The dash kit in that car is a replacement! It lacks the thin
diagonial lines of darker brown running thru it.
There are no bolts/screws connecting the tonneau vinyl "hump" to the
tonneau cover.
The kick panel is not beige, it's blue, but water damaged. The
plastic plugs holding it in there are obviously new.
Every 1986 1985 'Vert I have seen has the plaque set in a black
plastic base, with raised plastic edge encircling the gold plaque
with a vermillion (red-orange) painted "frame"...-- In ascmclaren@yahoogroups.com, "cassman108" <cassman108@y...>
wrote:
> I haven't the slightest idea whether this car has been immersed in
> water as Sandy speculates, but a couple of things I noted when
> looking at this car, comparing it to my car of course.
>
> 1. My car has some bubbles under the tonneau similar to this car
and
> I know that it has not be immersed in water. Perhaps there are are
> screws or rivets under the tonneau cover that become evident once
the
> vinyl settles or perhaps there is some way that rust could occur
> under the cover. I have never taken my cover off, so I don't know
> for sure. I don't have rust on the underside of the tonneau itself
> either.
>
> 2. The Recaro's look a hell of a lot better than mine, considering
> that this car is a Nevada desert car and it has a fairly dark
> interior. Mine was used as a "beach" car in New England and
suffered
> quite a bit of sun damage and its beige.
>
> 3. As far as I can tell, the signature plaque is exactly as it
> should be on this car. It's a bit oxidized like mine was before it
> fell off/was stolen. My car and the verts I have seen pics of did
> not have the black backing w/ orange stripe around it. Note the
> picture of the other Sean's 85 vert in the "Files" section. If you
> zoom in on the plaque, you will notice it doesn't have the black
> backing piece.
>
> 4. The kick panel is a mystery to me though. It looks like its a
> moldy beige one like Sandy says. Who the hell knows what that kick
> panel is doing in this car.
>
> I could be wrong, but this car doesn't look like its been under
water
> to me. When seeing Sandy's comments, the first thing I looked at
was
> the wood dash kit. Seems to me that the dash kit in this car would
> be warping/peeling off w/ the slightest hint of water. Mine was
> wrecked by the sun only.
>
> My unsolicited 2 cents. I would post some more pics of my car to
> show you what I'm talking about, but the photos section is still
down.
>
> Sean
>
> 85 vert 58
>
>
>
>
--- In ascmclaren@yahoogroups.com, "Sandy Block" <cigarsandy@c...>
> wrote:
> > It's my belief that this very good looking '85 Capri went
> swimming!
> > That's correct, as in flood waters!
> > Look closely and see if you can see what I see.
> > 1. Perfect body, no rust (been fixed ??) *BUT* under the tonneau
> is
> > rust. See the rust bubbles poking thru the vinyl cover on the
> > tonneau? It can ounly rust from the underside up, as the tonneau
> > covering will dispell any water on it. It's covered. They could
> not
> > get under it to dry it & could not see the wet, as it is/was
> covered
> > by the vinyl
> >
> > 2. I'm sorry, but Recaros in these do NOT look that brandy new
> after
> > 67,000 miles, likewise the carpeting, but of which are new, new,
> new!
> > But....check out that moldy, discolored passenger's side kick
> panel!
> > Straight from the "lake" !
> >
> > 3. The side signature plaque....why is it missing its original
> black
> > plastic frame in which it sits? You know, the one with the
orange
> > painted boarder. If the entire thing was lost, okay...it's
lost.
> > But to me this one appears to have become seperated from its
base.
> As
> > can be seen here, on mine:-
> >
>
http://images2.fotki.com/v10/photos/4/43979/169659/Sanfordsrollingstoc
> > k-th.jpg
> >
> >
> >
> >
--- In ascmclaren@yahoogroups.com, "negusm" <negusm@y...> wrote:
> > > http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?
> > > ViewItem&category=5366&item=2461311245
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