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There is a Great thread on the C1 section showing our Patina Corvettes, lets see C3 Patina out there, show us yours.
Here's my 71 LT1 with 35 year old paint, not too much Patina, it is what it is!
Disclaimer: I like taking and sharing (Vette) pictures!
1972 Ontario Orange 350/4 speed. Original paint. Currently has 50,000 miles, but this was taken in Reeds Bay in Hilo, Hawaii back in 2007. Car had roughly 40,000 miles.
In Texas back in 2011. Still original paint. Sadly in late 2013, the car was wrecked and it lost it's original paint and no accident record.
Original interior. (minus console armrest and floor mats)
One of many sad things about the wreck is that the car had such great original paint.
Now, the repaint.
Last edited by Brandons72vette; 03-26-2015 at 10:48 PM.
Patina and then some. Had been in a front end wreck at one point, non-Factory front end replacement with a lot of little ripples in the fiberglass and no front end emblem. 82' Tail piece, no emblem there either and I designed the hood grills to let out some of the heat, while it's parked.
We're trying to get along with the 'entity' that she brought with her, to our shop...
1972 Ontario Orange 350/4 speed. Original paint. Currently has 50,000 miles, but this was taken in Reeds Bay in Hilo, Hawaii back in 2007. Car had roughly 40,000 miles.
Here's mine. 77 L48, matching numbers 4 speed. Too many miles to count, but it's held up fairly well in the Arizona sun.
Note the outer, versus the inner. Proof that you can polish a....
It looks better than it does! Of course, it's going to show the wear marks and cracks, but overall, it's shiny and she earned that patina. Years of waiting in garages, side yards, back yards, front yards, car ports (where I found her).
Original patina Laguna grey factory paint and deluxe interior on my 1970. The engine bay and undercarriage have been detailed and the wheels repainted before installing new Goodyear OEM bias plys.
I don't know what it is, but your car looks badass.
Thank you, very much, and I'll pass it along to Sassy! She just eminates that attitude, it's kind of weird. I doubt you'd be surprised at how many potent rides pull up and want to play. The other night it was a newer Shelby GT500 and Tuesday, was a 2015 Roush Mustang. And while they may on paper, easily beat her, you'd be surprised at the fight she puts up. She's not a chrome bumper, BB car, just a little ol '74 in a worn Dark Metallic Brown.
The little bitch is haunted too, no kidding. Some may laugh, but too many bizarre and unexplained incidents have happened with her in the Shop. I connected with her, like I was wired, just coming across her in a CL ad , and had looked at thousands of Corvettes. The nano second I saw her, I knew instantly, that, that was my Corvette. It was a spooky felt conversation, through the ether; "I know you"... I know you too! I heard, deep down in my brain, not words, but the instant knowledge that she's going to be a rowdy little hitch of a car, that will excite the crap out of me and leave me shaking.
She came through on that promise too, right off the bat. That tired looking four speed, '74, left my shop partners hands shaking when he took her out. There are guys like you, who know what she is, just by looking at her and I was lucky enough to be one of them, when the ad popped up.
Makes me feel sorry for Bulldog chap, in another thread, who's gone through 27 Corvettes, getting them, fixing them and getting rid of them. I hope one day, he runs into HIS Corvette! I've got mine.
White always seems to stand the test of time well.
Originally Posted by The Hot Rod Grille
Original patina Laguna grey factory paint and deluxe interior on my 1970. The engine bay and undercarriage have been detailed and the wheels repainted before installing new Goodyear OEM bias plys.
Your car is magnificent. Great preservation restoration.
Original patina Laguna grey factory paint and deluxe interior on my 1970. The engine bay and undercarriage have been detailed and the wheels repainted before installing new Goodyear OEM bias plys.
Jim
Nice vette Jim, great color with the big block, i really like how its sets with the hard top on
03-26-2015, 09:26 PM
Patina Corvettes (old paint)
