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PostPosted: Mon Aug 26, 2013 1:32 pm 
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Been into air ride and mini trucks and my dad is into restoring Chevelles camaros And novas and what not and I love working on and building both so I think thats why I like the luvs so much cause its in between its old and classic and a mini truck I always wanted one to build and finally found one worst buying its a 76 2wd short bed mikado auto all original and 100% complete minus the hub caps and 1 mikado badge off the bed I plan to bag and body it but leave the mint cherry mikado inteiror in and the outside appearing stock with all bumpers trim and badges on it


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PostPosted: Mon Aug 26, 2013 7:27 pm 
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 26, 2013 11:46 pm 
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 27, 2013 1:35 pm 
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Welcome.

Depending on the font style of the "Mikado" badge you're missing, I may be able to help you out with that. I've got a spare set that doesn't match my setup. They use the simpler block font type, not the asian-styled-serif font type. Unfortunately, I'm not sure which year the badges changed styles. Perhaps someone else will chime in with an answer?

You can usually find the badges on Ebay too, but they're often 20 bucks or more. I'll let mine go for cheap + shipping if you'll post some good pics of that mint interior of yours.

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PostPosted: Tue Aug 27, 2013 1:52 pm 
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76 had the asian kanjii script looking font on the Mikado bed side badges. 77 and up had the straight more European font.

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PostPosted: Wed Aug 28, 2013 11:12 am 
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Thanks guys yeah I've got the Asian style badges and ill def get some pics of the inside for ya it's all there and complete only thing is the light lense is missing (go figure lol) and the dash pad is cracked but the door panels head liner and seat are all rip and tear free not even a cigarette burn and all the dash lights radio lights and everything still work even the cigarette lighter works ! Lol


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PostPosted: Wed Aug 28, 2013 9:09 pm 
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Dashes are pretty much all cracked to some degree, but there are no replacements so don't go tearing it out just yet. There is a cap that is molded to match the dash and covers from about the middle of the gauges up but you need to have some dash left in the truck to hook it to. I've seen a couple people rip out their slightly cracked dash thinking it can be replaced easy only to find out after that they would have been better off leaving what they had to go with the cap.

Which light lens is missing?

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PostPosted: Wed Aug 28, 2013 9:18 pm 
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Yeah I don't mind the cracked pad because when I'm done bagging and bodied the truck and fixIng the crunchy spots I'm going to paint it flat white and then Wet sand some rub marks in it to give it that old and worn look along with the slightly faded red interior and leave the cracked dash pad and everything inside stock and when I raise the bed floor for the body drop I'm cutting the whole floor out fender wells and all and raising it all and leaving the little pin holes a few paint chipped rust spots and its the lens that goes over the interior light above your head


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PostPosted: Thu Aug 29, 2013 2:41 pm 
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Mikado interior light lens? Heh, good luck with that one. ;) Lets just say that is a fairly uncommon part to find in good shape. :) Last NOS in the box one I saw on ebay sold for $60-80 or something like that.

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PostPosted: Mon Sep 02, 2013 9:01 am 
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Yeah I know there fairly hard to find....thanks tilted!


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