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<blockquote data-quote="flatwins" data-source="post: 4277947" data-attributes="member: 5655"><p>More progress today. We’re trying to save the original paint on the car even if it’s not perfect. At some point the deck lid was replaced with one from another car and the respray wasn’t a pro job. The paint was really thin and most of it had given way to surface rust. Also at the tail end of the driver’s side the paint is rubbed away, possibly from a car cover while it was parked under the lean-to for all those years. Anyway, this stuff doesn’t bother us and we figure it’s just part of the story of the car.</p><p>So today it received a wipe on clear coat using the Poppy’s Patina product. This will lock in the nearly 70 year old paint so we won’t need to worry about it. </p><p></p><p> On the power train front, my nephew (dlbleak’s son) got a great line on a ‘69 327 along with a TH350. A person would have to be crazy to walk away from the price the seller had on this combo. It was previously in a Gen 1 Camaro but came out for an LS swap.</p><p></p><p>Edit: Added a comparison photo of just a few weeks ago when the car was buried in dirt.[ATTACH=full]485260[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]485261[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]485262[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]485263[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]485264[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="flatwins, post: 4277947, member: 5655"] More progress today. We’re trying to save the original paint on the car even if it’s not perfect. At some point the deck lid was replaced with one from another car and the respray wasn’t a pro job. The paint was really thin and most of it had given way to surface rust. Also at the tail end of the driver’s side the paint is rubbed away, possibly from a car cover while it was parked under the lean-to for all those years. Anyway, this stuff doesn’t bother us and we figure it’s just part of the story of the car. So today it received a wipe on clear coat using the Poppy’s Patina product. This will lock in the nearly 70 year old paint so we won’t need to worry about it. On the power train front, my nephew (dlbleak’s son) got a great line on a ‘69 327 along with a TH350. A person would have to be crazy to walk away from the price the seller had on this combo. It was previously in a Gen 1 Camaro but came out for an LS swap. Edit: Added a comparison photo of just a few weeks ago when the car was buried in dirt.[ATTACH type="full"]485260[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full"]485261[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full"]485262[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full"]485263[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full"]485264[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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