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olredalert 12-18-2007 05:09 PM

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------Geez Steve,,,I turned my head upside down and Ill be darned if you arent right!!!! It would take a Mopar guy to point that out......Bill S

L34Pace 12-18-2007 05:20 PM

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At what point does the survivor become a restoration project? I picked this L65/M38 factory a/c car up recently. Original 63 Champaign paint thats thin and rust breaking through on the quarter wells and lower front fenders. The headliner and vinyl top are toast. Do I leave it alone or start the restoration dance. It does have all the docs down to the original dealer paper plate but isnt all that rare of a car all in all.

L34Pace 12-18-2007 05:25 PM

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The engine compartment seems fairly original and obviously untouched. The mileage shows 67K miles and supposedly original.

L34Pace 12-18-2007 05:37 PM

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The interior needs a good scrubbing but should be able to save everything but the headliner.

427TJ 12-18-2007 06:57 PM

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The interior needs a good scrubbing but should be able to save everything but the headliner.

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Wow, another neat old SURVIVOR!

JIM 12-18-2007 07:06 PM

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Whose are the Impala's that you posted pictures of. Just curious I took the same pictures when I had that collection offered to me several years ago in Phila. I could not make a deal as no one had a straight answer on any of the titles. Jim

L78M22Rag 12-18-2007 10:48 PM

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At what point does the survivor become a restoration project? I picked this L65/M38 factory a/c car up recently. Original 63 Champaign paint thats thin and rust breaking through on the quarter wells and lower front fenders. The headliner and vinyl top are toast. Do I leave it alone or start the restoration dance. It does have all the docs down to the original dealer paper plate but isnt all that rare of a car all in all.

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Correction, yours IS rare to find in that original condition! They're only original once!

As a spectator, I'd give your car a gooood look-over before I spent time looking at a restored car. As a buyer, I'd pay you more for the car as it sits now than after you painted it. Personally, I'd replace the headliner and the vinyl top and leave the rest alone - rust and all.

camarojoe 12-19-2007 01:38 AM

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Correction, yours IS rare to find in that original condition! They're only original once!

As a spectator, I'd give your car a gooood look-over before I spent time looking at a restored car. As a buyer, I'd pay you more for the car as it sits now than after you painted it. Personally, I'd replace the headliner and the vinyl top and leave the rest alone - rust and all.

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I agree. It's way too clean to restore...I love looking at cars like that!

ss427copo 12-19-2007 01:46 AM

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Dunno Jim, Somebody posted the pictures on one of the Chevy Forums I found. Damn....are these for sale? Did they sell? https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...s/confused.gif

I'm not far from Philly.

Jeffx2 https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...ins/3gears.gif

x Baldwin Motion 12-19-2007 04:00 AM

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That is a survivor!
I believe that percentage rule should be called just that- "The car is 25% restored" NOT a survivor.

Keep the Camaro the way it is, wax up that rust for as long as you can. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/cool.gif https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...iggthumpup.gif


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