Collateral Damage- My 70 Chevelle site build

[camcojb]

Originally Posted by syborg tt

Wow are you cranking in this car.

I agree with the other guys. Don’t paint it and don’t fix the dents. Just leave it as is. People will be blown away when you open the hood.

The reason we did the satin paint on the Css as Camaro is that I had no desire to ever have perfect paint again.


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I actually looked into paintless dent repair just to get the bulk of the big dents out, but none of the companies out here will touch it...

I'm still missing some key components to allow the car to be fired/driven like fuel tank, clutch, hydroboost, intercooler, but there's still plenty I can do. Plan now is to continue on like it is painted and run it as-is until I can get it in for paint. I will pull the body back off to have the chassis powdercoated first, but then things will be assembled and torqued to be driven vs just mocking up like now.

You know, if you think about it, the name of the car is Collateral DAMAGE... makes the case for leaving it as-is. Maybe I can start a new trend, like the popularity of patina but take it a step further. Have the car look like a complete beater on the outside but totally trick underneath.

[214Chevy]

Originally Posted by camcojb

You know, if you think about it, the name of the car is Collateral DAMAGE... makes the case for leaving it as-is. Maybe I can start a new trend, like the popularity of patina but take it a step further. Have the car look like a complete beater on the outside but totally trick underneath.

Like that Polara that RS did for Jesse James. That was one cool car.