below the scoop looks
correct. The running horse emblem is a high quality reproduction made in the original Ford tooling. The emblems are correctly installed with the horse
running towards the front of the car. I always find it funny to see cars at shows with the horse running the wrong way. The side marker is a reproduction
part. Unfortunately it can be easily identified as a reproduction by the fact that it lacks the 'SAE69' writing on the lense. The front side markers don't
have this problem because original Ford markers are still available through the repo parts places.
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That's it for the pictures taken outside (actually there are lots more, but I don't have the psace to post them). The next time the car comes outside it will
be under its own power. It's looking like February 2003 for that to happen.
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