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[1997ThunderbirdLXV6]

I think it's all walnut, though maple was used in the 1998+ Lincoln Continental.

I once thought about leather wrapping the pull handle with some nice stitching, but it seemed too difficult to do  well.

 

[XR7-4.6]

The Rolls Royce is burled walnut, figured/birdseye maple is much much lighter with tighter grain

The thin slices are called veneer(not to be confused with vinyl wraps) wood veneer is real wood in the same way the wood in plywood is real wood, they’re just peeled around the log in a spiral rather than being slices

 

[1997ThunderbirdLXV6]

, figured/birdseye maple is much much lighter with tighter grain

 

[XR7-4.6]

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I’ll finish this thing someday lol

 

[dDUBb]

Ok, now widdle a pull handle out of a chunk of solid wood. That would be a nice touch. Problem with that is I have no idea what species you need to look for. Almost looks maplish

My friend did that in his old 93 Thunderbird. He was going to whittle a replacement door handle from a good piece of drift wood * he found at the beach .. he ended up using a 2x4 instead. This was in his car with the butterfly bedspread headliner and fishing poles in trunk .. he bought the car from an old Chinese lady. Forgive me if I dont get enthusiastic over wood.

 

[XR7-4.6]

This was a surprising sight today. Not only are MN12s uncommon as hell in any condition around here but a nice one with aftermarket wheels in a repainted non-stock green(actually looks like DHG).




It looks very familiar.


Edit: Well I’ll be damned

1996 T-Bird

Dark Highland Paint

www.tccoa.com

 

[1997ThunderbirdLXV6]

Forgive me if I dont get enthusiastic over wood.

For sure. We don't take ourselves too seriously (my car and I).

 

[XR7-4.6]

My friend did that in his old 93 Thunderbird. He was going to whittle a replacement door handle from a good piece of drift wood * he found at the beach .. he ended up using a 2x4 instead. This was in his car with the butterfly bedspread headliner and fishing poles in trunk .. he bought the car from an old Chinese lady. Forgive me if I dont get enthusiastic over wood.

 

[Zep5.0]

This was a surprising sight today. Not only are MN12s uncommon as hell in any condition around here but a nice one with aftermarket wheels in a repainted non-stock green(actually looks like DHG).

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It looks very familiar.


Edit: Well I’ll be damned

1996 T-Bird

Dark Highland Paint

www.tccoa.com

Those wheels are hideous. Like really bad.

 

[Trunk Monkey]

FWIW, I like the paint color.

 

[XR7-4.6]

FWIW, I like the paint color.

If it had charcoal bullitts and red calipers it would be excellent

 

[KevinVarnes]

How every good timing belt job starts. After the first one, in for a penny, in for a pound. The last two did come off. Looks like I'm doing a wheel bearing too now. Better it happen to me in the shop than this lady on the side of the road with a flat tire I suppose.

 

[Kurt K]

I got to watch my son and his high school band play at Pearl Harbor from the Surrender Deck of the Missouri today. Awesome day!

 

[Trunk Monkey]

I got to watch my son and his high school band play at Pearl Harbor from the Surrender Deck of the Missouri today. Awesome day!View attachment 12563

That’s awesome. To me, Pearl Harbor is a religious like place that every American should visit at some point in their life to see, remember and pay their respects to those who died there on that fateful day.