Picked up this Original Paint 69 recently

[dykstra]

Way cool!

[PeteLeathersac]

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It was Floyd Dugan Chevrolet in Toledo, not Frank.
Did you see the info at this link w/ pic of the 03/67 Fire?
https://wiki.wcpl.info/w/Floyd_Dugan_Inc.
Awesome car!

~ Pete

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[Lynn]

Originally Posted by Tracker1

I believe the dimples in the fiberglass around the headlight doors tell the tale. The heavy nose droops over time but the hood stays where it is because of the front mounted hinges. It's a C3 thing.

Actually the dimples are a result of the aluminum rivets on the header bar corroding and expanding. I have the same issue on my 70 LT-1.

Apparently, if you are very careful, you can do a repair without painting, but it is a PITA.

Plan to attack mine when I have the body off the frame.

[firstgenaddict]

Originally Posted by Lynn

Actually the dimples are a result of the aluminum rivets on the header bar corroding and expanding. I have the same issue on my 70 LT-1.

Apparently, if you are very careful, you can do a repair without painting, but it is a PITA.

Plan to attack mine when I have the body off the frame.

I have discussed it at length with people who have done it...
They say to do it without removing the body from the frame and with mindset of saving original paint - is about a 100-150 hour job.
The entire headlamps assemblies must be removed and removing the radiator and radiator support allow a heck of a lot more room.
Doing it with the car inverted or at least rotated on it's side would surely cut off a significant number of hours.

[sixt9rsx33]

The sun was at the right angle to show the rivet pop on this car. It is not bad at all when you are looking at the car. I personally would do nothing about it but that is just me.

[sixt9rsx33]

Originally Posted by PeteLeathersac

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It was Floyd Dugan Chevrolet in Toledo, not Frank.
Did you see the info at this link w/ pic of the 03/67 Fire?
https://wiki.wcpl.info/w/Floyd_Dugan_Inc.
Awesome car!

~ Pete

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Thanks Pete, yes Floyd Dugan. I found an article online and read it but no pics. Thanks for posting.

[Big Block 69]

I had the bumps on my 69 "repaired" 40 years ago. I wish now that I hadn't. Now the repairs are starting to show. The bumps looked better. I have also seen on other boards where people feel better buying a car with the bumps. They know at least that part of the car has not been molested. There was a post on another board outlining the procedure to address the bumps without disturbing the paint. As stated, it is very labor intensive, but the people who did it were glad they chose that method.

Originally Posted by firstgenaddict

I have discussed it at length with people who have done it...
They say to do it without removing the body from the frame and with mindset of saving original paint - is about a 100-150 hour job.
The entire headlamps assemblies must be removed and removing the radiator and radiator support allow a heck of a lot more room.
Doing it with the car inverted or at least rotated on it's side would surely cut off a significant number of hours.

[Lynn]

Originally Posted by firstgenaddict

I have discussed it at length with people who have done it...
They say to do it without removing the body from the frame and with mindset of saving original paint - is about a 100-150 hour job.
The entire headlamps assemblies must be removed and removing the radiator and radiator support allow a heck of a lot more room.
Doing it with the car inverted or at least rotated on it's side would surely cut off a significant number of hours.

My investigation revealed the same. I am replacing a rusty frame anyway, so figured it would be best to do it with the body off the frame.