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    Offline 750-h2

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    26 written on firewall question?
    « on: April 07, 2014 - 11:10:21 AM »
    After I had my car soda blasted the number 26 is visible on the stripped metal [different shade] located the top left hand portion of the firewall. These numbers are approx. 3 inches high and hand written. I never noticed these numbers prior to having the car blasted mind you the car had been Ziebarted when new and later repainted several times. What I am wondering is was this 26 applied to the bare metal prior to the car being painted or was it written there after the car was painted. I am thinking of putting it back on my firewall but if that is incorrect I would like to know. Looking for restoration guru's opinion on this and by any chance if anyone knows what this 26 stood for. The car is a 70 440 six pack Challenger. Thanks

    « Last Edit: April 08, 2014 - 08:55:02 AM by 750-h2 »
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    Offline RzeroB

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    Re: 26 written on firewall question?
    « Reply #1 on: April 07, 2014 - 11:16:33 AM »
    I would have to assume that the "26" on your firewall probably was meant to refer to a 26" radiator. As to whether it was put there before or after paint I will have to defer that question to one of the more experienced restoration gurus.
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    Offline 750-h2

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    Re: 26 written on firewall question?
    « Reply #2 on: April 08, 2014 - 08:56:35 AM »
    26 inch rad ,yes that makes sense! Thanks
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    Re: 26 written on firewall question?
    « Reply #3 on: April 08, 2014 - 10:06:33 AM »
    Quote from: RzeroB on April 07, 2014 - 11:16:33 AM
    I would have to assume that the "26" on your firewall probably was meant to refer to a 26" radiator. As to whether it was put there before or after paint I will have to defer that question to one of the more experienced restoration gurus.

     :iagree: my first thought too
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    Re: 26 written on firewall question?
    « Reply #4 on: April 08, 2014 - 11:22:09 AM »
    If it was written after the car was painted, there wouldn't be any trace of it once the car was blasted.  It would have been written before paint.  It sounds plausible that it meant 26" radiator but there is no way to know for sure.  My floor pan had a large three digit number written on it from the factory.  There is no way to know for sure what it stood for.  My guess is that it was the top part in a stack of floor pans.  Maybe the last three digits of the part #?
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    Re: 26 written on firewall question?
    « Reply #5 on: April 08, 2014 - 01:50:20 PM »
    Quote from: burdar on April 08, 2014 - 11:22:09 AM
    If it was written after the car was painted, there wouldn't be any trace of it once the car was blasted.  It would have been written before paint.  It sounds plausible that it meant 26" radiator but there is no way to know for sure.  My floor pan had a large three digit number written on it from the factory.  There is no way to know for sure what it stood for.  My guess is that it was the top part in a stack of floor pans.  Maybe the last three digits of the part #?
    maybe there,s 2 different numbers for 4-speed pans and automatic pans? :thinkerg:
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    Re: 26 written on firewall question?
    « Reply #6 on: April 08, 2014 - 02:31:14 PM »
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    maybe there,s 2 different numbers for 4-speed pans and automatic pans?

    ...or a shipping number...a vender number...inspectors number?  Who knows...
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    Re: 26 written on firewall question?
    « Reply #7 on: April 08, 2014 - 04:18:32 PM »
    Quote from: burdar on April 08, 2014 - 02:31:14 PM
    ...or a shipping number...a vender number...inspectors number?  Who knows...

    gotta love the mysteries and factory inconsistencies of mopar.  all part of the personality
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    Offline 750-h2

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    Re: 26 written on firewall question?
    « Reply #8 on: April 08, 2014 - 05:30:34 PM »
    Quote from: burdar on April 08, 2014 - 11:22:09 AM
    If it was written after the car was painted, there wouldn't be any trace of it once the car was blasted.  It would have been written before paint.  It sounds plausible that it meant 26" radiator but there is no way to know for sure.  My floor pan had a large three digit number written on it from the factory.  There is no way to know for sure what it stood for.  My guess is that it was the top part in a stack of floor pans.  Maybe the last three digits of the part #?

    What I was thinking was, if this 26 was written with a wax type crayon on top of the paint that possibly it provided additional rust proofing explaining the different color of the blasted metal. This is a Canadian car and there was quite a bit of light surface rust on the firewall prior to the soda blast.
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    Offline Moparal

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    Re: 26 written on firewall question?
    « Reply #9 on: April 09, 2014 - 10:37:07 PM »
    I think it was HemiKen posted a pic of his car with a 26 on the radiator core support :clueless:
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    Re: 26 written on firewall question?
    « Reply #10 on: April 11, 2014 - 08:54:53 PM »
    Quote from: Moparal on April 09, 2014 - 10:37:07 PM
    I think it was HemiKen posted a pic of his car with a 26 on the radiator core support :clueless:
    Hi Alan,

    The picture i posted was of the same discription, but had T6, as in the colour of my car, and it was on the radiator support, so weird and wonderful things can be found everywhere on these cars........... :wave:
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    Re: 26 written on firewall question?
    « Reply #11 on: April 12, 2014 - 11:41:54 AM »
    My barracuda had a large black dollar sign in black on the interior side of the RH wheel tub. Found it when I removed the interior.


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