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12-18-2006, 12:08 AM
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Re: 72 T/A progess
[/ QUOTE ] This is off the subject but...I have spent untold hours under a multitude of 2nd Gen Camaros and after seeing the floor and those perfect rear frame rails on your car, I have to say that although I don't know what you paid for the car, I have to say you got a good deal regardless of price. You could look at 1000 cars and maybe not find 1 with rails that nice (I feel like I have crawled under that many sometimes!)  I love seeing all the pics you post and since I have seen the underside I am really looking forward to seeing it finished. [/ QUOTE ] I am more amazed than you! The car has 114,000 miles on it and spent 99% of it's life on the West Coast. I bought it from a guy in PA who brought it back from Washington State. It was sold new at Reliable Pontiac in Roseville, California (They're still in business!) I think I paid about $18,000 for the car back in 2004, saw it listed it on ebay and I immediately ran to the guy's house in PA and bought it on the spot. Top dollar at the time, but now you can't even get a rusted hulk for that. (check these links out and you'll see what $18k gets you now: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Pontiac-F...1QQcmdZViewItem http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Pontiac-T...1QQcmdZViewItem It sounds kinda wierd but I spent a lot of time on the creeper this weekend just looking up at the underside of the car.  BTW, here is what that derusting stuff can do for hard metal pieces: here is the jack base from the car: Topside before:  Topside after 2 days of soaking:  Bottom before:  Bottom after:  
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12-18-2006, 02:23 AM
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Re: 72 T/A progess
Steve, are you going to keep the faded finish?
Neat how this product wroks...
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12-18-2006, 04:07 AM
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Re: 72 T/A progess
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Steve, are you going to keep the faded finish? Neat how this product works... [/ QUOTE ] If you mean the underside finish, it isn't faded, that's all the original assembly line white paint overspray on the red oxide e-coat primer. I will probably try to match the finish somehow on the under trunk area as we have to replace the bottom of the trunk floor and may end up painting the underside panel up to the upper rear dif area bulkhead. I guess we'll have to prime it and then fog in some white overspray to match.
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12-18-2006, 05:44 AM
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Re: 72 T/A progess
[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ] Steve, are you going to keep the faded finish? Neat how this product works... [/ QUOTE ] If you mean the underside finish, it isn't faded, that's all the original assembly line white paint overspray on the red oxide e-coat primer. I will probably try to match the finish somehow on the under trunk area as we have to replace the bottom of the trunk floor and may end up painting the underside panel up to the upper rear dif area bulkhead. I guess we'll have to prime it and then fog in some white overspray to match. [/ QUOTE ] Sorry for the confusion Steve, I meant the jack base...
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12-18-2006, 06:22 AM
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Re: 72 T/A progess
No, it's a little too far gone to keep in its present shape, so I'll be repainting the jack base as soon as I can find the correct color. The guys on the Pontiac website tend to use Ford Dark Blue engine paint but there's got to be an exact match out there somewhere. Anyone know what the correct paint color is?
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#7
12-19-2006, 02:11 AM
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Re: 72 T/A progess
What we ended up doing on the black 69 Z was using cosmoline, boeshield, or the like on the underside to keep the rust at bay and just left the finishes as found, (we were going for as much originality as possible) I did not want to shoot any paint on the chassis at all, felt like it would detract from the vintage look and feel of the car.
If I were having to replace metal... I would keep as much as possible in the original finish then spot in just like you are talking about... I think that is the way to go... Keep up the good work Steve... James
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