1971 Door Jamb Blackout Area?

[Bryan M.]

Re: 1971 Door Jamb Blackout Area?

I wouldn't expect you to find two cars that look 'identical'. The black out process was influenced by human factors issues (what painter, what day, was he in a hurry, Etc.). I would expect to find a reasonably broad variance from car to car in terms of black out coverage...

Here's a shot of my 72's passenger and driver door. I believe it's original paint.
The blackout covers mostly the door panel side with over spray along the edge of the door front.

[Warren F.]

Re: 1971 Door Jamb Blackout Area?

Bryan's photos are much more typical of original paint cars.

[Paul C.]

Re: 1971 Door Jamb Blackout Area?

My 71 was repainted and they tried to make it look original but used tape and therefore it is a line not overspray. Since I am doing a restoration on a car that has been repainted I will end up looking like Doug's--which I think looks great. Hard to mimic the original overspray.
Paul

[Warren F.]

Re: 1971 Door Jamb Blackout Area?

That it is. We lose more and more original cars to repaints.

[Paul C.]

Re: 1971 Door Jamb Blackout Area?

The judging manual says paint is semi-gloss to semi-flat black. I have both colors from quanta which should I use? They have already been partially repainted so I don't have the original color to compare to---which would let decide which color.
Thanks Paul