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Body & Paint

Current Status of the Car. It's been painted, and getting ready for the subframe and rear-axle to be re-attached.

Camaro Painted.jpg

Underside of Z/29 Floor Plan and Tunnel, prior to restoration. Note all black, no grey primer showing through.

Underside WS.jpg

Frame Rails and Trunk Pan showing Factory Overspray:
Side Frame Rail wfactory overspray WS.jpg


Underside after cleaning and sanding:

Underside Sanded WS.jpg

Underside after paint (~30% Gloss w/Overspary). Note gray/silver-ish hues on trunk pan:

Underside After Paint WS.jpg

Side Rails and Trunk Pan, After Paint - showing overspray:
Underside II woverspray WS.jpg

Finally, apparently the factory ran out of black paint so they painted the firewall on dark green (appears to be fathom green). Note it is original - see the "3" on the right cowl side -

Green Firewall WS.jpg

Posted by Hans at February 16, 2005 10:41 PM