1968 XR7-G Hertz Restoration by XR7-Gry

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My Hertz-G restoration has been sitting more or less still for a long time. Sometimes there are more important things to do than to work on these old car (yes, I know that can be discussed) and for me I have spent most of my time and all my savings restoring my house. New roof last summer, this summer now floors and most everything outside including building a new entrance and a lot more. Also my dad, who was a great friend, inspiration and not least my good helper when I've been restoring my cars through the years got cancer and passed away in August, which I must admit was really hard for me and sets what is important in life in a new perspective. 

Anyway, when I looked through the old posts I realized that I have done a few things since last I posted. First of all I have completed the engine compartment and got all the correct smog parts in place on the engine. It did not take long to install those parts, but it sure took some time to find the money to buy them as some of them are incredibly rare and priced accordingly to that    

Also the hood and doors are back on the car. The carpet is in, and I have installed a set of speaker pods so I can install some good speakers in the front without ruin the original look of the kick panels. I have replaced the scratched original side glass with perfect date code correct glass and I bought a few sets of vent window frames on ebay and built a really nice pair with the best parts from them and also put in new seals before they were installed. When I bought the car it had a set of Mustang hood pins, and they are now replaced with a reproduction set for the G cars. I have not been able to find a correct third horn for my car, so I bought a few similar horns on eBay and made a clone horn out of a 68 Cadillac horn. The only difference as far as I could see and hear was he bracket, so it was fairly easy to make it look right. 

This week I had the vinyl top installed and I've also spent time working on all the small things that takes time but hardly can be noticed. So right now this is how my car looks. Now I have to wait for a shipment with parts from WCCC before I move to the nest step, which is to put the headliner in and install the front and rear glass.