Welcome aboard!

Welcome

Might have to upgrade the forum software.Not sure how to do that, but guess I’ll be learning some new things over the next few days.

Funny!Congrats!

Welcome aboard.Do you know what company’s kit you have?

welcome! Have fun .

Welcome aboard!  There are assembly manuals posted on this site, just click on the “Download Manuals” button.  It all depends on the manufacturer of your kit.  You will find lots of helpful and knowledgeable folks on this forum. 

Boat store sounds like a possible winner.  I guess I’ll look around for one of those and see what I can find.

Boat store?Also have seen similar product on van roofs to keep luggage in rack from scratching paint.Interesting to note that my TDr does not have that nice separation molding between the fender and the running board.

Kall2015-06-27 15:58:00

I got the end caps, it’s just the rubber.  I’ve looked on the internet but haven’t found anything close yet and the local auto parts, Napa and Pep Boys, are just about useless.  

TD’s were rubber. 

Were the original a rubber-like material
or were the originals made out of wood? I once thought of using mahogany or dark teak for those strips.

Typical body side molding used from the ’70’s. You can still get the kits but the problem is extra ends. You need extra end caps and I have no idea where to get just those separately.

Just as the too-old Christmas tree will dump all it’s needles, so too did my MiGi with all the “small number tags” on like colored wires that JTB mentions.  On MiGi’s first cleanup, I wondered what all the confetti on the carpet was from. 

Hi GuysAs I have stated in the past I am going to rewire the car myself. The FF wiring on the car is all white or it was anyway. The end of a few of the wire  runs has small rubber sleeves with numbers on them (some sort of wiring code) I have a great deal of experience with old French cars and they use a similar system with the same coloured w…[Read more]

That sounds like something FF might do. Or could be FF kits came with something like a wiring diagram, rather than any actual wires.

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Gotta be something at mcmaster-Carr

Kind of off topic but I do want to comment on something John the American said.  My FF’s wires are all the same color as well.  Light blue.  I think FF may have made their wiring harnesses all from the same color wire.

Same message I was getting.

Will share with the hosting company and report back.