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Are murphy & napa synonomus?
Got my tie rod ends & sleeves today, yep 3 right hand, 1 left & two different sleeves, the thin one matches the ones on the 74, the beefier one matches the ones on the 73, same part #'s go figger!
The 3rd right was in a box marked L but the package inside had the R , packer dislexic maybe?

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Got the lower valence (kinda) in, we have eyes now, no brace on the dr side of valence & it's tweeked a bit so the insert keeps pushing back on that side, I think I can make a brace from the rad support to the insert to keep it in place? anyway started another round of sanding on the pass door & quarter, most runs are out now, wanna get em all out before I do any touchups, I may create more to do! Rich.

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Took the 'Cuda for a 40' ride today, put it on the driveway so I could get out of the mud, I also moved some of my phony turf to where she'll be parked till I get the drainage pipe done.
Got almost everyting on the exterior buffed out, pass side from body line down needs the second swirl remover job & wax, still have to deal with all the seams, the door jambs & such ,but it's lookin much better!  Rich.

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Was having a lot of trouble getting the swirl marks out with the buffer, so I got an orbital waxer, best 24 bucks I ever spent on the car, I LOVE this thing used it & maquires swirl remover then yellow wax, mind you I still have scratches & the other defects to touch up, but this got out most of the swirls & some of the lighter scratches!

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This is the area I'm most proud of, only some tiny defects & runs on the edges of which I got most out, but the roof took the least work & came out the best!

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Maybe a little too much sun here but she's back on the turf covered & tarped for the night!  Rich.

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                  HAIR ON YOUR BELLY RICH

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Shot that argent like paint on the grille, even sprinkling salt on was too gritty, but I was loosing the grit on the other spots under the paint anyway, my bad spots still show, but it's all silver now . had to paint the black too, dipchit got white overspray all over it when he whited out the old bay
Someday I'll get the right paint Rich


I guess pics are down I'll update when there workin

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Borrowed C-mans buffer & startede on some of the trim, it's pretty bad, this is gonna take a while!

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Wasted most of the day lookin for stuff & then cleaning it up, really wanted to finish up the front end, but no way, I did manage to get the bumper brackets on & test fit the grille, still a lot of shop time to get the bumper & guards ready , I think I finally located all the hardware needed(I hope)

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Did my best to clean up the old front bumper, not as bad as the rear was but pretty shabby, my ebay guards will out shine em by a ton. Finished sanding the dings out of the rubber & got em clear coated, by far the best chrome on this car!

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Put in my new liscense light socket & soldered up some splices in the trunk , almost done in there, think I might be missing the rear jack bracket all I have is the one on the wheel well & the little spring loop. I need one more 1 3/4" plug for the shock hole & bout 10 hours of cleaning!
Might have to pull out the front & rear glass, the PRO who assured me his way was better than the old way set the glass too hi, barley catching the clips & it's buckling in the corners. Gotta put a call in to him & see if he'll rectify the problem, some how I doubt he'll ever be seen by me again, then the bad press will start, 1 unhappy customer here & I will get the word out!
So as before, a baby step foward & 3 giant steps back Rich.

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looks Great ! 

looks like you will need the thinner of the 2 window ribbon's the fat one is 3/8" i believe, and the other is 5/16"

someone correct me if im wrong. 

If you dont use the window guy, just heat up a putty knife with a torch from inside and keep working aroundthe eindow till you're done, is a cryin' shame that you paid the guy for nothin' 

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K, talked to the glass guy today, says he will correct the problem, but not till spring, hope he's not just putting me off, long wait to find out! Rich.

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So been dicking around in the garage for weeks, not getting much of anything done.
Ordered the grille hardware bout 2 weeks ago & still no response from rt specialtie on shipping so I dug thru 40 more bags of old hardware & went ahead & put the grile in.
managed to crack it way in the back by passenger headlight, forgot to tap out the 2 nuts on the header & could not get the grille back out, well once it cracked I decided not to even try, tapped out the nuts with it on & just scratched the edge of the top piece, maybe too cold for this but I got tired of waiting!