[78Macho]

Paint and bodywork are officially off and running. Weather has been really cold in KC. I bit the bullet this week and forced myself into the garage. Sandpaper loaded and the paint dust is flying.

When I purchased the used red dash, to replace the damaged original I had a thought. Wouldn't this car be cool if it had the white seats, but instead of the blue dash and carpet, a red dash and carpet? Patriotic colors! Maybe on another car, but I am not doing it on this one. The original owner Albie sent me some photos of the car when it was new under his ownership. I recently found a vendor that makes reproduction stamped carbon steel license plates. I did a quick search on ebay for used plates and it turns out the original plate for 1979 was white with a red letter/number. Score, my patriotic colors are present and accurate! I had a local sign shop make some correct stickers for them as well!