What color should we do? '70 Convertible

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What color?

  1. Code 48 Sherwood Green

    22 vote(s)
    22.4%
  2. Code 25 Gulfstream Blue

    44 vote(s)
    44.9%
  3. Code 28 Diplomat Blue

    32 vote(s)
    32.7%
  1. Paintworks

    Paintworks GS Restorations

    Motor!!
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  2. Paintworks

    Paintworks GS Restorations

    Sky view B9E49E15-47BB-416D-80AC-A6FF664CC8BE.jpeg
     
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  3. Dr. Roger

    Dr. Roger Stock enthusiast

    Is that a 350?
     
  4. Paintworks

    Paintworks GS Restorations

    It is.
     
  5. Paintworks

    Paintworks GS Restorations

    doors and fenders painted...

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  6. Paintworks

    Paintworks GS Restorations

    going together...

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  7. Paintworks

    Paintworks GS Restorations

    Getting there

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  8. Paintworks

    Paintworks GS Restorations

    More interior pieces 0F285CB2-A9B4-4540-AF4B-5698E882D45C.jpeg 3715A5FA-BCAF-4057-8ED8-F8270B0E569C.jpeg
     
  9. Paintworks

    Paintworks GS Restorations

  10. Ross Fisher

    Ross Fisher Stage 1 Fun

    Fire red.
     
  11. rkammer

    rkammer Gold Level Contributor

    Too late.
     
  12. sean Buick 76

    sean Buick 76 Buick Nut

    That looks amazing!!!
     
  13. Jim Weise

    Jim Weise EFI/DIS 482

    I don't mean to offend anyone... but a frame off on a 350 car?... and painted it light green?

    Must be a labor of love... cause that's a tight resale market..

    Work looks nice.. I chuckled when I saw the RH fender hung, and not the driver... cheater, started with the easy one.. for some reason, in my experience, the RH one flies on, and lines right up, and then you spend half a day or longer trying to get the LH fender to cooperate..

    Don't miss those days.

    JW
     
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  14. Paintworks

    Paintworks GS Restorations

    HA!! Labor of love for sure. Project was supposed to be "let's put a car together with all these spare parts we have around" And then.... well, while we're here we might as well... and... this piece won't look good on there now so might as well get a new one... and then........

    and far as the damn right fender... fit great before i painted it. But as you probably know, paint somehow drastically warps 18 gauge sheet metal making it not fit like it did before it was painted. ;) I'll let you know how bad the paint warped the left one in a day or two.
     
  15. Paintworks

    Paintworks GS Restorations

    Hood painted!
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  16. Paintworks

    Paintworks GS Restorations

    Left fender went in pretty well Jim. Better than the right Probably because of the the help of my assistant Rivi. 87828669-9A8F-4D7A-B511-CBD527821DFD.jpeg
     
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  17. rkammer

    rkammer Gold Level Contributor

    Jim, agree that it's a tight market for a 350 rag top with a restoration cost as high as this one. But, I think you would be surprised at the current popularity of that "light green" (aka Seamist Green in 1970) color. I've had my Seamist '70 GS for about 6 months and have had it to quite a few shows here in Central Florida. Won best of show at one and have had lots of people comment specifically about the color. It was the 9th most popular color out of 23 in 1970 and I think it would not suffer any in today's resale market. :)
     
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  18. pbr400

    pbr400 68GS400

  19. Jim Weise

    Jim Weise EFI/DIS 482

    Your lucky.. and yes, dogs never hurt..

    :D

    Looking good Sean..

    JW
     
  20. Jim Weise

    Jim Weise EFI/DIS 482

    Could be, I guess Sean will find out, assuming he does not just decide to keep the car.. that has a way of happening..

    Is the market tired of Red, Blue, White and Black, and ready to get back into the groovy earth tones of the 70's?

    I sure hope so, I have a couple code 68 cars that need some love.

    JW
     
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