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Offline Sunlitgold68

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Firewall pad
« on: January 26, 2010, 08:31:03 AM »
Are 67 and 68 firewall pads the same?

How many firewall pad retainers are there?
« Last Edit: January 26, 2010, 09:49:22 AM by Sunlitgold68 »
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Offline J_Speegle

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Re: Firewall pad
« Reply #1 on: January 26, 2010, 04:02:15 PM »
Don't recall but don't know of a difference - possible someone else will speak up. The are differences depending on if the car had AC and where the car was assembled
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Re: Firewall pad
« Reply #2 on: January 26, 2010, 04:51:17 PM »
Difference between retainers 67 and 68 and the texture of the pad between San Jose and the other plants but that is all I can think of.Bob
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Offline sparky65

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Re: Firewall pad
« Reply #3 on: January 26, 2010, 07:34:38 PM »
Are the repro Firewall Pad's any good?  It sounds like your looking for a good doner car to steal one from.  It sounds like it could be hard to find a good original.  Mine was ripped and I don't think these things are repairable.
Steve
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Offline J_Speegle

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Re: Firewall pad
« Reply #4 on: January 26, 2010, 07:46:31 PM »
Are the repro Firewall Pad's any good?  It sounds like your looking for a good doner car to steal one from.  It sounds like it could be hard to find a good original.  Mine was ripped and I don't think these things are repairable.

As always IMHO its great if you can find and use an nice original one (sure puts a smile on a judges face) but lacking that, what some are doing (and what I did) for a non San Jose style dash pad is to purchase a repo and apply some sound deaedner/undercoating spray to get the texture. I "rained" down the spray from about three feet above, attempting to get it to hit with a splatter/globby look
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Re: Firewall pad
« Reply #5 on: January 26, 2010, 07:56:53 PM »
I might have found a nice original. That sounds like a good idea though.
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Re: Firewall pad
« Reply #6 on: January 27, 2010, 04:01:06 PM »
The 67-68 reproduction firewall pads are crap! Nothing on the repro pad is close to the original...materials, texture, thickness, shape, pre-punched openings and lame fasteners. It will take considerable time to fit and get components (like the fuse box, pedal washer) to fit. IMO, use one if you are desparate!

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Re: Firewall pad
« Reply #7 on: January 27, 2010, 04:09:32 PM »
The 67-68 reproduction firewall pads are crap! Nothing on the repro pad is close to the original...materials, texture, thickness, shape, pre-punched openings and lame fasteners. It will take considerable time to fit and get components (like the fuse box, pedal washer) to fit. IMO, use one if you are desparate!

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Re: Firewall pad
« Reply #8 on: January 27, 2010, 06:53:28 PM »
The 67-68 reproduction firewall pads are crap! Nothing on the repro pad is close to the original...materials, texture, thickness, shape, pre-punched openings and lame fasteners. It will take considerable time to fit and get components (like the fuse box, pedal washer) to fit. IMO, use one if you are desparate!

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Pete Morgan

I see NPD has two styles.  A cheaper version and a 'molded' version.  Do you know which type you got?  Or are they all bad.  I am going to dig out my old one and see if it cant be repaired with undercoating.  Doesn't hurt to try I guess.
Steve
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Re: Firewall pad
« Reply #9 on: January 27, 2010, 07:07:34 PM »
Even the "concours" ones for $140 are worthless from what I have been told.
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Re: Firewall pad
« Reply #10 on: January 27, 2010, 08:11:19 PM »
The expensive ones are just that, expensive. They still look and fit lousy. I have a mint SJ pad I'd happily trade for a NJ pad of equal condition
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Re: Firewall pad
« Reply #11 on: January 27, 2010, 10:17:30 PM »
What's the difference in San Jose pad verse NJ pad for 68?
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Offline J_Speegle

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Re: Firewall pad
« Reply #12 on: January 28, 2010, 12:38:55 AM »
What's the difference in San Jose pad verse NJ pad for 68?

Texture

Dearborn and NJ pad had a surface that was a splattered one

San Jose had evenly spaced raised dots in nice rows


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Re: Firewall pad
« Reply #13 on: January 30, 2010, 05:30:40 PM »

How many firewall pad retainers are there?
I dug out my 67 original but could only locate two holes for retainers.  THe problem is i am missing the entire part to the left of the steering wheel where from looking at some pictures i think there were two.  They were the metal sawtooth verity.
Steve
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Re: Firewall pad
« Reply #14 on: January 30, 2010, 07:16:23 PM »
At least 3 with out looking on the retainers for the pad. The saw tooth retainer had a 65 and up to mid 66 variety and a mid 66 through 67 slightly different saw tooth style variety. Hard to tell the difference unless they are side by side . Very small difference. The good news is I saw where Dearborn classic sells the saw tooth variety but under a Galaxie application.  It was junk yard only part until now. Bob
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