68 H/O resto I recently finished for a friend

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Old Dec 24, 2014 | 09:21 AM
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68 H/O resto I recently finished for a friend

Car had been painted a few years ago and had not been done very well, decision was made to keep the body on and make it look as good as possible so it could be driven and shown. One of the original ones and has a very healthy street motor. I tried to keep the engine bay looking as stock as I could, even having custom length date coded wires made as the intake being tall would not accomodate the factory length ones. in the end it was about a year of my time and the result turned out very nice from what I started withfinished68ho005.jpgfinished68ho004.jpgfinished68ho003.jpgfinished68ho012.jpg
Old Dec 24, 2014 | 09:24 AM
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Very nice!
Old Dec 24, 2014 | 09:25 AM
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Very nice
Old Dec 24, 2014 | 09:27 AM
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Congrats

Well played. Enjoy the car.
Old Dec 24, 2014 | 12:42 PM
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I think you did a great job, it's beautiful!
Old Dec 24, 2014 | 12:54 PM
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yeah beautiful i love the 68s and their 1 year features....course i might not love those features so much if i owned 1 and was trying to track some 1 year only items
Old Dec 24, 2014 | 12:59 PM
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You sure do beautiful work. I always admire and appreciate the attention to detail you give any restoration that you do. Keep them coming!
Old Dec 24, 2014 | 02:50 PM
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Very impressive
That you did that wiper motor in HALF a day is impressive.
On a '66 I helped on, rather than repair the wire and refurbish the original, they decided to buy another, which differed, used a different pump, etc. Took DAYS to iron out the glitches on that one part. Which ended up not quite right.
Old Dec 24, 2014 | 03:42 PM
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Beautiful work. Hows the rest of the car, underneath and interior?
Old Dec 24, 2014 | 05:48 PM
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That is a very nice W-45. I've debated on mine back and forth whether to repaint the Master Cylinder black as yours is - love the way it looks. What is the name of your shop?

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Old Dec 24, 2014 | 05:55 PM
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Nice job. Really like those '68's.
Old Dec 24, 2014 | 08:08 PM
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Very nice work.
Old Dec 24, 2014 | 08:43 PM
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wow!...congrats on a nice resto.
Old Dec 24, 2014 | 10:15 PM
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You are an arteest my friend. What a gorgeous resto!
Old Dec 25, 2014 | 04:46 AM
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Very nice work !!!!
Old Dec 25, 2014 | 11:11 AM
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Well done! I wish you lived closer to me.
Old Dec 26, 2014 | 11:40 AM
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Always loved the 68 hurst beautiful work, did you clear over tge trunk paint looks excellet
Old Dec 26, 2014 | 12:41 PM
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no, its a recipe i have for doing it to match the original pattern.
Old Dec 26, 2014 | 06:20 PM
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Well it looks great
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