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My '67 is Goodwood Green (repaint) and I believe is the original color as the tag says Green. I have pictures of the repainted before and after in 2008 along with pictures of the car sanded, prior to spray.
The car had a few bubbles on the driver side fenders next to the hood and the windshield. I popped the bubbles and there was blue paint below the repainted green. There is no evidense of blue in the sanded car photos.
I was thinking maybe the fender had been replaced. There was no mention of that when I bought the car last year. I've inspected the bird cage and I don't recall seeing any blue.
My car is an A.O. Smith body number 1060. Is yours an early Smith car?
Thanks for the info, this AO Smith car was 2866 from April 13
It would be interesting to know if the VIN on the frame matches the pic posted. The car does seem to have an interesting history. It would not surprise me if a blue car was used to repair damaged areas or if the car had VIN #s swapped to be rebuild who know what which could be scary.
As mentioned undergoing frame off, the vin stamped on the frame just in front of body mount matches
It would be interesting to know if the VIN on the frame matches the pic posted. The car does seem to have an interesting history. It would not surprise me if a blue car was used to repair damaged areas or if the car had VIN #s swapped to be rebuild who know what which could be scary.
It under a frame off and the vin number matches the frame stamp, the engine stamp, the tranny stamp etc.
Thanks for the info, this AO Smith car was 2866 from April 13
After thinking more about your comment it looks like you have a similar, if not same, question, was the car painted 2 times at the factory. Based on all the reasonable responses I received, and especially your comment, the factory did do color changes
After thinking more about your comment it looks like you have a similar, if not same, question, was the car painted 2 times at the factory. Based on all the reasonable responses I received, and especially your comment, the factory did do color changes
not really, I really think your just searching for the answer you want. based on your comments and pics, all behind the dash is white with no evidence of blue, the floors per your comments are only partially blue.
the unbolted parts that show blue could have come off the car that donated the rear clip.
in the late 60's and throughout out the 70's these were just used cars. I'm betting your car was hit in the rear, and the shop that fixed it found it easier to just cut it through the floor and replace all the rear glass, than to replace each damaged panel. the splice looks pretty clear in your one photo.
if its off the frame, unless someone really tried to hide it, I bet the seam is visible. if not visible now, remove the filler from the splice and it will be.
I'm fixing a 68 that has had a similar issue right now, but they actually used a coupe rear clip on a convertible...
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Two years ago at my NCRS Mid Atlantic tech session we did a whole segment on trim tags. They show us five different cars that were painted one color in the factory but the tag showed a different color. We were told the person punching out the trim tags sometimes entered the wrong paint code. The tags slipped by with nobody checking the info and got put on the car.
Last edited by Corvette ED; Jan 28, 2018 at 02:23 PM.
Two years ago at my NCRS Mid Atlantic tech session we did a whole segment on trim tags. They show us five different cars that were painted one color in the factory but the tag showed a different color. We were told the person punching out the trim tags sometimes entered the wrong paint code. The tags slipped by with nobody checking the info and got put on the car.
100%. My car is a perfect example with the paint code off by one digit. I presented all of the extensive documentation to Al Grenning many years back and he has used my car/trim tag in his seminars to show that mistakes were made at the factory and there was no double checking for accuracy. The car has gone through NCRS judging with no deducts for the wrong color on the Trim Tag.
100%. My car is a perfect example with the paint code off by one digit. I presented all of the extensive documentation to Al Grenning many years back and he has used my car/trim tag in his seminars to show that mistakes were made at the factory and there was no double checking for accuracy. The car has gone through NCRS judging with no deducts for the wrong color on the Trim Tag. 