Bare fiberglass underside ??
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Racer
Joined: Jan 2009
Posts: 353
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From: Cuyahoga Falls Ohio
Bare fiberglass underside ??
I am looking at a '66 coupe that is very clean on the underside.
The seller has a lift and we were able to look at everything. The
fiberglass is 'raw' tan color with no paint, or overspray (not sure if
it is suppose to have such) but just trying to explain what I am
seeing. The metal parts appear to all be the correct color but the
fiberglass is naked... Any thoughts ?
I am very close to buying the car and need your input..
The seller has a lift and we were able to look at everything. The
fiberglass is 'raw' tan color with no paint, or overspray (not sure if
it is suppose to have such) but just trying to explain what I am
seeing. The metal parts appear to all be the correct color but the
fiberglass is naked... Any thoughts ?
I am very close to buying the car and need your input..
Team Owner
Joined: Aug 2007
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Army
I am looking at a '66 coupe that is very clean on the underside.
The seller has a lift and we were able to look at everything. The
fiberglass is 'raw' tan color with no paint, or overspray (not sure if
it is suppose to have such) but just trying to explain what I am
seeing. The metal parts appear to all be the correct color but the
fiberglass is naked... Any thoughts ?
I am very close to buying the car and need your input..
The seller has a lift and we were able to look at everything. The
fiberglass is 'raw' tan color with no paint, or overspray (not sure if
it is suppose to have such) but just trying to explain what I am
seeing. The metal parts appear to all be the correct color but the
fiberglass is naked... Any thoughts ?
I am very close to buying the car and need your input..
Drifting
Joined: Feb 2005
Posts: 1,531
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From: Jamestown N.C.
The floors on my '64 are bare also.
Check out this website which has great photo galleries of customer's cars undergoing restoration. This link is to a under-floor photo of a specific customer's car:
http://www.countycorvette.com/custom...0013%20(8).jpg
Hope this helps.
Todd
Check out this website which has great photo galleries of customer's cars undergoing restoration. This link is to a under-floor photo of a specific customer's car:
http://www.countycorvette.com/custom...0013%20(8).jpg
Hope this helps.
Todd
Melting Slicks
Joined: Jan 2007
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From: York PA
That is what you want to see vs. something all painted up or worst yet undercoated. Good luck on the car and let's see pics 
Melting Slicks
Joined: Sep 2003
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From: ct
They should be bare. The only paint should be at the front of the floors where the firewall meets the floor and at the rear wheelwells where you can see with the car on the ground. When I did my 66 I buffed the floors with superduty compound to make the bare glass look new. 
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Melting Slicks
Joined: May 2002
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From: Ontario Canada Ontario Canada
They should be bare. The only paint should be at the front of the floors where the firewall meets the floor and at the rear wheelwells where you can see with the car on the ground. When I did my 66 I buffed the floors with superduty compound to make the bare glass look new.
Instructor
Joined: Apr 2007
Posts: 149
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From: Rhode Island
We're just debating where the paint break lines should be for black vs. natural fiberglass, can anyone be specific? For example, are the sides of the jack well supposed to be raw or painted black with the wheel wells?
