Linda: If it looks straight and it's BLACK, it IS straight!!! My friend's '65 was not wet sanded or blocked before the clear went on, and the finish looks like crepe-paper or stained glass. Terrible. The peaks and valleys in the paint cause shadows under the clearcoat, which is smooth and like glass. The whole car needs to be redone. He spent 10,000 dollars for the job, and my $200, 17 year old home job on my '67 looks better. Mine is single stage PPG urethane enamel, with NO clear coat. I color sanded it up to 2000 grit, then buffed. It sounds to me like the folks on this forum are on the right track!!!
Jeff
I guess the smart thing for me to do would be to have someone actually do (most) of the bodywork for me, but the whole reson I bought the car was for the project. Thats why I'm not sure about the color yet, I don't know if we'll get it straight enough, but I would love to see it in black. Unfortunately it was originally white, but has been repainted about 4 times from what I can see, but not once was it taken down to metal. I think the car is about 1000 pounds heavier at this point with all the layers on it.
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I saw the same thing on mine, obviously, back in the day, they judged the quality of the paint job on how much primmer they could put on under the paint!
You'll get it straight enough if you block sand it with a longboard down to the original coat of paint!!! A lot of work, but you'll have an excellent base for a first-rate repaint.
I had a body guy judge what needed to be done and I wanted the project too so I spent almost every night down at the shop helping. It was nice of them to come after hours to help with this project. I've had many hands on time on this vehicle and know every inch of it now. We took it down to bare metal (through three coats of paint). The original paint still showed through the stickers in the trunk! I was kind of disappointed when he couldn't save those stickers....
Linda
Yeah, I know. My body guy bought them for me...it was just cool to have the originals with the scratch in them to see the original paint color...
Linda
I know the feeling. They're only original once. I haven't restored my '65 because of this. It's been repainted once, but not in the trunk or jams, etc. It still has all of the original interior (except headliner) and dash paint, etc. It's not perfect, but it looks presentable. There's a lot of character in an original old car. I've kept it in good running condition, but it's never been "apart". It's been registered and on the road every single year since 1965. And yeah, my trunk stickers are in really shabby condition!! Can't wait to see your '67 when it's done. Taking my friends '65 back to the paint shop today to get it re-done. Gonna drive the '67 with the top down...it's in the 70's here.
Jeff
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