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Old 12-31-2010, 07:53 PM
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Default Re: 1973 SD Trans Am with 1774 miles

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Brewster</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Steve, notice the staples for the welting?
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Yeah, another wonderful factory design meant to pre-fracture the plastic flares, just in time for the assembly line guy to finish them off by hammering in the mounting screws. Oh, boy!
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Old 12-31-2010, 08:02 PM
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: SS427</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Charley, would you look at the trunk harness clips as shown in photo 062? They have body colored paint on the tops of the clips but not underneath where they are still black. However, all around the area of the clip even underneath the lip there is body colored paint which leads me to believe these clips were hand brushed to blend in with the trunk lip and not sprayed while installed and when the rest of the trunk area was sprayed. Could it be I am confusing body colored paint with red oxide primer and it just looks the same?

Also, when looking at photos 047 and 048, they appear to be identical clips on the same size lines yet one is blue while the other is cadmium plated. Interesting.

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My car had the same body color on the upper portion of the black clips (the trunk weatherstip flange area still had it's original paint). It was overspray, not hand painted. My original owner '75 has similar overspray on its clips as well. Looks like the trunk edge clips were installed prior to paint and then the harness hung onto them afterwards? That looks to be the red oxide inside the trunk rear bulkhead.

As for the fuel/brake line clips. I think there are like 15 different ones used under the car. My 72 had a dozen different colored clips, yellow, blue, black, green, bare metal, cad plated, etc., depending upon the line diameter and single or dual line capacity of the clip. Interesting to see the different color for the same application, though.
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Default Re: Outrageous find Charlie...

Strange.....the shocks are a gray color.
Is this correct?
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Default Re: Outrageous find Charlie...

Yes the shocks are the same gray color like on early Camaro's
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Default Re: Outrageous find Charlie...

Rick..It is red oxide primer under the clip.

those screws are everywhere
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Default Re: Outrageous find Charlie...

73 was the first year they started using those crazy hex head screws to retain the cowl tag. Same screws should be holding the rear window/trunk filler panel, too.
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Default Re: Outrageous find Charlie...

Hmmm.........
The shocks I pulled from my car are light blue spirals.

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Default Re: Outrageous find Charlie...

Larry, Gray is correct for 73. Did you check your date codes on those Spirals you removed?
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