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Re: Your car's not correct!
[Re: That AMC Guy]
#759305
07/27/10 11:05 PM
07/27/10 11:05 PM
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Joined: Mar 2004
Posts: 1,365
So Cal
GoManGo70Bee
super street
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super street
Joined: Mar 2004
Posts: 1,365
So Cal
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Yeah, I had a similar experance when I first took a car to a show. I was new, and I had just bought my Bee. Its a rough car but mostly origonal. A guy from a "expert" car club (the Mopar Knights) comes up to me, looks at my car says only one thing to me, "Your aircleaner is the wrong shade of orange, It should be Hemi Orange". Then walks away. No, hi, neat car anything. Not knowing I almost stripped it and repainted it. Luckly I didnt. Its got the origonal paint and sticker on it. That kinda turned me off to shows for awhile.......
70 Superbee 383 4 speed
70 Hurst 300
67 Dart sedan
74 Ramcharger
03 Hemi Ram 1500 4X4
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Re: Your car's not correct!
[Re: That AMC Guy]
#759306
07/27/10 11:06 PM
07/27/10 11:06 PM
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Joined: Apr 2003
Posts: 1,800
South Lyon MI
sleddinfool
top fuel
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top fuel
Joined: Apr 2003
Posts: 1,800
South Lyon MI
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It is funny how some people "know it all" On my 67gtx I have a very different interior then all the other 67's I have seen. Now mind you, my car is by no means stock, but the interior has been the same since the early 90's.I have been told "is that a satellite interior?" NO I guess its not.. My door panels, seat package tray etc... all match and are dated I believe june 66.But nobody knows what they are from, lol.. Kevin
71 gtx.....
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Re: Your car's not correct!
[Re: That AMC Guy]
#759308
07/27/10 11:33 PM
07/27/10 11:33 PM
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Joined: Jan 2003
Posts: 17,546
Las Vegas, NV
6bblgt
I Live Here
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I Live Here
Joined: Jan 2003
Posts: 17,546
Las Vegas, NV
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I'm curious to see what these non-woodgrain doors look like. I can't recall ever seeing any! Does it have a standard or rallye dash?
early '70 model year non-SE door panels all looked like these (without the speaker  ) .....
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Re: Your car's not correct!
[Re: GoManGo70Bee]
#759311
07/28/10 01:33 AM
07/28/10 01:33 AM
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Joined: Jan 2003
Posts: 104,346
Garden Grove, CA
OzHemi
Penguin-hating Ginger
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Penguin-hating Ginger
Joined: Jan 2003
Posts: 104,346
Garden Grove, CA
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Yeah, I had a similar experance when I first took a car to a show. I was new, and I had just bought my Bee. Its a rough car but mostly origonal. A guy from a "expert" car club (the Mopar Knights) comes up to me, looks at my car says only one thing to me, "Your aircleaner is the wrong shade of orange, It should be Hemi Orange". Then walks away. No, hi, neat car anything. Not knowing I almost stripped it and repainted it. Luckly I didnt. Its got the origonal paint and sticker on it. That kinda turned me off to shows for awhile.......
Don't feel bad..the people in that club I met were idiots to me too..
When I first brought my Aussie Charger to that Main St. car show (a few weeks after first importing it back in '98) a bunch of them grouped around it, and started telling me what was wrong with it 
I just asked them how many of them they had EVER seen a Charger before, and how they knew what a Hemi-6 even looked like..they just grumbled and walked away.
From then on, I only heard bad stuff about them from everyone else I came across...
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Re: Your car's not correct!
[Re: 1969RR]
#759313
07/28/10 02:50 AM
07/28/10 02:50 AM
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Joined: Jan 2003
Posts: 11,022
Farmington, CT
KISSAlien
I Live Here
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I Live Here
Joined: Jan 2003
Posts: 11,022
Farmington, CT
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Hi Brad! The interior was changed before I bought the car, but I thought early build didn't have the inserts. I did buy 2 perfect inserts, but then did some research and didn't think they were to be there anyway! Thanks!! Jeff
As Dan mentioned...
PS> If you're looking to sell the inserts you bought send me an email. )KGB68@aol.com)
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Re: Your car's not correct!
[Re: KISSAlien]
#759314
07/28/10 10:54 AM
07/28/10 10:54 AM
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Joined: Jan 2010
Posts: 509
Middle River, MD
Mapandjlp
mopar
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mopar
Joined: Jan 2010
Posts: 509
Middle River, MD
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We've all had our share of car show "experts". First local car show of the year, I pulled in, got out, and was getting my chairs from the trunk.
Now, my car is a '70 Challenger, G-code car, original 318 still under the hood but it's dressed up like an R/T. PLUS, it's got 340 emblems on the hood.
So, this guy walks up, looks at the VIN, and walks away shaking his head and mumbling something. Didn't say anything to me, no hello, nothing. I wanted to tell him that if he needed to look at the VIN to tell it wasn't an original R/T (no 340 R/T's in '70) then he's the idiot. But, I just let it slide...as always.
Bottom line, if you like your car, that's all that matters. Most folks are appreciative of the fact that these cars have avoided the crusher for 40+ years.
M
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Re: Your car's not correct!
[Re: 1969RR]
#759316
07/28/10 12:41 PM
07/28/10 12:41 PM
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Joined: Sep 2003
Posts: 1,592
Mansfield, TEXAS
JOES4FORTY
pro stock
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pro stock
Joined: Sep 2003
Posts: 1,592
Mansfield, TEXAS
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I had Galen Govier say that the rear quarter reflector housing should be painted to match the color of the tail stripe. I have a first day of production car and mine is NOT painted. I think they look better painted to match the stripe, but some of these so called experts think it's all or nothing in their thinking. 
The GTS Registry!MOPARTS MEMBER IN PRINT 1969 Dart GTS LS23P9B (First day of production car money pit)
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Re: Your car's not correct!
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#759318
07/28/10 01:59 PM
07/28/10 01:59 PM
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Joined: Sep 2005
Posts: 12,481
Chino Valley
RodStRace
I Live Here
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I Live Here
Joined: Sep 2005
Posts: 12,481
Chino Valley
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None of mine are going to get that kind of response, but I'd ask the guy if he was handing out signed copies... "of what?" Of your book detailing all the exact factory build details.... 
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Re: Your car's not correct!
[Re: Kern Dog]
#759324
07/29/10 07:35 AM
07/29/10 07:35 AM
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Joined: Apr 2007
Posts: 2,826
NY usa
540challenger
master
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master
Joined: Apr 2007
Posts: 2,826
NY usa
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Do you think the Chevy and Ford guys have these same problems?
Yes they do. If you think the mopars guys are bad, the corvette crowd puts them to shame.
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