All things about cars-classic and otherwise
Is that a passenger door mirror. Yes, some Marlins came with the passenger side mirror as part of a trim package but this one didn’t. I like the symmetrical appearance of two mirrors. My Torino came with just one mirror so I found a pair of Cougar mirrors, had them painted and they look perfect….
As the pictures of the Marlin show, the paint is rough. If fact when I first saw the car, I joked it looked like it was on it’s third paint job. Turns out I was right. This is the fender tag for the Marlin The build sheet, usually under the rear seats in most older…
This second part of the headliner repair was actually completed six months after I first got the car. The repaired liner went right back into the car and looked fine but it was brown and I knew I wanted to change the interior colors and the texture. I thought adding some fabric would improve noise…
I started tracking parts that might be missing. The trunk was full of chrome and stainless, I assumed it was all the missing parts. A rookie mistake. Some odd pieces of trim were gone. And other items like heater box parts and the heater core. Not just pieces that might have fallen off because of…