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For the Love for my Father, My 69 GTX Restoration

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Some of the guys in our area have 2 grilles, one for cruising and one for shows. I know how very brittle they are, one bird or rock and you could have some major repairs.
I agree with you Justin on buying a GTX. I've told people you could easily spend 5K to get all the missing/bad parts refinished or replaced.
Speedo
grille
side trim
trunk finish panel dash
wood grain pieces
tail light housings & lenses
ect.
 
69 GTX said:
Some of the guys in our area have 2 grilles, one for cruising and one for shows. I know how very brittle they are, one bird or rock and you could have some major repairs.
I agree with you Justin on buying a GTX. I've told people you could easily spend 5K to get all the missing/bad parts refinished or replaced.
Speedo
grille
side trim
trunk finish panel dash
wood grain pieces
tail light housings & lenses
ect.
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Tim

GTX is not for the faint at heart for a restoration.....Easily is correct and it gets easily higher depending on where the parts go....

Justin
 
themechanic said:
They should make a bubble to drive around in until the force field is perfected.
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My bubble/force field is the "Agreed Value".....Trust me the insurance company does not want a total loss on this car...So I really do not worry about any adverse event etc..the car will be shown it will be driven(not much) and transported.....All my restorations, I show/drive and that is what they were originally built for...
 
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Yep I found out the hard way and I'm not near as worried about perfection as you are. I think I spent 1800 to get my trunk panel restored, 700 for tail light housings, 200 for repop speedo lens,
500 for a better grille, that I still need to have restored, repop body side molding including wheel lip mouldings 750, steering wheel restored 600. GTX emblems, ect ect.
Like you I have good insurance.
 
69 GTX said:
Yep I found out the hard way and I'm not near as worried about perfection as you are. I think I spent 1800 to get my trunk panel restored, 700 for tail light housings, 200 for repop speedo lens,
500 for a better grille, that I still need to have restored, repop body side molding including wheel lip mouldings 750, steering wheel restored 600. GTX emblems, ect ect.
Like you I have good insurance.
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Your pricing is in line in relation to the panel and housings.....The steering wheel seems high was that a woodgrain and where did you send that?
 
Yes it was the wood grain steering wheel (ralley?) It had a couple cracks and the horn button need some work also. I think it was Bill's special Ts in/near Chicago. He did my wing vent frames also.
 
69 GTX said:
Yes it was the wood grain steering wheel (ralley?) It had a couple cracks and the horn button need some work also. I think it was Bill's special Ts in/near Chicago. He did my wing vent frames also.
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So that total was for the wheel and horn button?
 
Yes, 600 total , I think he out sourced it, so was probably 500 then he jacked it another 100 for himself.
 
I looked at buying another one but all the nice ones I found were about that price range. Afterwards I found a Grant wheel that looked similar for 300, but I wanted the original look.
 
69 GTX said:
I looked at buying another one but all the nice ones I found were about that price range. Afterwards I found a Grant wheel that looked similar for 300, but I wanted the original look.
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You will not beat the original wood grain wheel....Good choice
 
On ebay there was a NOS steering wheel for my car. When bidding went over $700 it was to rich for me. Final sale price $1225.
 
Fran Blacker said:
On ebay there was a NOS steering wheel for my car. When bidding went over $700 it was to rich for me. Final sale price $1225.
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Nos does not always mean bolt on.....the one for my X was NOS but still needed restoration, no cracks thankfully....

If you cannot get a NOS at a good price then just get one restored, the end result is the same when done by the right guy.
 
Unbelievable attention to detail Justin...keep it up. :thumbsup:
 
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