COPO dip!!!!!!!!!

[Jeff H]

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We have had good and bad expressed about both from many well respected people like yourselves so I have decided to leave it up to him.

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You're right Joel, there are good and bad points about both methods so it really does come down to personal preference. I think as a restorer you'll probably need to try both methods at some point in time so you know what to offer your customers. I've seen how good the dipping process works so I wouldn't have it done any other way. I think some of the earlier dipped cars may not have been properly prepped which led to problems. If you look at the pictures of my car after being dipped and cleaned up, I don't see any problems with replacing the roof insulation since it's so easy to get to. Most of the old insulation is usually rotted, moldy or eaten by animals anyway.
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[Eddie M.]

I guess there is no sure fire way to do it.Its not an easy road however you do it. I just got done stripping a 70 nova body with aircraft paint remover and i just kept telling myself this is relaxing and it only took a month of sundays to get done

[allcamaro]

I took the headliner out of the COPO car a few days ago and man it looked like a pack of mice had been living up their. I am also doing a RS Z/28 and its at the body shop, I went over a few days ago to check on it and man I see what the aircraft stripper deal looks like and dont want any part of that myself. I asked why the aircraft stripper and he said not bad enough to dip and way to nice to blast. It seems the car had been painted once on everything but the quarters and it had two coats plus the original.