Not sure how much has been up on these boards, but I purchased this car in August of 2007, and have been bringing her back to nice condition, just got the car back from Paint and I am really happy with the job Dale at Hardings Auto in House Springs Missouri did on the car. Some pictures...
before Aug 2007 - Peeling trunk, faded, scratched...

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During In process of paint

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After all done and put back together

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pretty

 

She's absolutely gorgeous! Great job!

 

Looks very professional. I'm not a big fan of vanity plates either but I like those.

 

Looks good.
One day mine will be painted all one color

 

Extremely nice. Is it the original color? Again I say Very Very nice.

 

very nice!

If you consider that car rough when you got it, I'd hate to see what you would've thought of my car when I bought it..... or even now! LOL

-jason

 

Yep it was red to begin, I don't know if it is the same GM # or not but it looks the same, did not paint inside doors, trunk, and hood.

I don't think I called it rough, it really just needed a cleaning up, I mean there were no hole (rust) or major mechanical malfunctions, but it had been neglected for a while.

Thanks for looking guys, I sure am happy to have the car back, it's been sunny and 80 degrees every day this week, and on Sunday we have a cruise ending with a BBQ along the River Road with over 40 cars signed up and the forecast is the same 80 degrees and sunny, and you know when the weather is good there are always more who show up than signed up.

See my car page link in my signature for more pictures...

 

Looks beautiful!

One day I can spend $$$ on my paint job

Just spent about a grand on just mids & highs... on to the next project... some day down the line it will be paint...

 

Nice Jeff, very nice! Krista and I will have both our cars at the cruise on Sunday. We will have to be sure to take photos of the 3rd gen mob.

 

BLUE ZEE 28: I see that you have a gutted air box. Can you explain what you mean? I havent seen that done before. thanks.

 

I'll send you a PM so we don't clutter Jeff's post.

 

and hopefully post the pics up here so we can all drool over your cars! haha
and that paint looks great, didn't look too bad to begin with but sure is mint now!

 

I'm drooling! I wanted a paint job so bad this summer I couldn't stand it, but the motor swap took priority. Maybe that will be a winter project. Your car looks awesome. The only gripe I have with it is that I think it would have looked better with the door strips left on. I used to think I wanted to take mine off when I repaint, but the more I look, the more I think they actually add to the lines of the car. To each his own, though.

I hope my paint comes out that good!

 

Ummmmmmmm,does your car really need paint?????
She looks mighty sweet in the pics.

 

"Need" and "Want" are two totally different things. It is fine the way it is, but the imperfections drive me crazy. 17-year-old paint ... can't expect it to be perfect I guess. Scooby's paint looks killer and makes me "want" new paint lol. But I like my gold wheels/tan interior a little better. Those black GTA's are sweet, I just don't like the gray interior that always accompanies them.

 

yes,tan interior on a red t/a vert DEMANDS! gold wheels IMO.
If scoobys car had tan int. I would have to agree on the wheels.
tan/int.&gold gta wheels=yes!
black or grey int.&gold gta wheels=no!
Thats just my opinion though.

 

Looking good! Nothing like cruising down the street in a shiny third gen with the top down!