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Potomus Pete

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Yeh,over the top
 
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nickyb said:
White pony rims would put it over the top.
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Pony rims are great, love them, but I intend to restore this as best as I can, keeping it as close to original as I can.
 

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Well it's a 90' and probably came with pony rims.
 
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nickyb said:
Well it's a 90' and probably came with pony rims.
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The person I purchased this from had purchased from the original owner. I'm pretty confident that these are the wheels that were on the car when it rolled off the line.
 

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I'd look into that to make sure.
 
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nickyb said:
I'd look into that to make sure.
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I'm pretty sure the pony wheels weren't available yet in 1990. Wasn't it 91 when these first showed up?
 

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Pony wheels are 91-93.

those are the correct original wheels on your ‘90

That interior is original as well. Ford did some two-tone interior colors on the convertibles. In your case white/titanium. The hard tops got more uniform color schemes. Your white/titanium door panels for example are convertible only. A hardtop 1990 with titanium would have a solid gray door panel
 

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AUSTEXLX said:
I'm pretty sure the pony wheels weren't available yet in 1990. Wasn't it 91 when these first showed up?
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Yes 91
 
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Mustang5L5 said:
Pony wheels are 91-93.

those are the correct original wheels on your ‘90

That interior is original as well. Ford did some two-tone interior colors on the convertibles. In your case white/titanium. The hard tops got more uniform color schemes. Your white/titanium door panels for example are convertible only. A hardtop 1990 with titanium would have a solid gray door panel
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Yes, agreed that the interior is supposed to be white/titanium. My questions are more to understand which pieces of plastic on the interior are the correct titanium. Some pieces have been replaced, or dyed again, but not all. I'm just looking to get everything back to the consistent and correct color. I'm going to go with the SEM spray and give it a whirl.

Thanks.
 

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So how did the color come out? did it match like you were hoping?
 
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a91what said:
So how did the color come out? did it match like you were hoping?
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Thanks for asking. No, I haven't gotten to this yet. Been busy with other car and home projects.

I'm also making a list of everything I want to correct and this is on the list, but no longer my top priority.

Honestly, this is my summer beater. It is plenty fun to drive, even if it isn't much to look at.
 

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Here's white 86 fully restored:





Welcome aboard
 
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Noobz347 said:
Here's white 86 fully restored:





Welcome aboard
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Wow, that looks great. The four-eyes have grown on me. This looks as good as new!
 

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AUSTEXLX said:
Wow, that looks great. The four-eyes have grown on me. This looks as good as new!
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It is in fact, better than new:

StangNet's 1986 GT Project

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Beautiful car! Enjoy it.
 
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