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Old 12-07-2012, 02:32 AM
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Originally Posted by Formula413 View Post
I still can't believe how much time and effort goes into a restoration like this. I'm glad these cars are in the hands of someone willing to go the distance to make them perfect, they deserve no less.
It is a headache at times.

If you're trying to make it "as it was sold", one problem is the tiny details. You could take a simple question like "what kind of intake manifold gasket goes on a first-gen" and run into 3 guys giving 3 different answers.

There are also weird issues like the color of the underbody. It is nearly impossible to get a straight answer to this but it seems that all restored cars that compete at the highest level in the Camaro Nationals get a 30% gloss black underbody. The only problem is that they were definitely not like that originally.

Another problem is that since original parts cost big $, there is a lot of fraud.

I could go on and on, but I think it would get very boring quickly.
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