1968 XR7-G Hertz Restoration by XR7-Gry

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Cougar2, I just sent a PM regarding the fog light wiring. Steven, my Cougar statue arrived some time ago and I really love it. I will take picture of it together with the G very soon   

When I am done with this Cougar I might write an epilogue listing all the crappy ill fitting reproduction parts I have had to deal with on my way restoring the G, the 68 GT , and my brothers 70 XR7 convertible. Unfortunately, parts that does not meet my expectations have become more the rule than the exception. But lets move forward. Here is a picture of the car with the front bumper in place. 



The next thing on my to do list is to install the grille. Since I could not afford one of those fantastic good looking restored grille and headlight assemblies from WCCC I had to make the best out of what I had. I bought a couple of used grilles on eBay for about $50 each side to have more chrome parts to choose from. I also had an extra set of NOS headlight doors. Unfortunately I found that NOS does not mean they are good enough to be put right on the car. 
First I took absolutely everything apart, then sorted all the parts and picked the best parts to be reused. After a thorough cleaning I painted all the black parts semi gloss black. Then comes the not so funny part, and that is to paint the chrome parts flat silver and black. This takes some time, and to be honest it is pretty boring work, but even if not the chrome is 100% perfect on these used parts, they look almost like brand now with the fresh semi gloss black and the argent silver paint.







OK, that is just about as far as I am right now. Next thing to do is to reassemble the grille