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The Green Is Spreading!
Post by barrman on Jul 30, 2006, 4:49pm
First it was the rims. Then the cut down doors. Now the windshield frame, hood and cowl are USMC Green.
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You can see the strip of white on the cowl gasket under the windshield. I tried to strip off the white and the rubber just falls apart. Does anybody besides VPW have new ones?
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Post by barrman on Jul 30, 2006, 4:50pm
I didn't get a picture, but the heads, alternator, both a/c compressors and valve covers are green too.
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Post by osut362 on Jul 30, 2006, 4:57pm
actually, the green & white two-tone looks pretty good...
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Post by brute4c on Jul 30, 2006, 5:28pm
Memphis had a run of the cowl rubbers made to the stock specs a couple years ago....
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Post by fisherman on Jul 30, 2006, 5:57pm
Saw one up for bids on ebay a coupld days ago. Type in M-715 ebay search and it should come up. Fisherman
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Post by elohim1 on Jul 30, 2006, 7:33pm
Ab linn on ebay usually has them.
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Post by barrman on Jul 30, 2006, 7:57pm
Thanks for the info gentlemen. I remember a discussion about these a few years ago and then it was determined that VPW had the only ones.
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Post by kwai on Jul 30, 2006, 11:35pm
Tim, if you can't find one from AB or Memphis, let me know. I might be able to help.
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Post by binfordm715 on Jul 30, 2006, 11:38pm
Quote: <TABLE class=bordercolor cellSpacing=1 width="90%"><TBODY><TR><TD width="100%"><TABLE class=quote cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=2 width="100%"><TBODY><TR><TD width="100%">Saw one up for bids on ebay a coupld days ago. Type in M-715 ebay search and it should come up. Fisherman</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
Too late. I bought it.
$54.94 to my door from Memphis Auto Parts. Didn't realize they were getting rare. Should have guessed though, huh? I just noticed mine was almost as hard as the windshield frame and figured I'd better replace it!
Come to think of it, this was a Multiple Item Listing, so there should still be a couple there!
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Post by brute4c on Jul 31, 2006, 8:31am
Actually, Memphis Equipment took a cowl gasket to manufacturers until they found one that would make them to spec for a decent price...I think everyone else either has NOS ones from the 60's or early 70's, or is buying them from Memphis as they had to have something like 500 or 1000 of them made to get the price to where they wanted...Max May, owner of Memphis Equipment told me that himself.