Refinish AC undressed fibreglass cover

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Thanks to all of you who responded. I really appreciate it. Some really good ideas from experienced people. Although I don't post here very often I do look at the material here quite often and find the posts and comments excellent.

SS427: The work you did on the air box and under dash parts is really impressive. Very nice work. If I could get mine to look like that I would be really happy. Thanks for the photos. A picture truly is worth a thousand words. I would appreciate it if I can ask you a few questions about restoring the other air conditioning parts. I have a few spare parts that I've collected over the years from 1967 -69 Camaros and Novas that I could select from. All years seem to be slightly different. I do have an unmolested complete 1969 Nova under hood assembly that I can use to experiment with. Unfortunately it also sat in the sun with the front end off the car and is actually in worse finish condition than my 1967 one. The gel coat has just turned gray but the fibreglass looks good.

The air box on my car sat in the California sun (San Diego) for some time without the hood on. The top part is faded to the point that the gel coat looks to have vanished. The actual fibreglass is still intact and in good condition and is quite different than the under dash parts which are in very good condition. The under dash parts look to be made of a different material that is denser in fibreglass strands than the under hood parts. The bottom of my under hood part is in very good condition. I can't remember it very well when I first got it as it was in the mid 1980s and I cleaned it before installing it back on the car for a mock up with the fender on. It could be that the lower part had under hood debris such as an oil film that protected it. I'm finally getting at putting the car back together and will be taking the mockup with the fender apart in the next few weeks. Not sure exactly sure when but I'll try and post some pictures when I get it off. If I can get some good photos as on the car I'll try and post them.