Original paint?
Melting Slicks
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From: Massapequa Park NY
You will also see "under spray" on a factory body. Look under the rear quarter panels where they wrap under and become parallel to the ground; same with the wheel flares at the forward edge of the rocker panel and the underside of the chin spoiler area. These areas commonly received little or no paint from the factory but are almost always (like 99.923% of the time) painted during a repaint because that's what responsible re-painters do.
Safety Car
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Melting Slicks
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You can't go by the front end rivet bumps and bonding strips. I have seen repainted cars have these issues depending on the climate the car has been in and how the paint was taken car of. There are nuances in original paint cars that are pretty tough to replicate. Door jambs, under hood, paint texture, paint coverage of lack there of in certain areas. Overspray patterns of items that were installed before the paint process. For example a number of original paint cars have a fog line between the rear corvette letters on 70-72 cars. OP you really need to post high res close up pics for anyone on the forum to give you advice on whether it is original paint.
Burning Brakes
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From: The frozen wastes...
Interesting... but not necessarily. My car has been painted 147 times, and the paint is seven inches thick. You can still see the strips if you look hard enough.
Burning Brakes
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From: Rexburg Idaho
If that's the case your car was never sanded as any primer / paint will fill in the small debits created by the bonding material shrinking.
Burning Brakes
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From: The frozen wastes...
Nothing would shock me. Its been color-changed, and the last job is a mess. Almost thought the front clip had been replaced, but even the old chips are factory color. Its definitely not gonna break my heart to razor the entire lot off and fog it black.
