1969 Z28 Stripes

[Lynn]

This is another original paint Norwood car. I am not sure if it is glare, or if the painter just got very sloppy with the white out treatment. Lots of overspray.

[Lynn]

These pics were taken after removing the cowl panel and the windshield trim.
There was some surface rust below the windshield, so I cleaned it and spray bombed some red oxide primer before taking the pictures.

The firewall looks funky, because when I had the engine out in 76, I decided to make it quieter inside by spraying rubberized undercoat on the outside of the firewall. Well, looked like crap 20 years later. Anyway, it did to a good job of preserving the firewall.

The white out is what Stefano is asking about I believe. All the white paint you see there is from the factory. Some of the edges are hard to see because I did not clean it up before taking the pictures.

I still have the original cowl panel from this car with original paint.

08A car.

[Justbad Joe]

Anybody have an original black stripe Z cowl/firewall picture?
Joe

[miket1]

Lynn,
If I understand correctly the stripe color was sprayed on the cowl area first, then the firewall was sprayed black, depending on who was painting the firewall each Z28 had differences in how high up the firewall was blacked out, so some Z's had more stripe color showing down over the top edge of the firewall than others.

[enio45]

Joe, that is going to be real tough to show up.....the only difference would be the gloss black (from the stripe) on the satin firewall/cowl area.

427 King had that white 69Z with black stripes that might show something more definitive.

[Lynn]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: miket1</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Lynn,
If I understand correctly the stripe color was sprayed on the cowl area first, then the firewall was sprayed black, depending on who was painting the firewall each Z28 had differences in how high up the firewall was blacked out, so some Z's had more stripe color showing down over the top edge of the firewall than others. </div></div>

You may be right Mike. I don't know that it would have mattered on my car, as none of the white paint made it below front cowl edge. In fact, look closely and you will see it was so thin toward the front that you could see the black body color through the white paint. Below is a quote from JohnZ's assembly article:

&quot;The last process for a non-stripe car was the blackout booth, where the firewall was blacked-out, the trunk was sprayed with spatter paint, and sound-deadening undercoat material was sprayed in the rear wheelhouses. The rear &quot;cocktail shakers&quot; on convertibles were suspended in the trunk for spatter painting, but weren't bolted in place until later in the Trim Shop, after the taillights and marker lights were installed.

If the car required Z28, Z10, or Z11 stripes or a black rear end panel or rockers, they were masked and manually sprayed in the in-line repair booth/oven system after the reflow oven, including the cowl vent panel; spoilers were painted body color separate from the body, and were final-installed to the deck lid just prior to the repair booth. The rear window filler panel, deck lid and spoiler were masked and sprayed stripe color in the repair booth, and baked in the repair oven before the body went back downstairs to the Trim Shop. The paint guns in the repair booth were fed from manifolds that were part of the main color circulating system so that the repair booth used exactly the same paint the main color booths were using.&quot;

[Justbad Joe]

I guess what I am looking for is how much and where body color overspray shows up.
Joe

[firstgenaddict]

Here is a CRG thread about the same topic with pics of a DY black stripe car.
Notice there is a fine mist of YELLOW down the entire firewall, tiny tiny tiny dots just gives a haze.

http://www.camaros.org/forum/index.php?topic=12194.15