[DeanBitner]

The top of the car and perhaps the sides had substantial damage caused by a chain falling from the upper deck onto the car during transport. It dented and damaged the top and perhaps the quarters. The car was repainted by the folks at Peck Chevrolet and that was the paint it was wearing when I acquired it in ( I THINK ) late 1985.

I know about the damage through a long convoluted story that I haven't gotten into here. If you want the details of how I came up with that info, I'll be glad to provide it but it will take several paragraphs. I am certain the story is true.

As I mentioned earlier I sold the car in the fall of 1988 to a guy in the northeast. His name was Bill. I thought he was from New York but Connecticut may be correct.

I know the car was wearing it's original tin because of the paint from 1970 and because I spoke to EVERY owner except the first. There were only 4 of us, excluding the dealers of course. I also spoke to the folks at Peck, some of whom remembered the car, including the guy who did the arrival inspection.

When that car left my home in 1988 it was 100 percent original body parts. It needed no panels replaced. It was absolutely rust free in every way having lived right here in Arkansas since new. I am also safe in saying that the entire drivetrain with the sole exception of possibly the cylinder heads and driveshaft, was 100 percent NOT ORIGINAL.

I'm sure of it.