69 Camaro brought back to life...

[Nick Chapman]

I picked up a new client a couple of weeks ago. He has several classics and exotics. This was my 3rd car to do for him. 69 Camaro which was not taken care of properly. I'm not exactly sure what happened to the paint, but as you can see from the pictures, it was very bad off.

Now normally, I would have passed on this, but the owner gave me full power to do whatever I wanted to do, and not hold me accountable if I made it worse. He was planning on sending it to the painter here in a couple of weeks anyway, but thought he would give me a crack at it first. Plus he offered me a very generous payment to make it shine.

Here are the before's





Here are couple of good close ups...

[Nick Chapman]

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I started with 1000 grit, 1500, and finished with 2000 grit.
2 passes with Solo and the Solo marron wool pad, rotary.
1 pass #80 and a foam pad, rotary.
1 coat of #66, pc.
1 coat of #26, pc.

Now, the paint is not perfect by any means. But it is 200% better than it was before I put my hands on it. The owner was absolutely blown away.

The end result.....

[RDVT4ME]

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Wow, nice work!

My very first fun car was a 69 camaro SS350 in that color. You just brought back some great memories.

[Michael Stoops]

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Wow. Just..........wow.

[Mister B]

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WOW. Awesome transformation. That paint was in bad shape.

[gb387]

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Looks great! Nice work!

[RDVT4ME]

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Did you do some paint work on the car?

There are places in the before pix (hood) where paint is missing, down to the metal, that look painted in the after pix.

[Nick Chapman]

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Did you do some paint work on the car?

There are places in the before pix (hood) where paint is missing, down to the metal, that look painted in the after pix.

No, no paint work at all. Might be the angle of the shot, or some splatter from my wetsanding. There are some chips in the paint, and it's going for some touchups next week to those spots.

[CWM3]

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Damn that is one great transformation. GREAT work.

[Ryan L.]

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I am speechless...that is my all time favorite car!!!!!


Great Work!!

[98blackbird]

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wow, that really is an extreme makeover

[9C1 MAN]

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one hell of a change..........

[Mike Phillips]

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Very nice!

[Tom Weed]

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[J. A. Michaels]

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First reaction was woooow that is not the same car. What a transformation. That is a radical difference. Fantastic change.