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That's funny. However, once the animal is more than a few minutes old, it is too late to be called (or replicate) the mouton carpeting. The tight curl of the wool immediately starts to straighten out.

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No clips. One long metal strip permanently attached to the headlight. The trim kind of snaps into place. I've been told there is plenty of "spring" so that it should go right back into position.

I looked underneath the car today, and found that there are 8 body mounts, four on each side. There must be 3/4s of an inch of rubber and metal spacers on each one. My plan is to put one spacer in the second, two in the third, and three in the back.

West, why are you changing the spacers?

You may find if you change the spacers that the doors will not align correctly anymore.

Yes. I'm concerned about that. If I put in a half-inch of spacers only in the back, that would indeed cause a problem. But if I raise the whole body evenly, I'm thinking it should be fine.

Well, it's time to start eating crow. I told myself I'd take one more long hard look at everything before I did anything rash, and I'm glad I did. I found that the fender does indeed rotate. So, to all those who said rotate the fender, you were right.

When I had previously tried to rotate the fender, it would not budge. Today, I finally bit the bullet and decided to completely remove the fender. Didn't really want to do it by myself, but I finally got some rare time to work on it, so I didn't want to wait for someone to come and help. Even before
I got the fender off, it immediately became apparent that the problem was that whoever previously removed the fender, glued both sides of the fender welt, making it impossible to rotate.
I removed the old fender welt, installed new, and mounted the fender properly, with the running board now attached securely.

I am very glad I had not painted the fenders, because I basically got a free pass to figure it all out without worrying about scratching anything.

Thank you to everyone who offered ideas.

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Joe Block asked me if I'd remove some interior air-conditioning pieces from my car so that he could look into reproducing them. I believe that someone may have installed the back vent backwards last time it was out.
A couple of these photos clearly show that my interior needs a bit of cleaning.

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In regards to the dash control. This would lead one to believe that they can adjust the "temperature control." That is not the case. This is merely a fan speed control. The ONLY way to turn the a/c off and on is to disconnect the dedicated fan belt that goes to the compressor.

Yesterday I succeeded in finishing the other side, getting the running board attached. I was fortunate that I did not have to completely remove the fender on the driver's side. It sure made it a lot easier.

I took my car out for a drive last night for the first time in a while. As usual, the voltage regulator failed to charge. It seems that every time the car sits for a while, the points stick together. Usually, after a couple of trips or if I use it consistently for a couple of days, it begins working again without opening up the regulator and "un-sticking" the points.

Does anyone else have this problem?