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    Custom El Camino Wagon

    I haven’t been around much since I’ve gone as far as I can with this car It’s FOR SALE . Just needs a few things to be completed . Check my build thread Custom El Camino Wagon 300 Need $15,000 I’m in suburban Pittsburgh Pa
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    BUICK 1964 Skylark Coupe Project

    I always liked that body style . Your lucky the windshield frames are good. I was rebuilding the windshield frames on Pa cars like that in the early 70s . In 75 my buddy had that same car . Only his was a factory 4 speed . Atleast finding windshield mouldings shouldn’t be difficult, all the GMs...
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    Starting the search for a new family car

    My wife’s is a 2016 , not one single problem at all . Her sisters family now have 2 because they’re boys are over 6ft 4
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    Starting the search for a new family car

    The newer Chevy Blazer and the Equinox till 2016 have a neat feature , the back seats slide back and forth like the front seats . In my wifes you slide the back seat back and it doesn’t matter how you adjust the front . Plenty of room . In 2017 Chevy down sized the Equinox. The current Blazer is...
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    Sealer coat questions

    I’ve always been told that if you sand/scuff epoxy primer that you must recoat with another coat of epoxy
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    UMI Handling kit

    I agree , I did my car suspension in segments but used all UMI parts that installed easy and fit well
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    SEM dye matching colour?

    66Auto Color online . Will put any color they make in spray cans or quarts
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    SEM dye matching colour?

    Here’s the console lid and how it matches the seats
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    SEM dye matching colour?

    I don’t know about your color but if you find a paint shop that mixes SEM paints , like I did . They’ll fix you up with the right color . My driver seat had a tag underneath saying 1996 neutral, turns out there were 2 versions of neutral. They got me the correct one . And I painted my interior...
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    REGAL Materials list for repairing/priming/painting header panel?

    I agree with resin and mat for major repairs. Small ones are good for DuraGlass and regular body filler . Sanding you’ll need from 36 grit all the way up to 600 just before paint . A quart of good 2 K primer . If you paint with polyurethane you’ll need sandpaper Wet or Dry from 1,000 grit to...
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    Just dropped the headliner- YUCK!

    If originality isn’t important, see if a trim shop could make you an old fashioned bow headliner . Those people perform miracles . I had one made for a project before .
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    Steering Column

    I believe Mikes sell overhauled ones . I got one from Dixie last year
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    It's getting pretty stupid out there.

    The world is full of crazy , lazy A-HOLES in a hurry to go nowhere
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    86 elcamino ss choochoo.

    Great starting point
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    Sand to bare metal only parts and epoxy questions

    Anytime you sand epoxy primer you have to repost with epoxy before 2-K
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    MONTE CARLO Reproduction Seat Belt Retractors

    I believe I got them from Dixie Restoration
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    Retirement

    I’m like you , I’ll be 68 in August and still do a hard labor job . Asbestos abatement. I’ll drop on the job someday My slightly younger wife can’t retire for 35 months yet when she can get Medicare I was never fortunate enough to have worked anywhere that offered any form of retirement
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    Sick 1987 GN build

    I’m all for modifying compared to stock . But to do everything they did , they might as well started with a plain Regal . It’s no longer a GN
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    Bought one I think I’m gonna keep it for a while.

    In a friendly way ,YOUR CRAZY giving up the GTO for a Gbody . I sure wouldn’t have let it go . To each his own . Good luck with the Regal
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    Reproduction Interior Plastic

    I don’t know about Malibu but I purchased rear panels from Dixie for my El Camino . What an expensive JOKE . They didn’t have all the mounting points , they weren’t even half as thick. I’d suggest to keep looking for originals

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