We painted it a medium blue metallic, consisting of the remants of about 6 different colors of blue lacquer all mixed together. Painted 70 Chevelle SS style stripes on the hood and deck, and "blacked out" the side window frames for a racy look. Also changed the complete interior from tan to black. Saved up my money from a part time after-school dishwashing job to buy a used set of tires and 15x7 rally wheels, and located some other odds and ends at various swap meets, including better used bumpers, door handles, grille, valve covers, air cleaner, etc. Also bought some new stuff for it, such as weatherstrip, front end trim, bumper filler, etc... and cleaned up/reused as much as I could on my shoestring budget. In all, i had less than 1500.00 in the entire project, and did 95% of it myself.
