69 Z Survivor Cortez Silver

[KenMaisano]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: TMagda</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Ken, aren't you the guy from Overhaulin'? </div></div>

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[Jim Ferron]

Ken, Personally, I'd fix the that lower, Use lacquer and blow it in as low as possible. I wouldn't clear the whole quarter or even to the body line, just keep it real low, leave the pinchweld on the quarter alone or it will looked like it was rusted and fixed. Worst case scenario is it looks like it was fixed 30 years ago and that in my mind is better than that dent, otherwise leave it alone

[1969l78]

Leave it and drive it. Why turn it into another restored car. There are thousands of those out there!

[whitetop]

I am also in the antique tractor hobby and guys are paying a premium for original paint, unmolested, super nice originals..and these tractors are selling...restored ones not so much...they are a dime a dozen.

An elderly neighbor on the road I grew up on died 4 years ago and his heirs put up his all original 8N he bought new fro auction..original paint, tires etc..1100 original hours no rust or dents, in heated garage it's entire life, never been rained on sold for $7500 while restored ones are going for 4-5k. Guys were coming down to look at it and taking pics of it for restoring theirs.

[Salvatore]

really depends on how nice the car is. Tough to tell by pictures. NO need to restore it but maybe a repaint? If it is junky looking why think because it is a &quot;survivor&quot; that it will be worth more? There are still survivor Z/28's and many other cars out there in survivor condition. Really depends how bad it is or if you get sick of looking at it in that state of condition. If it makes you feel better calling it a survivor than leave it but don't start fixing things here and there and blowing in the front valance, rear quarter or left door bottom etc. Just my opinion though.

[Survivor 69/Z28]

Cool looking Z!! WOW!!
I will chime in and say please do not restore. Just clean the heck out of it and enjoy.

[427TJ]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: the427king</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Ken, At corvettes carlisle a few years ago an older gentleman [original owner]pulled in with a single 4 barell driver 57 corvette with 1/2 original paint, and the rest bare glass and original primer. The car was missing a bumper For 2 days there was a crowd around his car that would make you think the bud girls were handing out flyers for NOPI nationals there,while in the background sat approximately 40 57 corvettes,10 or so fuelies,almost all cars were NCRS top flight. People looked over at them and kept walking because there were too many of the same . Im sure if his car was for sale it would eventually be turned into a red NCRS 270HP fuelie to sit along side the other 10 at the show, and then there would be no crowds around anyones 57. </div></div>

^^^That.^^^

At Pebble Beach nowadays if you want to impress your rich friends you show up with your dusty barn-find (chateau-find) European car--the rarer the better. It's the new automotive virginity, the completely untouched (and valuable) survivor car. Just watch &quot;Chasing Classic Cars&quot; and see how Wayne and his clients salivate when some '30s Bugatti is dragged out of a garage after 50 years sitting inop.

An untouched, unrestored '69 Z has to be something special given the flood of them that have been restored, cloned, etc. over the years. You are its caretaker, for the time being. Do the future a service and preserve it as-is.

[GaryC]

Hey guys. I have all the pic from this Z in a file on my computer. It's actually a mhtml file I copied when I was looking at it the first time it was on ebay. There are about 50 or so pics but I don't have a clue how to even post them in this format. Any ideas?

[KenMaisano]

Pictures of when the car was found.
They did some great clean up,detail work.If I found it like that,I would have done a full restoration on
her.


http://s9.photobucket.com/user/StefanoBi...947644748417702

[GaryC]

Yeah Ken, after seeing those photobucket pics I would have to change my mind from leave it alone to do it. I didn't see those pics, I must have got the after pics. There is 112 of them. Do you have those?