Australian Petty Blue Superbird Restoration

[rickroadrunner]

Ill have the car down from the hoist soon, so can post some new photos.

[rickroadrunner]

I posted a pic of underbody, but it came up as last posting of page 5 so thought I'd post it a again here on page 6 in case it was missed.
I'm really happy with the fitment of the exhaust I bought from Gardner Exhaust.

[A12 Superbee]

another wing car downunder 

ill see one in the flesh one day 

Don't hold your breath, there's less wing cars down here than A12's and I've never seen another A12 here.

[boss429kiwi]

How many wing cars in AU?

There approx 4 Superbirds and 4 Daytona's here in NZ

[A12 Superbee]

There's several Superbirds, pretty much all of them are that Bronze colour. 

I've only seen the one Daytona, the green one of a forum member here.

[tan top]

Slowly putting the 'Bird back together. Building a car in Australia can be a pain. Just ordered a small box of parts, $208 freight and its taken 4 days just to confirm freight cost!
I do need some advice, I am painting the interior roof moldings . The side mouldings seem to be gloss, where the front is matt.(or are they just sun affected?)
I this correct? Could the front molding be the same finish as the dash and steering column to reduce glare?
Should the side moldings be satin or gloss?
What finish should the ash tray be?
Thanks

  looks awesome !! nice work going on 

[wingcarenvy]

Looks amazing! The color is quite stunning. 

[pettybird]

Slowly putting the 'Bird back together. Building a car in Australia can be a pain. Just ordered a small box of parts, $208 freight and its taken 4 days just to confirm freight cost!
I do need some advice, I am painting the interior roof moldings . The side mouldings seem to be gloss, where the front is matt.(or are they just sun affected?)
I this correct? Could the front molding be the same finish as the dash and steering column to reduce glare?
Should the side moldings be satin or gloss?
What finish should the ash tray be?
Thanks

Gloss side rails, matte front.  Starting in 1968 you had to have matte finishes on the dash, A pillars, etc, to eliminate glare. 

The outside of the ash tray should be painted with your dash--whatever you're using for that.  The inside was zinc plated.

[pettybird]

And awesome progress--it looks amazing.