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Tyler Townsley · 10-24-2011

Took Queenie to a guy who does high end paint on Corvettes (Mike Coletta) for some minor work on hood where the poles on a tent scratched her in the windstorm several ago at Carslile. His first words were 'Jesus who painted this car it can't be factory.' After lots of conversation including 'its original' I have come to the following conclusion.
1. The hood front end and hoop were done in the BG prodiction shop and are better quality than the doors, quarters and back facia.
2. The doors and quarters are fiberglass and were done by hand in a messy way as was the back facia. Mike knows his paint and pointed out what supports this conclusion. The paint surface was not cleaned very well before being painted and shows surface problems. The 'look' is typical of a hand held gun using single stage paint.
3. The surface paint on the rear from front doors back is quite different from what is on the hood.

His advice is don't touch the paint as it is, he is going to minimize what he does to correct the hood scratches but the paint supports what the cat is: a prototype ment for road evaluation not for some show purposes. He like me really likes the story and existence of the car.

Tyler

LGAFF · 10-24-2011

I would agree, your car is incredible! Ultimate ZR-1!

QB93Z · 10-25-2011

Great explanation Tyler, thanks.

Jim

Blue Flame Restorations · 10-25-2011

Looks as it should........a great example of a prototype.

10-24-2011	#1
Tyler Townsley Join Date: May 2005 Location: Nichols, FL Posts: 615	EX5014 Paint Took Queenie to a guy who does high end paint on Corvettes (Mike Coletta) for some minor work on hood where the poles on a tent scratched her in the windstorm several ago at Carslile. His first words were 'Jesus who painted this car it can't be factory.' After lots of conversation including 'its original' I have come to the following conclusion. 1. The hood front end and hoop were done in the BG prodiction shop and are better quality than the doors, quarters and back facia. 2. The doors and quarters are fiberglass and were done by hand in a messy way as was the back facia. Mike knows his paint and pointed out what supports this conclusion. The paint surface was not cleaned very well before being painted and shows surface problems. The 'look' is typical of a hand held gun using single stage paint. 3. The surface paint on the rear from front doors back is quite different from what is on the hood. His advice is don't touch the paint as it is, he is going to minimize what he does to correct the hood scratches but the paint supports what the cat is: a prototype ment for road evaluation not for some show purposes. He like me really likes the story and existence of the car. Tyler __________________ 55 Polo White (Project) 61 Jewel Blue (Sold to buy above) 66 Nassau Blue 68 Torch Red 88 ZR1 Blue 90 ZR1 White Last edited by Tyler Townsley; 10-24-2011 at 11:35 PM.

10-24-2011	#2
LGAFF Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Crystal Lake, IL Posts: 7,194	Re: EX5014 Paint I would agree, your car is incredible! Ultimate ZR-1! __________________ LGAFF 90 #966-150K miles-sold 92 #234-sold 1987 Callaway TT #17 1991 ZR-1 #1359

10-25-2011	#3
QB93Z Join Date: May 2007 Location: Westminster, Maryland Posts: 3,689	Re: EX5014 Paint Great explanation Tyler, thanks. Jim __________________ If it isn't fun, you aren't doing it right! 1990 Black ZR-1 - sold 1993 Quasar Blue ZR-1 1994 Competition Yellow ZR-1 1995 Dark Purple ZR-1 Maryland State Coordinator WAZOO Member

10-25-2011	#4
Blue Flame Restorations Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Pendleton, IN Posts: 3,904	Re: EX5014 Paint Looks as it should........a great example of a prototype. __________________ 1988 KOH Prototype EX5023 sold 1990 ZR-1 #444 Convertible 1990 ZR-1 Black #966 1991 ZR-1 Quazar Blue #296 1957 Duntov SS Project