Amazing results - most people would have assumed this level of preservation/clean-up was not possible. Thanks for sharing.

Only the insanely stupid would wanna waste their time doing this.. :no:

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Gonna do a photo dump so I will be caught up with my updates until after the New Year. Thanks again for all the "Thanks" and comments. Hope everyone is enjoying (or at the least tolerating me with my junky Camaro). Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.


Photos 379 - 380 - Before comparison on the left side and the right side after applying some citrus cleaner allowing it to soak before removal.

381 - 383 - After some additional cleaning but before Meguiar's #7 application

384 - 386 -#7 applied

387 - 389 - #7 continued. Still a lot of cleaning to go but baby steps in the process.

Slowly chipping away on the firewall as well.. This has been the worst and hardest process to deal with. Removal of overspray without damaging the original finish. I have been working with everything from Xylene to lacquer thinner to just citrus degreaser to wet sanding to blue and green Scotchbrite pads to rags. I have even busted out the razor blade and had some success with that method as well. I have ordered some plastic razor blades which should be here before Christmas so I hope to have plenty to work on while on my break and hopefully have some decent updates for the thread.

Photo 390 - Firewall as found

Photo 391 - Progress to this point.

I am struggling with the reality of having bare metal on the firewall due to overspray removal and I might consider air brushing in some black into the bare areas but I am not going to jump into any decisions just yet. I have time before any thing needs to be done.

Photo 392 - 393 - More photos of the driver side rear footwell. Still more cleaning required but showing potential.

Roughly 3 days at around 8hrs total of cleaning over the weekend I managed to get the rear floor tubs cleaned along with the remainder of the tunnel. I still need to go back over the pass side forward of the seatbelt retainer but other than that and a few touch-ups here and there I hope to either move back to the firewall and then sub so I can get that back under the car and then begin on the rear of the car.

Photo 394 - Rear tubs before cleaning. Not sure if there is a difference in Texas dirt and TN but this was very compacted. I found success with soaking it down with my favorite citrus degreaser and then gently peeling of the layers with a razorblade on the flat surfaces making sure not to damage the original finish.


Photo 395 - 398 - After removing the majority of the dirt with the blade I hit the surfaces again with degreaser and then gave it a work over with a blue Scotchbrite pad. Once the surface was bare and clean I then coated it with Meguiar's #7.

Photos 399 - 401 - Finished product - I still need to go back and hit the pass side front tub in the photo with the red arrow.

Went ahead and knocked out the passenger compartment last night. Overall, I am very happy with the condition of the floors considering the amount of caked on Texas and TN dirt. Next, I'll move my attentions back to the firewall and then on to the subframe.

Photos 402 - 403 - Finished pass compartment floor. After cleaning with the aforementioned process; I applied a healthy coat of Meguiar's #7. Oh and I received my plastic razorblades I ordered and they seem to work ok for the cleaning of dirt and grease but I'll put them to the test on removing heavier layers.

Photos 404 - 405 - toeboards and front floors.

Photos 406 - 407 - Here are a couple of a good contrast between the red oxide primer and the red paint. Someone asked either here or crg but here it is regardless.

Photos 408 - 411 - Rear of tub.

Dayuum:headbang:

A couple of before photos for contrast.

You are not alone Darrell... The last no-paint preservation project I did was at least 300-400 hours, and in the midst of it I did question my wisdom (sanity??). But the results are worth it!! :beers:

That is an incredible amount of body color underneath. Well done Darrell!

Not much of an update but I am still working on the cowl and firewall (mainly cowl, wiper transmission area) removing black spray bomb, primer to get down to the white for the stripes. Very time consuming but I will update that once I have completed the upper cowl area. But just to have some sort of an update here is the wiper motor clean up.


Photo 412 - 413 - Wiper motor as found. Basically the process citrus degreaser and blue Scotchbrite pad and paying attention to the yellow ink stamp on the can.

Photos 414 - 421 - waster pump was removed cleaned and regreased (sorry failed to capture photos) bolts cleaned as well as washer collars inserts for the bushings. Just cleaned and polishing not replating.

Photo 422 - Finally made my final decision on gauges, tach and rev limiter. Also have a nos Mallory CDI box and Mallory Double Life distributor (not pictured) to help with the Day 2 items.

Photos 423 - 424 - I managed to snag 2 pair of NOS brake pads for the Z and the green car if it ever needs them.

The floors of your car remind me a lot of my 67. What an amazing transformation! Thank you for taking the time to document everything you've done so far and sharing it with us.

Another small update. Since I needed to pull the cowl vent ducts I decided to give them a cleaning as they too had black overspray on them.

Photos 425 - 426 - Duct after removal and before cleaning.

Photos 427 - 430 - Citrus degreaser, green Scotchbrite and then soaked in Evaporust. Finally applying Meguiars Mirror Bright Vinyl & Rubber Treatment.

Enjoy following the updates....great job!