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Number: 5139
From: "capri_16t"
Date: Thu Jun 17, 2004  8:33 am
Subject: Re: To Mike !!!

Body:
Re: To Mike !!!

I can tell you this. I have 3 capris (one being an 85 mcLaren) and
all three are DIFFERENT. It wasn't a mclaren thing. It was a
mercury thing. I have two other 86 capri's straight original from
the factory and they are different. My friend also has an 86 capri
and that is different than my 2 86's. I have a chrome grill on one
of them. The RS's (5.0s) were all suppose to the charcoal. Even the
trim color on some of them were different. I am betting that since
Ford/Mercury knew that 86 was going to be the last year, they used
whatever parts they had (whatever grill, trim, etc.) just to finish
the year out. That is just my guess.

Jason

--- In ascmclaren@yahoogroups.com, "Sandy Block" <cigarsandy@c...>
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
>
> No, the Grille is dark charcoal, the keyholes are gloss black, the
> mirror housings are satin black or semi glossy, the interior
switchs
> are black, the exterior door handles are glossy black, while the
> interior door handles/cups are charcoal.
>
> Sandy
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> -- In ascmclaren@yahoogroups.com, "Sandy Block" <cigarsandy@c...>
> wrote:
> > 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