The door handles and the mirror housings are a slightly different
black that the key holes. The key holes & rings are super GLOSS
black, whereas the door handles & mirror housings are NOT that
glossy, but still black and muted shiny. Seems to me like 3
different paints. To tell the truth, they are all so close, yet
different that I never really noticed it before. I thought they were
all the same color and texture!
S A N D Y
--- In ascmclaren@yahoogroups.com, "negusm" <negusm@y...> wrote:
> So....you have:
>
> Charcoal Trim
> Black Keyholes
> Black Mirrors
> Black Grill
> Black PW Bezels and Switches
> Black Exterior Door Handles
> Charcoal Interior Door Handles/Cups
>
> OK, the mirrors boggle my mind. When I went hunting for NOS
mirrors
> (which are on my car and have NOT been painted) all the part
numbers
> were for grey housings. Even the replacent 85-86 Passenger side
> Mustang door that replaced the my RH door after the accident had a
> grey mirror and was unpainted. The grill is a trip too. Mine was
> grey as far as we could tell it was painted once...by the factory.
> The true color of the plastic was neither black nor charcoal but a
> nluish material. Black here...Grey here...What the heck was Ford
> doing?
>
> The Charcoal Interior Door Handles and Cups you have are crazy
too.
> Anyone else have them? I THINK I have seen the charcoal handles
> before....but just thought they were faded.
>
> Next time you go visit you museum piece, please please please take
> your digital camera and get a few picks of your car.
>
> Well, right now I think I'm going to leave things as is except for
> the locks which I will either paint black or install my black
topped
> NOS set. The door handles will match the locks. All the other
> stuff is painted charcoal grey for now. I will probably take the
> shine off with some steel wool or something.
>
> If anything is wrong I blame Mike Martinelli as I used pics of his
> car for my paint guy to go by.
>
> :-)
>
> -Mike
>
>
--- In ascmclaren@yahoogroups.com, "Sandy Block" <cigarsandy@c...>
> wrote:
> > Okay, Mike! I just walked 3 blocks to the "Museum Piece" to do a
> > look-see for you. (Man, watch your news tonight.... 96 degrees
in
> > Newark, N.J.) ~ ~
> > Allright, here we go. All exterior window mouldings are charcoal
> > gray flat, but with a sort of satin finish. They are not gloss,
> but
> > unlike flat, they are smooooth to the touch, rather than "coarse"
> as
> > flat frequently is.
> > All three exterior key holes AND circular key lock discs are
gloss
> > black! GLOSS BLACK! The exterior mirror housings are also
black,
> > but they are shiny black, not dull flat black.
> > The grill bars are a flat black, but smooooth to the finger pads.
> > On the interior, the power window & power door lock buttons AND
> > finishing plates that house them are the same shiny black of the
> > exterior mirror housings.
> > The power window housing say nothing on them, but the power door
> lock
> > housings say on the top of them POWER LOCK (singular) in raised
> > letters that are white.
> > There is absolutely NO CHROME anywhere ON the car, inside nor
> > outside, except for the tiny ascmclaren enblem in the grille.
> (Yours
> > should say mercury in that spot.)
> >
> > S A N D Y
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