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    Steering wheel 90 degrees off to the the left after centering all steering components

    If everything is safe and works fine, why not cut another slot in the steering wheel in a location that allows the wheel to be straight?
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    Curious for Opinions Here - What Percentage of Project Cars Actually Get Completed?

    Well as you said "who knows"? It's obviously going to be higher during hard financial times, or for cars that have parts that are scarce or very expensive. It's probably different depending on the demographic too. Young, wealthy guys wanting a cool car, buying it thinking it will be easy and...
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    Curious for Opinions Here - What Percentage of Project Cars Actually Get Completed?

    Any of my project cars? 100% completion rate. I'm too stubborn and proud to give up. So far I'm 1 for 1...
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    How to Make Head Rests for a 66 Satellite

    Yes that's correct, non-adjustable. I could have set them to any height I wanted though. To have them adjustable on these seats would either require a custom seat frame be made, or have a mechanism in the head rest support arms. I'll do up a dimensioned drawing when I get time - the polystyrene...
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    How to Make Head Rests for a 66 Satellite

    There's a few things I forgot to mention. The chrome from the scrap yard head rests I used for the frame looks dirty in the first few photos because it was. It was a combination of dirt and glue from the original foam and fabric. It's polished up lovely now with a bit of metal polish. Also I...
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    Head rest for 1966 with bucket seats

    If anyone is interested I've finally (nearly) completed my head rests. I just started a thread with how I did it. How to Make Head Rests for a 66 Satellite
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    How to Make Head Rests for a 66 Satellite

    Last step was to get them covered. A local upholstery guy did them for me and I collected them today. I haven't installed them fully yet as I'm flat out working but I'll get to it after Easter. This is what I had before, horrible slip on head rests: This is what I wanted to achieve: This...
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    How to Make Head Rests for a 66 Satellite

    Following all that I trial fitted the headrest on the passenger side - it seemed to be ok but the frame had become loose in the polystyrene as they'd made them out of low density stuff for some reason and I was yanking on them trying to get them onto the studs. I went back to see them and they...
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    How to Make Head Rests for a 66 Satellite

    Man, writing these threads is hard! Especially on the phone. So I didn't know how I was going to attach the head rest to the seat until I started drilling. The original plan was to slide the whole head rest frame down through the holes into the seat structure but that idea changed. The seat...
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    How to Make Head Rests for a 66 Satellite

    Then I drew up the dimensions of what I wanted, using a photo as a reference and trying to scale it from there. I took my drawing to a local polystyrene supplier and they made up 2 for me. I then had to file out the shape of the frame and glue the 2 halves together, using PVA glue...
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    How to Make Head Rests for a 66 Satellite

    If anyone is interested in making headrests for their 66 Satellite with Bucket Seats - I've just done the job. Manufacture I started by buying a couple of head rests off a modern car from the scrapyard. I stripped the material covers and split the polystyrene inners apart. I then cut the...
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    If I May Ask

    Just keep on keeping on Mopar friend. Stay strong for her, keep believing. Good times ahead.
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    Get rid of the headers, right?

    I don't think what Kern Dog said was hilarious or downright silly. It was just the truth. Just like laying on the floor to work on the car, hard-riding suspension, really low car sports cars that are hard to get in and out of, going to nightclubs until 3am, certain things become less desirable...
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    If I May Ask

    Prayers sent from Down Under. Hope she's on the mend very soon.
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    My 67' Belvedere 2 Rebuild

    Nothing wrong with a "Twenty footer" at all. In fact I purposely chose to have a car like that, and everytime I'm out driving it, or in the garage working on it, I'm glad I made that choice. Nothing wrong with a numbers-matching show car either, it takes all sorts to make this hobby what it is...
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