Restoration of E-body AC & heater dash bezels, I can also clone rally bezels

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Offline BADBEE

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I can restore your E body dash
bezels to like new condition.


A/C Control $50

Radio Bezel $30

Heater Bezel $100

A/C Bezel $75

(all prices are plus shipping)

Repairs $10 and up (per item)

Email me at jeffandjewel@hotmail.com





« Last Edit: April 04, 2006 - 12:59:31 PM by BADBEE »




Offline rallyechall

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Re: Restoration of E-body AC and heater dash bezels
« Reply #1 on: April 03, 2006 - 08:41:04 PM »
Those parts look great. How would one know if it matches thier interior shade/finish? Do you use readily available dyes such as SEM so we can match the finished parts to other panels?

Offline BADBEE

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Re: Restoration of E-body AC and heater dash bezels
« Reply #2 on: April 04, 2006 - 07:12:33 AM »
These parts are painted with a textured paint that is very close to the original color. The rest of your dash pieces, fillers, glove box, ash tray door.....ect. are not the same. Fillers are gloss black, glove box is semi flat. There is not really a paint match issue. I would however suggest that you get your radio bezel done at the same time as your heater/ac bezel so that they match in both color and texture. Jeff

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Re: Restoration of E-body AC and heater dash bezels
« Reply #3 on: April 04, 2006 - 07:14:10 AM »
I can also turn a non-rally heater or ac bezel into a rally unit and you cannot tell the difference.

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Like to see some more pictures of your work!!   :thumbsup:

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« Last Edit: April 04, 2006 - 03:22:25 PM by BADBEE »

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That looks pretty dammn good!!   :drool:  Where are you located??   :dunno:

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Do you have a source for fan switches.
Out of four of my e-bodies, I think that I'm down to one good switch.
1971 Cuda, Tor-red, Bench seat
1971 Cuda Drag Car
1973 Cuda Clone, EFI/OD Limelight
1970 Superbird (Yes, it's real) Black Ice
1971 Barracuda Sassy Grass Green (sold)
1970 Challenger RT SE 383 Plum Crazy
1969 Road Runner Hardtop
1968 Road Runner Coupe (sold)

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Keep in mind that all of these bezels pictured were none rally units that have been "cloned" into rally units.
Im located in Ozark Missouri.
On the fan switches, whats wrong with them? There is not really much to them. They are easy to "crack" open and clean the contacts which is what I find to be the most common reason that they dont work. Add a light grease to the inards before re-assembling. Makes them work smooth  :thumbsup:.
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How do you chrome the push buttons??   :clueless:

Offline 1BADFISH™

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So you can make this look like the rallye one above? Thats pretty impressive, can't even tell where it was changed.


Dave
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Offline BADBEE

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I dont chrome the push buttons. I have to find good used ones.

I can modify the bezel, I have not been successful yet with modifing the control from a standard to a rally unit.

Offline hotrod98

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My switches are burnt out completely. The little wafer is burnt and it's coming apart. I've repaired a few of them in the past but these are history. When I restore my cars I always use new harnesses and blower motors, so I'm guessing that the old harnesses or blower motors had a problem.

Oh yeah, I've seen this guy's  parts and they are really nice.
1971 Cuda, Tor-red, Bench seat
1971 Cuda Drag Car
1973 Cuda Clone, EFI/OD Limelight
1970 Superbird (Yes, it's real) Black Ice
1971 Barracuda Sassy Grass Green (sold)
1970 Challenger RT SE 383 Plum Crazy
1969 Road Runner Hardtop
1968 Road Runner Coupe (sold)

www.maniacmusclecars.com


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Thanks hotrod98. I appreciate the compliment. Where in Arkansas are you located?

By the way, for anyone needing one, I can also turn a standard radio bezel into a radio delete plate, $125 plus $8 for shipping. Looks like the real thing.

Offline 66/72RAB

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Hey your work looks great! - any chance you might have a knob for a rear speaker switch?