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1968lew wrote:
Gator, I bought it from a local fellow who purchased it from his brother (also a Georgian) 7 years ago. The brother owned it for 30 years. He bought it from a lady in Douglasville, Ga, who was presumably the original owner, and he is the owner who had it painted. So, as far as I know, it's always been a GA car, and it always lived within a 20-mile radius of right here and now. The brothers are still living. I need to contact the 30-year owner for more details.
It would be a good idea to get as much prior history on the car as you can get especially if he remembers any specifics about the repaint. I purchased my car from a gentleman in South Carolina but in an attempt to have a title error corrected found out from a title search that my car also originally came from Georgia.
Not to put a damper on your repaint plans but I co-owened a paint and body shop in the 70's and 80's and a good rule of thumb is factory finish + two meaning that as a general rule, a car that means a lot to you and you expect it to maintain its looks for many years down the road should be limited to two repaints max over the factory paint. After that the paint simply gets too thick to flex with the constant expanding and contracting sheet metal and will not hold up as well as the previous finishes. The first sign of deteriation is usually paint checking. When my dad ordered a new '63 Ford Galaxie and went to pick it up from the dealership, he noticed scratches on the hood where it looked like one of the binder chains had been dropped on it so the dealer repainted the hood. The car is still in the family today and the original paint has held up great but unfortunately the repainted hood has checked all over and will need to be either stripped or sanded down below the checking before it can be repainted again.
Regardless, you would be wise to maintain the same color as what the car was originally painted at the factory no matter how many times it has been refinished.
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