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  1. Russellrh72
    Now I guess I need to source some reflectors! This hobby is expensive.....
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    Yes, Mike I would love to have caught this and had them welded up for sure. I could probably have the body shop do that and repaint the entire rear panel but that seems extreme at this point. Maybe one day. But I like the idea of finding a cool badge to put there. I originally liked the idea of having a cleaner look on the rear without the reflectors as well but that's obviously shot. So now I'll just filled it up with all sorts of stuff!!
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    Hey everyone. Pretty new to the 02 game and this one is making me feel it for sure. Recently got my '71 Sahara back from the body shop and started putting it back together. There are now some holes on the rear panel that were NOT there prior to breaking the car down. All I can think of is that the media blasting removed some filler from holes and neither myself or the body shop picked up on it. This is really unfortunate obviously. Now I'm faced with the choice to either repaint the rear panel or put back on the pieces that originally filled these holes. The next problem is that I'm not sure what trim pieces would have gone in these places. Below is a picture of what I'm working with. I'm pretty sure that the three holes with the arrow pointing to them, just above the bumper line would be for red reflectors. I didn't want these on the car but I guess that would work as opposed to filling them. The two holes in the left of the picture in the circle I have no idea as to what they are. I have looked at a lot of roundie pictures and have not seen what might work there. Does anyone have a clue what those are for? Any help would be appreciated! Rob
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    Again, so helpful. I think I'll just go with one and call it a day. I am actually leaning towards having all the latches and bars, etc sandblasted and then just shoot them with an Eastwood product. I have used their stuff many times with good results. My car is going to be a driver for sure, so having all of these parts plated is just not something that is important to me. I think I just want to get them to the point where they are not over sprayed with body color like they are now. They are all off of the car now following the paint and body work, so now is definitely the time to get them right....or close to right ?
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    So helpful as always, Steve. So these parts actually have a yellow/gold tint to them. I thought the hood release was bare aluminum type look. Maybe I've just never seen them in the proper condition.
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    Hey all! Hoping to revive this thread with a couple of questions about not only the hood latch assembly, but also a lot of the latches and such. I just got my 1970 sahara back from paint and now it's time to start putting it back together. The hood latch assembly, door latches, truck latches, wiper linkage/assembly, etc have as lot of over spray and general yuckiness on them from a previous respray at some point. What is the best way to get them back to something close to original shape? Should I media blast them? If so what do I them do to the bare metal? We're these parts galvanized from the factory? I have a parts car for reference on the putting things back together but I don't what to put everything back on in it's current condition. Any help would be greatly appreciated! Rob
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    Very cool car indeed
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    What's another $1000 to ship a car like this?
  9. Russellrh72
    Wow.... amazing car! Wish I could have it. GLWS
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    What is the catch here? This looks like a super good deal! This car would go for $40k+ on BaT. If it weren't Malaga (I know I'm in the minority as someone who doesn't really dig Malaga) I would snatch that up immediately. I'd be curious to here any stories if any members here talk to the seller.
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    Hey everyone. I'm looking for a solid driver side door with minimal rust. Help! Thanks, all! Rob
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    BaT is magical isn't it? It's all about the presentation and scenery in the pictures there. I mentioned that in a recent auction for an e28 that sold for almost $14k. It had rusty floor panels that had been pop riveted and spray painted, and rusty door seams wearing plenty of make up as well. The interior was redone in a blinding red that didn't come close to matching the original door cards (which is okay for a driver) and the cluster was held in place by screws that looked more like roofing nails. I think it also had somewhere around 220k miles. But it presented nicely in the pictures so the bidders ate it up. I sold my e28 on mye28.com for 11k and it was a much better car. Maybe I'll try BaT one day. With my luck there would be nationwide internet outage with 10 min to go in my auction, or a historic stock market crash that morning. ?
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    Definitely makes me feel better about my 71 Sahara. Not that I plan to sell it but...
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    No question about it! And yourself!
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    To be clear I would defer to some of the more veteran members. I just feel like there are a lot of unknown factors. How original is the car. A lot of 02 buyers love originality more than good condition so it's really a guess without a lot more info.
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    I'm not sure how even a ball park value can be placed on this car without more detailed pictures (mostly to verify how much rust the car has) and more detail on the recent maintenance on the car. Assuming the rust is to a relative minimum, and again going off of very few details, I would put it in the 9k-12k range. I'd be interested to hear what the experts think as well
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    I thought this guy only did aftermarket AC units....they do entire 2002 builds as well?
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    Still looking, All. Anyone have one of these?
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    I too really like this car. It's extremely presentable and original looking, but not "restored" or reconditioned the point where I would be nervous to drive it. In terms of condition, this is the type of 02 I wish I had bought. Nice and worn in. However, once the seats and interior gets to where they were on that Malaga that sold on BAT this week, I think I would prefer some "reconditioning" over originality.
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    Funny how individuals value the tiis. This one pushed the price tag of the agave that sold on BAT last week and to me it wasn't even close to as good of a car. But again that's an individual thing I guess.....and they aren't making more of them so there's that
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    Boy that's a lot of rust for $12,500
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    Wow thanks for your help Steve. I read another thread where you described that in detail and used the words "within the leading edge"....just can't picture it. And not sure how this gasket comes into play. I'm assuming that finding a gasket is not going to happen.....at least not one that isn't dry rotted and falling apart. You think something else could be used in place of that factory gasket? Some sort of aftermarket weather stripping maybe? Is this what I'm looking for?
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    Thanks, Steve! I saw your above picture when searching this topic. So the asymmetrical ring goes on the outside of the retaining ring? What holds it in place? And the gasket is between the asymmetrical ring and the grille bucket? Rob
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    Geez man all that happened was someone offered some info regarding a part you're looking for. Maybe you were aware of the repros or maybe you weren't but I think the intent was to help you in your search. Now who wants to help??
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    Hello all. I am fixing up a 1971 2002 and am currently trying to get the headlight set up correct. My understanding is that I have deep headlight grilles (pictured) for this early setup. My headlights have the retainer rings (pictured in not-so-great-shape with the headlights), but I believe that I'm also supposed to have to a pair of asymmetrical filler rings to close the gap between the headlights and the bucket edge of the grille. Does anyone have any available? And while you're at it maybe a picture of this complete setup so I can get a peek at what I'm actually doing? Thanks everyone! Rob
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