I picked up the car a couple weeks ago and have been getting it out in the sun as much as possible to help the paint cure - yeah, that's the reason! Really, I've been driving the wheels off of it since the car's been laid up for one and a half years.
I mentioned the challenge getting the color right above, and we failed. The paint has a hint of too much green. Actually, 3 different friends and coworkers all asked me why I changed the color when they first saw it. The body shop insists it's the "correct" Ford color per the numbers, but frankly it's more green than the original yellow. It's nice looking, but just lacks the pop or brightness of my car's original paint yellow. Following are some pics (these are as they came out of the phone/camera with no edits/adjustments)...
A few of the additional improvements...
- Re-chromed the front and rear pre-L bumpers (Meclec - Fresno, CA)
- Re-chromed the headlight bezels (Meclec - Fresno, CA)
- LED headlights (Vintage Car LEDs)
- New side marker bezels (Mike Mayberry)
- New windshield & windshield gasket (PPC Reno)
- New quarter window gaskets (PPC Reno)
- New side view mirrors (CJ Pony Parts)
- Vader window lifts (Vader Racing)
- New cat whiskers and window channel felts (PPC Reno)
- New door handles (IPSCO) - these things are beautiful! Highly recommended!
- New bumper gaskets, door seals, trunk seals, and all misc. body gaskets
- New Fiamm air horns
- New throttle cable (PPC Reno)