72 restoration, its finished!
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72 restoration, its finished!
Hope these pics work, first time posting pics. Anyway, here is the story on the 72. Last year we found this 72 sitting in a barn / garage for sale by a woman who owned it but her husband was just not into it and she decided to sell it. It was painted in VERY thick black paint that looked like it was brushed on. Car has 52,000 documented original miles and was only driven 4,000 miles in the last 20 years. Everything except the paint was original! Told woman I would think about it and left, got about 2 miles down the road and wife screamed at me " are you nuts? go back and buy that 72!"
Bought it, sent it to the restorer to paint in its original Bryar Blue color. Painter got it striped and called to tell me it was the cleanest unmolested body he has painted, not so much as even a door ding repaired as far as he could tell. Wife insisted on adding the stripes since she had an admiration for the Baldwin-Motion paint theme. Paint came out fantastic, better than I could have imagined. The restorer went above and beyond what I expected. I redid the complete interior with new seat foam, covers, hardware, carpet, door panels. Dash and guages are original and in excellent shape. Took off the rusty sidepipes and original exhaust manifolds and installed new chrome Hooker headers and Hooker sidepipes. Also took off the ralley wheels and instaled American Racing Torq Thrust II wheels and new Firestone Firehawk tires.I plan on detailing the engine this winter to complete the restoration. Frame is perfect, just needs spruced up.
I absolutely love this Shark, and my wife is the greatest for insisting I buy this Vette and willinglly watch me spend a small fortune on its restoration. Sharks are awesome!
Bob
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Bought it, sent it to the restorer to paint in its original Bryar Blue color. Painter got it striped and called to tell me it was the cleanest unmolested body he has painted, not so much as even a door ding repaired as far as he could tell. Wife insisted on adding the stripes since she had an admiration for the Baldwin-Motion paint theme. Paint came out fantastic, better than I could have imagined. The restorer went above and beyond what I expected. I redid the complete interior with new seat foam, covers, hardware, carpet, door panels. Dash and guages are original and in excellent shape. Took off the rusty sidepipes and original exhaust manifolds and installed new chrome Hooker headers and Hooker sidepipes. Also took off the ralley wheels and instaled American Racing Torq Thrust II wheels and new Firestone Firehawk tires.I plan on detailing the engine this winter to complete the restoration. Frame is perfect, just needs spruced up.
I absolutely love this Shark, and my wife is the greatest for insisting I buy this Vette and willinglly watch me spend a small fortune on its restoration. Sharks are awesome!
Bob
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