New Project 69 Trans Am - Ram Air III

[TXSS]

I can’t say what kind of $ amount RK has in the car but if I pay 400K for a car it better not have had the frame and rear-end wire wheeled and painted in somebody’s driveway.

I’ve posted some additional pictures after I got the TA apart and on the rotisserie. One thing I noticed was that the underside appears to have been original painted a bluish/gray color. You can clearly see it where I’ve remove brackets, some of the undercoating and through the grease where there was no undercoating. Has anyone seen this color used before. Also heavy white overspray on the outer frame rails, heavy enough to maybe have been painted white.

[SuperNovaSS]

Looks like a restorer's dream.


Jason

[markjohnson]

Very good chance that this car was ordered by a serviceman with the "Fort Leonardwood SPUR" reference on the docs. That's a large military base here in Missouri.

[William]

What a great car to restore!

Looks like the LH muffler bracket was torch-cut for some reason?

[70 copo]

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I can’t say what kind of $ amount RK has in the car but if I pay 400K for a car it better not have had the frame and rear-end wire wheeled and painted in somebody’s driveway.

I’ve posted some additional pictures after I got the TA apart and on the rotisserie. One thing I noticed was that the underside appears to have been original painted a bluish/gray color. You can clearly see it where I’ve remove brackets, some of the undercoating and through the grease where there was no undercoating. Has anyone seen this color used before. Also heavy white overspray on the outer frame rails, heavy enough to maybe have been painted white.



















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Looks like standard off grey Norwood body primer - I have seen it before. Has a blueish tint that is also sometimes greenish too, also sometimes a shade darker or lighter.

[Brewster]

Was the Primer mixed on site (colors) or just purchased per blended by different vendors?

[70 copo]

Formulated off site and mixed on site with drum rollers prior to application.

[70 copo]

Insufficient roller and mix time would be one way to explain the color and consistency variation from car to car.

[Enoch]

As far as 1st gen camaros norwood built cars hab black paint on the floors while la built cars had grey floors. Don't know if this applies to firebirds.

Rich

[Brewster]

Thanks, Texture is pretty consistent its just the color mix ratios that seem to flex once in a while.
Cheers, Brew