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This is the one I drive around, I restored this about 15 years ago
 

I tried to "Like" Ben's post, but that is unfortunately still broken for me. Anyway, I'm happy for the coming changes. With all the bot posts and my anti-virus program telling me the site isn't secure, I was seriously considering not returning to the site.

Trunk is done.  Rear seat panels done.   Windows in.  Top going on.
 

Excellent!  Message sent. The rear curves are what is all jacked up on the ones I got (plus the 1/4" extra width). See pics, bent ends are from NPD and they confirmed all are like that.  I thought they were banged up during shipping.
The one pic of the nice but overly curved one is from CJ Pony. The stamping is less crisp than the NPD one. 
 
 

69 Flip style. Lift the tab to open.  You may have a twist style? In any event a bit of tinkering may be needed. Wise and mature to ask.  FWIW a good time to compare your dash gas gauge reading to the actual amount needed to fill up.  Brian 

I just got the engine back from the engine builder.  #1 cylinder had to be re-sleeved.  The rest of the components were still good.  Luckily the re-sleeving did not affect the other cylinders.  They cleaned up the heads and intake and put it back together.  I even had them break in the engine for me.  So a few thousand dollars later I am ready to put it back into the car and get it running for the very first time.  If I put some effort into it, I could get it on the road by summer.  I need to polish those valve covers, too.

I am about to switch the hosting over to amazon web services in the next few days for some bandwidth breathing room.   Then I'll have to work with the forum software customer service to make the upgrades compatible with a new version of PHP so we can finally secure the website away from the bots that have been eating the bandwidth.  The current hosting company has been less than useful unfortunately.

Can the forums, individually or enmasse, be locked, locking all threads and preventing creation of any new threads. I would be ok having everything locked till the issues can be addressed. It might also stop the russian bots completely. I would think the site wouldn't get shutdown but everything would still be viewable. Would that work?

This is depressing as well as infuriating……

Hopefully it is just something bumped the bulb in the trunk.  First time I ever got pulled over in my car I was 16 and dropping my dad at the airport.  I got pulled over for tail light being out.  I opened the trunk and it was because my dad's suitcase had bumped the bulb in the trunk and I just needed to reseat it.
I am torn about getting an indoor dust only cover for my car.  Maybe I should just get a good cotton sheet.  My car will be in the garage but it gets dusty in there.

Pinned the rollers ,clamped it in a vice ad tried it out . Dented a piece of an old mustang hood and took it to the roller ,there is a trick to keeping it where you want it but it pushed the dent right out. I still have to bolt the roller pins in and i cant wait to try the real thing! I changed the lower roller to a more flat roller 

Seen that movie ,it sucks!
Not set on depth yet but looks to be 24 inches ,the farther i go back with the turn buckle the more it takes to ad pressure to the wheels . 

Nothing wrong with that video Ed. Where did you learn the trick of working from the back side of the polisher motor? That is ingenious. 

Still waiting on my metal ,probably be monday before it gets here. 
I had a couple of 90* bends here ,they come in handy when making cages ,looks like it will be 11 inches to center on both sides ,i was figuring 10 inches so that should work out.  I had some tubing that is a snug slip inside fit . This will weld to the bottom of the roller mount and i will index them to work forward or side ways and they will pin on .
Just got a call from the metal shop ,my tubing is in so off i go ,may get it made this weekend ! 

See what Vic wrote.  I did not want to get impaled and it actually makes it easier to me to let the wheel pull the piece and me pull back against it instead of a push/push the other way.
I thought the quarter window trim was chrome.  I'll have to pull it out and do it too.  I know the boomerang is chrome and won't be polishing that on the buffer.  I may use a little compound on a rag and polish by hand.
Thanks.  I knocked out the rest of the trim yesterday.  I went back over it several times and got most of the fine swirls out where a DA buffer overlapped the trim in the past.  I'm really impressed with how shiny it is now.

That should do it for this!!! Thanks fellas, appreciate ya. 
You know, I have the 1969 Car Shop manuals and also have the Osborn Assembly Manuals. Even with these, I find stuff challenging. The front valance panel illustrations are few and limiting. Is there anything better?  
Can anyone comment on the attached? Is it merely just more of what I already have?
Thanks!
 

I've not seen a book with a red cover. I have the blue Forel Part and Body Illustrations information, and it is about as good as it gets. If you have Osborn, it may be more of the same. The Helm manual may have a few more illustrations and a very brief description of what to do, but not much, and not very helpful.

Machspeed,
I did this a couple of weeks ago. In order, the two bolts with J-nuts at the wheel opening.

 
The captured nut that goes in the valance from the inside,
 
then from the outside through the bracket that attaches to the bumper.
 
Top center of the valance, attaches to the center support with a J-nut on the support. (a couple of these I couldn't get to focus)

 
The bolt that goes through the valance in the front and attaches to the headlight extension with a J-nut on the extension.

 
And from the back

 
Last is the bottom of the main support that attaches to the core support. Usually there's a J-nut on this, but the new spoiler came with a nut and bolt I used instead. No spoiler then it's definitely a J-nut.

Reverse for the other side.

Not a very good video but my first one.  I'll do more with installation of the interior, building the engine, installing glass, etc.
youtube.com/watch?v=zSJ8tJXaCAE&t
 

I just painted the 69 Dash satin black, and once thoroughly dry will put all the switches, and AC vents back in and finally install it in the car.  Then I can mount the steering column.

Not sure if i like this or not but it should work . I had an old turn buckle for the adjuster ,it will double as a handle ,one side is reverse thread and the other is 1/2 inch threaded so i can use a lock nut to keep it tight . I drilled the eyelets at 3/4 so i can use a 3/4 pin so it can open up to go over things and then pin it back and adjust tight .just have to see if it works ,if not ,i have a nice big scrap metal pile it can go in .

I have the other wheel mount made ,i may just break out the tig welder to weld this up ,i havent used it in a couple of years .

I have one sort of drawn out ,probably change as i go . I made one wheel mount ,just needs to be welded together. I tried to get some 1 3/4 mild steel round tubing but looks like they had to order it ,should be here tomorrow sometime . I dont think it will take long to make ,but may be a bit to make both sides the same in the bender .

Big ass hammer always does the job !
I kind of drew up a pattern using harbor freight rollers ,if i can get some 1 3/4 tubing today i may play around with the bender and see what i can come up with .

I heated up a rod for the different sized holes. Worked pretty well.