14 years, 48,000 miles, and still as fresh as the day it came out of van nuys:


Sorry, i know alot of you guys have seen that pic but its my favorite shot and plus my car is away for the winter so theyre wont be any new pics until april.

 

mines not that nice at all but it is original so here are a couple pics. hopefully getting repainted soon.

 

nice looking cars guys.

 

so thats what my car looked like with original paint

 

Haha all you would need is the black headlight pockets and no would be able to tell its not original...

 

i still consider mine original b/c the only parts that HAVE been repainted are around the windshield, the front valance peice, and the rear bumper, oh ya the tonnue cover too...that's like 10% of the whole car

 

mine has the original paint.. but I havn't got any pics on my computer at the moment..

 

only the font bumper has been repainted. i need to make the headlight pockets black again.



anyone have or know of anyone with this paint scheme? gunmetal grey with charcoal gfx? nice looking cars guys.

 

I sold the car about 2 years ago, but it the paint was all original. The roof and deck lid on the back were faded, along with the rear bumper cover.

 

lol 21yrs (damn I am getting old ) Original owner and original enamel paint not base/clear coat
Only thing repainted is front GFX and of course the hood

 

the only thing that does not have original paint is the hood, otherwise the rest of the cars paint is original

 

such a badass car man! ^^


nice cars guys... mine was repainted about 8-9 years ago with factory paint. at that point, it probly had 70-80K miles on it

 

ORIGINAL 82

 

saving for new paint this year:



this is the bad part:

 

nice paint guys

 

Still the original paint and 93K miles.

 

I took off the bra and the paint is a little faded and theres a black mark at the bottom, I'll need to get that painted this spring, but all the rest is the original....everyting! (it needs a good wash)

 

Here is a pick of my 86 Iroc...all original paint.

 

150k+ and with original paint

 

Hey, RebelRacer what is the color or color code on that green?Looks nice with those rims.

 

16 years old and going strong, 81K miles and has never been in a shop for any service ( I do it all ) and has never been thru a car wash,, (only hand wash).

 

15 years old, 142,000 miles, and still the original paint. Doesn't look to bad if you ask me.

 

i'd have to go check for the code, but the color is "Medium green metalic"

Thanks by the way

 

Vintage 87 all original.

 

22 year old original paint woohoo!



I want to get her repainted.

 

very cool

 

As far as I know my GTA still has original paint. I do know that the front bumper has been repainted a couple of times by the previous owner, but he did not mention anything else. I have owned the car since 1998 and have not painted it, and he owned it before me since 1991-1992. So as far as I know it is a Van Nuys original!

 

Do you have any pics of that car with the hood down?

All these cars are beautiful but I'm kinda partial to the style

 

in the sig

 

77k with the original Norwood paint

 

Here you are
I think there is one HERE also

 

here is my original paint. i just buffed it thats why it it so shiny.

 

mine is all orignal of course i never drive it though.1990
here i mest up pic.

 

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Original 15 year old, 140k mile Van Nuys paint.

It is starting to fade around the plastic pieces (front valance, spoiler, etc), but other than that, it is in beautiful condition for its age and abuse.

 

19 years old and winner of Best Original Paint at the 2004 WinterNationals. Believe it or not, it's a Van Nuys paint job.

 

how do you prove it has original paint in that contest?

 

Scott my 85 is Van Nuys paint also....just out of curiosity what car care product do you use.

 

dont want to sound like a dick scottmoyer but im just curious what happend to the right side of the 3 pc spoiler?

 

A little of everything.

I usually don't wash the car, so the car wash solution used isn't an issue. I have used Meguiar's polish, their #7 yellow wax, Formula 113, and Wizard's Polish. I usually polish it then apply a light coat of #7 wax.

If your asking about the gap, that's factory quality!! These are the things that get over-restored when people restore their cars. The rear hatch, fenders and hoods usually line up when the people had a good day.

That again goes back to the overrestoration. There are very few cars out there that have been repainted that you can't tell. Most shops can't duplicate the orange peel of the factory. You can also tell by the overspray. On a 1000 point judging, people know what to look for. A repaint will have something done different that will be noticed. My car is easy to tell. It came from Van Nuys and isn't perfect, but is mint for a 19 year old car. If you look closely, you'll see 2 dark bands of metalflake on either side of my gas door. The factory sprayers went at slight angles since they were moving front to back while spraying up and down. In certain light, you can see it on my car. I've seen it on other original cars that have metallic paints. If you paid $3k for a paint job, would you allow this kind of imperfection or would you require the shop to fix it? That's how you can tell an original from a repaint.

 

I also forgot, to get a nice shine, before the hand polish and wax, I use a polishing compound with a buffer.

 

Looks great......I was wondering if it was Meguiar's thats all I have used on mine since 87 .....never been buffed or washed with anything but a power spray

On the paint imperfections mine has a small finger nail size lump in the middle of the pass. door

 

1983 Trans Am Y82

 

This is the original paint from all that I know, but when you look at it, the clearcoat is peeling all over. You cant really tell from pics tho.

 

Gotta say that white is such a forgiving color. I dont really have to deal with many of the problems associated with the reds, maroons, blacks, blues, and even yellows of the rest of you guys.

 

Most of the car has the orginal paint, the driver door/bumper has been repainted... And i have all the joys of th clear coat coming off in sheets..... (maybe its the enamel comming off the primer ) and yes... thats a **** on ford sticker on the top of my hatch (the one on the lower one is my car club... )

 

same with the gunmetal, never looks dirty and its a lot harder to see little dings and such.

 

A few pics of mine when i forst got it last fall. Orginal paint, 134,000 miles. clear is pealing on the rear bumper cover, and a little paint pealing on the roof. And of course, the door damage. So, now it has red/primer doors, and primer fenders, awaiting paint when the weather gets nice in the spring.

 

damn scottmoyer, we all died and went straight to 1987. damn.

best camaro I've ever seen. bar none.

wow.

I want my kids to grow up to be just like you.

 

mine is an 84 with 101899 miles, still with orginal paint.