Before and After.....

[mac88chp]

Those kind of shots are always great to look at and they go over big time with folks at shows. Be sure to throw them all in an album and take 'em there to display (and for bragging rights, of course).

[Andy]

You Bet Michael......Your car looks like it was in service the day before you got it!!
When i return to Idaho this spring and have the decals on.... I will take identical
pictures with car placement as it looked when it first came home! also using your
DOOR picture for proper decal placement! Thanks!

[86NeSSP]

Those look awesome! We just need more before and after like these. I can only offer what I have as before and after and it is not a when I found it and not in service look... One day though. I have a really rough looking before shot of my 87 DPS SSP and it will look totally different when it's completely restored.



Matt

[mac88chp]

Originally Posted by CHP8302

Those look awesome! We just need more before and after like these. I can only offer what I have as before and after and it is not a when I found it and not in service look... One day though. I have a really rough looking before shot of my 87 DPS SSP and it will look totally different when it's completely restored.

Document as much of the "before" as possible Matt as you'll want it once your project is completed. I wish I had done more on my car.

[SparkSVT]

Andy what are thoose holes drilled in your hood in the before pic?

[Andy]

Here are a few more as for the crappy paint and over spray (on my car) it came up
with duct tape applied and than pulled up fast door jams and under the hood that
were not sanded ....This really came off fast! Matt when your car is done you will
be looking at the before pictures kinda like I am....i am saying it had that air cleaner
on it???? what a mess!



Chris.....The holes are rivets for the Big (did i say big) i meant to say the Really BIG
air scoop it had when i brought it home.I would not drive the car with something that
looked like a LARGE Microwave oven on the hood so the first thing i did was drill
out the rivets and cover the HOLE with magnetic sign material and that is how i
drove it till i found another hood!

[NoDrama43]

here is my before.....before total disasembly, removal of welded in sub-frame connectors, replacement of inner fender aprons hacked out with an air chisel for ricky racer crap yada yada......

[86NeSSP]

Originally Posted by mac88chp

Document as much of the "before" as possible Matt as you'll want it once your project is completed. I wish I had done more on my car.

I intend on having it very well documented so that again I can see how much work went into the car to get it restored.

Originally Posted by Andy

Matt when your car is done you will
be looking at the before pictures kinda like I am....i am saying it had that air cleaner
on it???? what a mess!

I am sure, but thanks to Mike I am starting off with a pretty clean car. I only have one fender to look at repairing as well as swapping back the interior items back to the original grey and get rid of the tinting on the windows. Then I can have it painted. I may remove the doors and take them to my painter and have him go ahead and paint them while the car is down and in my garage waiting for me to come and revive it. Actually it's still running and all but I need to get the cooling system squared away. New hoses, thermostat as well as the radiator need to be replaced.

I need some shocks and struts too.

I am just glad that the car had the OEM steel wheels as well as the caps. I bought some used Gatorback off of Tom Mallett and the car will sport those wheels and tires for shows only. I am sure they would not hold up to a daily driving situation.

[NoDrama43]

no that is Pat my painter/body man.

[mac88chp]

Originally Posted by Andy

You Bet Michael......Your car looks like it was in service the day before you got it!!

Actually, after it's second retirement (patrol for two years and Academy use for almost eight), my car sat for about two more years in CHP custody and then for another two in private hands before I got ahold of it! The most important reason the paint and body came out as well as it did was in no small part due to the factory finish staying (mostly) intact and the car never having been repainted save for the rattle can paintouts on the door and deck lid. A truly lucky find on my part!

My hat is off to those who have to deal with crappy repaints because it adds a lot more work to the whole project, esp. dealing with the overspray.