So what the hell is a survivor ?

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------Geez Steve,,,I turned my head upside down and Ill be darned if you arent right!!!! It would take a Mopar guy to point that out......Bill S

[L34Pace]

At what point does the survivor become a restoration project? I picked this L65/M38 factory a/c car up recently. Original 63 Champaign paint thats thin and rust breaking through on the quarter wells and lower front fenders. The headliner and vinyl top are toast. Do I leave it alone or start the restoration dance. It does have all the docs down to the original dealer paper plate but isnt all that rare of a car all in all.

[L34Pace]

The engine compartment seems fairly original and obviously untouched. The mileage shows 67K miles and supposedly original.

[L34Pace]

The interior needs a good scrubbing but should be able to save everything but the headliner.

[427TJ]

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The interior needs a good scrubbing but should be able to save everything but the headliner.

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Wow, another neat old SURVIVOR!

[427TJ]

The next Hot Trend in '69 Camaros: non-SS/Z stockers!



Make mine a 327/PG with wire wheel covers and belted whitewalls. (But I'd take this one in a second.)

[ORIGLS6]

Damn, that's a cool car!

[L78M22Rag]

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At what point does the survivor become a restoration project? I picked this L65/M38 factory a/c car up recently. Original 63 Champaign paint thats thin and rust breaking through on the quarter wells and lower front fenders. The headliner and vinyl top are toast. Do I leave it alone or start the restoration dance. It does have all the docs down to the original dealer paper plate but isnt all that rare of a car all in all.

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Correction, yours IS rare to find in that original condition! They're only original once!

As a spectator, I'd give your car a gooood look-over before I spent time looking at a restored car. As a buyer, I'd pay you more for the car as it sits now than after you painted it. Personally, I'd replace the headliner and the vinyl top and leave the rest alone - rust and all.

[camarojoe]

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Correction, yours IS rare to find in that original condition! They're only original once!

As a spectator, I'd give your car a gooood look-over before I spent time looking at a restored car. As a buyer, I'd pay you more for the car as it sits now than after you painted it. Personally, I'd replace the headliner and the vinyl top and leave the rest alone - rust and all.

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I agree. It's way too clean to restore...I love looking at cars like that!

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That is a survivor!
I believe that percentage rule should be called just that- "The car is 25% restored" NOT a survivor.

Keep the Camaro the way it is, wax up that rust for as long as you can.