Trying to decide if it's time to paint or should I leave it alone? Been struggling with the idea of painting my 79 L82 survivor but getting some mixed advice. I think I posted about this a few years ago but still at a loss as to the best direction to take.

Background on the car, it was originally bought in Indiana and when the owner retired to Florida he took the car with him. For whatever reason, he put the car in storage in 1988 with 14,000 miles and left it there for 26 years when it was purchased in 2014. That owner put another 1,000 miles on it and I bought it from him with 15,600 miles. The car currently has 17,050 miles and I have had a considerable amount of work done to get it roadworthy, don't let anyone fool you, low mileage cars are expensive to get right once they've sat for years. The only things not really original about it is it's been converted to dual exhaust, and I've had a Holley Sniper FI system put on it for better drivability. The car has always had some thin spots on the paint from the tarp where it laid on the car all those years and I can live with that. The main issue is the bonding seams are starting to bubble on both sides. It had some when I bought it, but I believe it may be getting worse. Is there any way to stabilize this, should I leave it be or repaint an otherwise perfect factory paint job? Here's a couple pics, hard to see on a black car.

Any input is appreciated.

 

I think I said the same thing in your other thread, but I like it the way it is! Nice color combo that presents well, at least in photos. 10-15k or the equivalent large amount of work to do a paint job correctly is quite a lot to justify to make the car look a little better.

 

As long as I can stand back 5 feet and the car looks good to me I will pass on painting it because I drive my 69 maybe 4 a days a week . When you drive them that often things happen because it's a driver not a garage queen

 

If you want to paint the car and you think it needs new paint, it’s yours, paint it.