Underneath hood painting margins

[Dale S.]

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William, I put the picture under favorites and then printed it. Dale

[John H.]

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Great picture thanks for posting it. I would like to have a print of it but when ever I try and print it all I get is a blank page? What an I doing wrong???

Bill -

If you can't print it directly from the screen, right-click the photo, click "save as", download to your computer, then you can print it. I right-clicked it on the screen, clicked on "print", and it printed OK for me...

[William L.]

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Bill -

If you can't print it directly from the screen, right-click the photo, click "save as", download to your computer, then you can print it. I right-clicked it on the screen, clicked on "print", and it printed OK for me...

I got her now John. Thanks "Lace"

[Francis F.]

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"Correct" for NCRS and perhaps for knowledgable collectors, but not correct for the majority of the market. Remember, the factory delivered result was not the intention of the design. Proper techniques were compromised because of assembly line and time restrictions. We're talking about a prime example of this with the hood blackout, where it would have been more expensive and cost more time to paint the body parts individually. Of course, we're partially to blame too, since we kept buying the cars and did'nt demand perfection.

Trying to recall the last 65-66 national awarded car????
was thh margin paint like this orig pic????
They were asking 100,ooo $plus.. I'm not sure it was restored
in this fashion.
Francis

[Tony S.]

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Tony, nice pic but the black / red break line going up the side is not where I'm use to seeing it.............it usually breaks at the lower surface Bob

Hi Bob. I hear you; it is what it is. I just wanted to share what I discovered. Michael suggested that the angle of the gun makes a difference. Makes sense.

Best,
Tony

[Tony S.]

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James. I'll see what I can do.

This was a very original car about a month ago, then a retail seller got ahold of the owner and was hired to "restore" the car. What the dealer did with cans of rattle can semi-gloss black paint ought to be a crime. I've tried to document as much of the original features of the car as I can. I was just lucky that I was in the paint shop the same day that this car arrived.

Best,
Tony

[Michael H.]

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Trying to recall the last 65-66 national awarded car????
was thh margin paint like this orig pic????
They were asking 100,ooo $plus.. I'm not sure it was restored
in this fashion.
Francis

I think a lot of NCRS members/restorers try to duplicate the correct/original method as far as the blackout on the underside of the hood and hinge area. (isn't that what NCRS is all about?) I've seen several good examples of accurately recreated blackout in the last several years. I've also see a lot that were not even close.
I suppose it all depends on the knowledge level of the restorer. It also likely has a lot to do with the intended use of the car. If it's headed for the BJ auction, I suppose a lot less time is spent trying to accurately duplicate the way the paint was applied in this area.

If someone is truly interested in "RESTORING" an old Corvette, then items like this are certainly part of a correct restoration.
If an owner is only interested in impressing his neighbor, it's unlikely he will spend the extra time required to actually restore the area correctly.

It all goes back to what an owner wants as a finished product. As mentioned, some of this detail is over the top for some people. For others, it's the ONLY way they would ever be satisfied with the project when completed. Much of the fun during a restoration is the research and discovery of methods used at the factory that produced areas like the one at the top of this discussion.

The Corvette restoration hobby has come a LONG way in the last 35 years and things change. That also increases the level of judging. I would expect all 63-67 judges will soon look for this area to somewhat duplicate the one in the picture.
After all, it IS called restoring.

Dave Burroughs said it best. "The way they were....not the way we wished they were".

[Dan H.]

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Michael, nicely put! I read Dave's book and after that was VERY careful and observant when I took a Corvette apart. The new restorers today will find very few cars to restore that have never been apart before. Their research should be to look at any untouched cars to get the guide lines for their restoration efforts.
Dan