Thanks a bunch, if I had more money, it would be nicer. Yes. I have bezels here
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BUILD THREAD BACK TO HIGH SCHOOL=re creating my first car a 1979 Regal
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Yes and no...your talent makes up for the lack of funds, it clearly shows in your beautiful and ingenious work and craftsmanship. And the way you are doing it, gives an entire new respect for this project. Its been driven into everyone's head you need LOTS AND LOTS of money to make a project come together, yet you prove that wrong with your creativeness, ingenuity and craftsmanship, I got an entire new level of respect for you, its at the very top my friend. LOVE this project and seeing it come together!! YOUR AWESOME!
Scored a pair of recoverable sunvisors for the Regal at my local U Pull yard. Lighted RH vanity mirror.
Cool piece of history there but what you have are N body visors. They will fit a G body but the elbow angle is slightly different which makes the visor hang down a little low when it is flipped down. Back in the 80's I was responsible for the injection molds and plastic parts on those visors. Prince Corporation originally made them in Holland Michigan at the 720 Windcrest plant (now completely torn down). Back in the day I grabbed a set of RH and LH visors for my G bodies.
Prince Corporation had the patent and made a fortune manufacturing visors. It began with Cadillac and exploded from there. When Edgar Prince passed away the family sold the business to Johnson Controls. Patents ran out and margins were tight so JCI sold the visor business to Motus. In 2018, Motus sold the business to Chinese supplier Diemay who now still operates in Holland Michigan and Ramos Arizpe, Mexico.
Shakey as hell in spots. Using a camera mount I made but it's not going to work. I get on it a bit near the end and let up a little for it to shift 2nd then got back in it. Trans needs a shift kit and probably a rebuild
Freakin' ebay, I get on there looking for a Regal sail panel emblem and end up spending $50 on an emblem lot from a Regal Sport Coupe. I've been looking on and off regularly for the 3.8 Litre Turbo emblems that go on the hood bulge for my Century. They have been elusive. So not needing them right now, I snagged them. One Regal sail panel emblem averages around $15-$20. So a good deal for hood bulge, sails, and a Sport Coupe badge. The chrome looks good too. I'm going to put the emblems on this Regal for a detail thing even though it's just in primer
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