["QUICK-SILVER"]

Hey 165th, Hard to say about that one. To me the car showed normal wear in some places that didn't match in others. Paint was typical dried out and thin like most but pin stripes didn't show the same wear, other than rubbed through on back bumper corners.
Drivers door weather strip looked new. Passenger side had cracks like it should. Not sure about floor mats. Door decals looked a little too good to me. Enough about that.

My car had all the pace car decals in the trunk. I am glad they were never installed. Trotter Pontiac in Chattanooga told me that they asked the customer before applying.
Did all of the cars come with them then dealer installed?

Why don't you want to clean up brackets on your car? All that I have for parts look like yours.

Things a little quiet right now, hopefully spring will bring some excitement back.
My typing is getting faster. Iv'e got to learn how to do pictures.

Keeping the faith
Clay

[165th]

Clay, that's cool that your decals were in the trunk. I suppose you still have them? I found some paper peel away backs to pin striping that were under the trunk mat. The installer may have tossed the paper backs in the trunk vs. dropping on the assembly line floor.

My brackets all caught some rust, and pitted. It's strange, because there is no rust anywhere else, except on these brackets. They cleaned up ok, except for the pitting.

On the auction pace car, the reason I trust the original paint and pinstripes is since the car was 'auto armored', that's a clear coat that coats everything, including the stripes and decals. If any were replaced, today it would be impossible to replicate that Ming or auto armor coating over the pin stripes. I know that because my car has the same coating. It has protected the paint and stripes well, but I wouldn't know how to repair any part of the paint or stripes should I need to. The door decals look good as well, as they are in the door jam, protected from the elements, and again, without repaints, protected from a painters bad tape masking job. Mine is similar, but without the wax cake in the rivits

Good catch on the weatherstrip and floor mats. My mats are yellowed with the oils leaching from them all these years. After looking at the Photo-Bucket pics, it looks like the engine was touched up with Pontiac Blue Metallic, and the carb shield is missing from the pass. front corner of the carb.

["QUICK-SILVER"]

165th, I do not have the pace car decals anymore. They had wrinkled on the release paper anyhow. They mysteriously dissapeared in a divorce.

I will try to go look at brackets this weekend and check for pitting.

The e-bay car??? Iv'e seen too many "original mile" cars with "no touch up" and this is not one of them. I feel sorry for anyone who believes that kind of advertising or trusts a used car salesman. I know too much and have seen too much, and yes I am ashamed of it. I hate it that there is no way to stop it. Buyers need to use a keen eye and some common sense.

The daytona decal on the door is what I was looking at. Auto armor used to be done at the dealer ship, along with the other corrosion protection. The pace car decals may have been installed later----much later.

You caught the paint on the head, it looked like silver on the intake.
I looked over the pictures better and noted 20 discrepancys. No telling how many if you could see it in person. The dulling or yellowing of the coating is normal. The fading of the paint and the sun damage to the passenger t-top tells me a lot when other things are too bright. T-top baked but leather seats look new? Back window moldings look new. The black on them went before the paint on the body. The bright silver between those moldings and the pin stripe, wrong color. Gravel chips under passenger door, painted over. Right rear quarter picture, pin stripes not one piece type and new looking exhaust tip, rusty on drivers side. Paint good on trunk corner spoilers but not rear bumper, that happens the other way around.
Look at the miles on the e-brake pedal compared to the others, which gets used the most. Rust on chrome valve covers and heat diaphram, shaker condition then look at air filter base and cool air intake components.

I see a lot more and yes I am picking it to death, all in fun though.
Overall the car looks pretty good, a nice survivor. I don't think it's what it is being presented as.

Venting this morning
Clay