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  Sub-issue:  The comment about no paint is correct.  However, in this era of mirrors and flashlights some judge is going to look way up there and take points off.  Not because you are trying to preserve the car for longevity (now 51 years old) but because no car can be perfect.

Speaking as an entrant no comment was made reguarding my treatment of the area last year at Indianapolis. As a judge if I were to see paint under the dash I would probably not deduct points. If the paint was shiny and noticeable the most I might do is mention it to the owner/restorer. Others may have a different opinion.

IMHO Concours is about helping owners make choice about the accuracy of their cars.

Chris

Here is how I finished mine. Figured it was better than the rusty bare metal.





Back side of the dash is covered with wash primer. The copper is weld through primer




Chris (what happen to the beer mug??)

You can assume every plant and year will be different. They may be different in the same model year and plant. Typically, the areas you described have no paint, they are bare steel

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Here is a picture of the interior side of the firewall after I cut the dash out. There was little to no paint on either the inner firewall or the back side of the dash.

For those interested I had no issue uploading this image.

yes

Really? Why?

Because it was there from the Ford assembly line and was not removed at AO Smith even though it serves no purpose with a fibreglass hood.

Chris

Does anyone have a copy of the antenna mounting template the dealers used to drill the hole in the rear quarter for the 68's?

Chris

According to a close friend....the awards were at a Good Guys show. No SAAC or MCA.

Caveat Emptor.....

A little misleading, but thats not unexpected.

Good Guy's, SAAC, MCA, Miami Car and Airplane Show... its all the same. 

60 plus catagories and you cant find a place to post?

Funny those florida guys never seem to have any trouble posting every damn car show ....

 Have either of you tried contacting the administrator yet?

http://www.pythonrestoration.com/#2904

Computer records back in the day?  That's funny. Not sure they used computers at DMV in the 60's and they sure didn't waste any effort putting 60's paper files on computer.

I agree...

We should randomly post local events, pictures found on the internet, answer our own posts and other nonsensical items to get our post totals up.

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+1 with sarcasm   

You can say it as many times as you want it doesn't sink in...

Try saying it in Spanish...

Maybe in the interim you can post banners in both languages... 

I am always fascinated by the opinions of those who never plan to enter concours.

...just me or is the Youtube insert button missing???

Chris

I will offer this picture of an NOS pan plug  Assembly line may be different