The Supercar Registry - Some painting details of Sport Chev RS COPO

There are many here, on CRG, and elsewhere who know far than I do.
Regarding these cars the part numbers, documentation, screws and fasteners etc, and I nearly always defer to the experts whenever I personally have a question.

THAT being said... I pay attention to aesthetics, and how it looks to a critical eye in the jambs, under the hood, under the dash, the paint details in the engine compartment, fender drops to the inner fender - too much paint on nearly every car you see restored, trim tags with so much paint the numbers on the tags look bloated (I tape the TT with the original paint left on it from the day the car comes in until I am going to spray the final finish on the firewall that way it can be matched at the exact time. (untaped and then immediately retaped multiple times during process)
after body work priming surface etc I go back with 400 on a 2" DA and take all visible pinch welds - the font back and the 2 pinched edges and sand then down to metal, before sealing the whole entire car...
This ensures all the nice crisp edges you see on an original car are more closely replicated on a car which has superior protection with no appearance of build up.

I have said for years that the best compliment I could ever receive is for someone to question whether my restored car was a survivor.
One I did was certified a few years afterwards - after being acquired by Rick Hendrick.
Note the comments on being a one repaint original and original floors etc - I sectioned in outer wheelhouse in the rear, sectioned in a trunk drop, 3 layers of the dash on the drivers side, completely did the entire engine compartment.
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