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Yup. Should have known to check the Coralsnake for the interior paint colors! Duh!

I'm glad to say that I spent about an hour each on my original vents with fine steel wool and they cleaned up very well. Will paint and detail today. I think I will change the sliders in the vents, as I've heard they are actually very nice with the exception the Ford engineering number is not on the back.

Thanks for the info everyone and any idea what the 1/4 F designation means on my inner wheelhouse?

Don
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They did use one with a BBF 427 for all the sounds. The car was run for a couple of days at Nelson Ledges in Ohio so the movie company could get all the sounds.

Don
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Update on the glass spacers is that both of my L.H. side spacers were installed so I only need two. The bottom spacer was located correctly per the assembly manual but the side block spacer on the L.H. side was installed about 12" up from the bottom. I guess the R.H. glass installer was on break!

Don
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Well, mine did not want to cooperate, so I ended up having to cut the lower windshield gasket to access the clips and sealant. I cut the gasket about 1" up both sides and along the bottom edge with a Linoleum knife. I pulled the exterior portion of the lower windshield gasket out from under the trim and know the clips were easily seen and accessible with the trim tool. Even with the access, the clips were holding tight, but was finally able to get a couple to release and the trim was able to be slid out. Probably because the windshield was original and the gasket and sealant was hardened, the removal was more difficult. I have all new NOS moldings and clips that I had bought 40+ years ago and will have them polished to match the rear moldings that are being straightened and polished. Once the windshield and rear glass is removed, will clean up the hidden areas and shoot the hidden areas and touchup the chips.

ECS current lead time is running 4-8 weeks for the windshield and the Carlite script and date coding. Price for the tinted banded windshield and correct script and date code was $400. The freight and crate is the killer at $180.

Don
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I used a vent from the 9" rear end axle housing and drilled it out as large as possible. I suggest splitting your vent hose and using an inline rollover valve spliced into the vent hose. This setup has worked for me.

Don
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Charles,

Yes, that is a pretty good description of the color on the original shade band. Is the blue tint shade band the best / only option for a new tinted windshield?

The windshield is too bad to polish as many of the scratches and small chips can be felt with your thumbnail. I'm going to polish my rear glass when I remove it to replace the rear gasket and fix / polish the rear window trim. It should polish up nice as there are only a few scratches that can barely be felt with a thumbnail.

Don
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