The Crusty Cuda: Whole lotta Shakin' (N96) Goin' on!

[m22mike]

Nice detail work, looks outstanding. Sometimes I think we should drive the cars upside down to show off our efforts....

[R68GTO]

Don't want to hijack this awesome thread but what is your proven method for uncovering those markings without removing them?

[RS_COPO_Canuck]

Originally Posted by R68GTO

Don't want to hijack this awesome thread but what is your proven method for uncovering those markings without removing them?

R68GTO....are you asking me or Dave the OP?
On the pics I posted - the car was very clean and had zero surface rust - it was an easy one to see markings on. On a rusty car it comes down to very, very careful cleaning with mild cleaners. Spraying with WD40 or similar helps to see the markings better. Some are just too rusty to find much of anything.

Maybe Dave has a secret or two he can share....

[R68GTO]

Originally Posted by RS_COPO_Canuck

R68GTO....are you asking me or Dave the OP?
On the pics I posted - the car was very clean and had zero surface rust - it was an easy one to see markings on. On a rusty car it comes down to very, very careful cleaning with mild cleaners. Spraying with WD40 or similar helps to see the markings better. Some are just too rusty to find much of anything.

Maybe Dave has a secret or two he can share....

Thanks for the feedback....guess I was asking both! Will be undertaking my own project like this in a few months, don't want to screw it up.

[sixt9rsx33]

Originally Posted by R68GTO

Thanks for the feedback....guess I was asking both! Will be undertaking my own project like this in a few months, don't want to screw it up.

I will jump in here and share that I have had great luck using Evap O Rust. I dunked my entire suspension pieces including brake calibers in this stuff while restoring the 69 RS Z...unbelievable results. All the original paint dabs came up and just painted back over these areas. Same story with my 69 Charger, but the Charger like the Oregon car, very limited rust beforehand.

[R68GTO]

Thanks all! Mine is 15K original miles and stored indoors it's whole life for the most part so markings should be there unless someone got aggressive in the past. One of the PO's said he took a sandblaster to the firewall, so probably out of luck there.

[Ryan1969Chevelle]

Originally Posted by m22mike

Nice detail work, looks outstanding. Sometimes I think we should drive the cars upside down to show off our efforts....

Let’s figure this out, mine is pretty underneath :-)

Ryan W31