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[78F350]

Originally Posted by jmitro

you have such beautiful roads and scenery there. here in central/western OK it's mostly flat straight roads with a stoplight or stopsign every 1 mile

Just read this as I wait for my lunch in Mena, Arkansas. About to start the Talimena Scenic Byway. One of my favorite OK roads. ...the long way home.
Edit: Home now and really enjoyed the drive. My favorites are in Eastern Ok, but it looks like there are some roads to explore across the west too. https://flavorverse.com/10-scenic-drives-in-oklahoma/ Quartz Mountain, Ok-8... The Talimena is probably worth a Saturday day trip with a good stop for lunch.

[itsnotanova]

Originally Posted by 78F350

Just read this as I wait for my lunch in Mena, Arkansas. About to start the Talimena Scenic Byway. One of my favorite OK roads. ...the long way home.
Edit: Home now and really enjoyed the drive. My favorites are in Eastern Ok, but it looks like there are some roads to explore across the west too. https://flavorverse.com/10-scenic-drives-in-oklahoma/ Quartz Mountain, Ok-8... The Talimena is probably worth a Saturday day trip with a good stop for lunch.

Wow I'm jealous

[78F350]

Every time I see the pictures with those matte black wheels on the car I cringe. They were only on it for about a week while I waited for new tires. I'm definitely going to have to get some updated pics.

[Fiddlebog]

Originally Posted by 78F350

Every time I see the pictures with those matte black wheels on the car I cringe. They were only on it for about a week while I waited for new tires. I'm definitely going to have to get some updated pics.

I'm not sure about the wheel pattern, but I like the color. Maybe a bit closer to satin as opposed to flat matte would be better, but I like satin black. Especially on that silver!

[78F350]

Originally Posted by Fiddlebog

I'm not sure about the wheel pattern, but I like the color. Maybe a bit closer to satin as opposed to flat matte would be better, but I like satin black. Especially on that silver!

Those wheels actually came with in gloss black with a chrome lip and I painted them with Plastidip when I had them on my wife's car. The chrome lip didn't look good with her black/white theme.


Now they are back to the original paint (stripped with WD-40 and a pressure washer) and on my daughter's Arctic Silver '99.

[itsnotanova]

Originally Posted by 78F350

Every time I see the pictures with those matte black wheels on the car I cringe. They were only on it for about a week while I waited for new tires. I'm definitely going to have to get some updated pics.

They look good to me. Glad to see you're still not having problems with it. I thought you were insane for buying it and even crazier for trying to fix it. Lots of respect for pulling it off

[78F350]

When I first restored the car, there were some small cracks in the leather on the driver's seat. I repaired them with some leather repair adhesive and dye. The repair held up for a while, but eventually cracked worse.


I looked at Lseats.com and saw that they had some nice replacement leather, but not the correct color. I considered replacing both seats, but hesitated because I want to keep the integrity of the Special Edition interior.

One day I noticed that 'Oldcarguy' was doing some upgrades on his car including a full rehab of his seats. I asked and he offered to send me his old seat leather, removed intact, for free. Today, I received leather from both seats. The driver's seat has some slightly noticeable restoration and the passenger seat is almost good as new. I plan to use the leather from his passenger side and replace my driver's side seat base. I'll patch the hole for the controls, but it will not be visible against the center console.

Thanks again Fred, that leather is going to look great in my car.

[Oldcarguy]

You’re welcome! I hope the passenger seat base leather works out, looking forward to seeing the pics.

Originally Posted by 78F350

When I first restored the car, there were some small cracks in the leather on the driver's seat. I repaired them with some leather repair adhesive and dye. The repair held up for a while, but eventually cracked worse.

I looked at Lseats.com and saw that they had some nice replacement leather, but not the correct color. I considered replacing both seats, but hesitated because I want to keep the integrity of the Special Edition interior.

One day I noticed that 'Oldcarguy' was doing some upgrades on his car including a full rehab of his seats. I asked and he offered to send me his old seat leather, removed intact, for free. Today, I received leather from both seats. The driver's seat has some slightly noticeable restoration and the passenger seat is almost good as new. I plan to use the leather from his passenger side and replace my driver's side seat base. I'll patch the hole for the controls, but it will not be visible against the center console.

Thanks again Fred, that leather is going to look great in my car.