Last weekend we installed the smoked rear glass and trim. We had a friend polish our original stainless and it came out great. We discovered that the greenish tinted winshield trim clips (AMK) are MUCH better than the black clips from the parts store.
One thing that we decided on when we started building this car was that we wanted every element as "functional" as could be. Often times on cars we would see, the side scoops would be non-functional, side exhaust was non-existent and most of all, the side fuel filler would be simply a cap mounted on the side of the car with no filler tube in place. There are a few places selling the side fill kits, but they are either for the LeMans type mount (much lower to the trunk lid) or in the wrong spot completely. I had an exhaust shop bend a few pieces, which I ultimately destroyed through trial and error.
Finally, we found the tightest radius mandrel-bent pipe at Summit Racing. After fishing it though the hole and with some trimming, we marked where it needed to be cut, then we cut the flange off the original filler tube and silver soldered it to the new pipe. Inside the car, we will be able to connect the next pipe to the fuel tank.
Before we installed the windshield, we had to rivet the VIN plate back in place. This VIN plate was not used in 67, but came about for the 68 cars. After looking through the boxes and having that, "I know it's here somewhere!" thought go through my head 100 times, I finally found it. I thought it needed some refurbishing, but this was more than I expected!
Before
After
After the dash was installed, we wanted to put the lower dash knee pad and padded upper A pillars on the car. We quickly discovered that we had holes for neither! We came to find that late 68 cars did not have these parts installed after the Ford strike. "Christopher" was kind enough to take measurements to help us with the lower dash pad. We looked at our other 68 to see if it had the mounting holes for the A pillars. Next we will have to transfer these holes over to Eleanor unless anyone else has a better idea to mount these pads?
We also restored and repainted the wiper assembly and bracket before installing it. Yes that is the original motor and it works like a charm!