NATC - Re: 454's being repainted?

DrededSS Overpost Offline You cannot speak, until you have experienced. Posts: 7814 Hewitt, TX Gender:	Re: 454's being repainted? 07/26/10 at 23:05:46 A lot have been repainted because the paint was not good by Chevy in those years. Usually the top of the cab is the first to go, along with hood and the top of the bed. Martin, who has a truck you could flip over and eat from, even had the top of his cab repainted.
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Re: 454's being repainted?
Reply #1 - 07/27/10 at 00:20:22

DrededSS wrote on 07/26/10 at 23:05:46:

A lot have been repainted because the paint was not good by Chevy in those years. Usually the top of the cab is the first to go, along with hood and the top of the bed. Martin, who has a truck you could flip over and eat from, even had the top of his cab repainted.

Ok so no big deal then if a truck I'm looking at has been repainted?

Also the owner stated the truck is not as fast as most people would think. I know when I had mine, it was pretty dang fast. Hopefully that's not a sign of engine problems.

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stealthd77 NATC Member Offline Posts: 474 Indianapolis, IN Gender:	Re: 454's being repainted? Reply #2 - 07/27/10 at 08:22:29 No big deal as long as the proper prep work was done before the paint was applied. A paint job is only as good as the foundation its laid down on. Unfortunately, good paint jobs aren't cheap.
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Fat Rat YaBB Newbies Offline I Love the NATC Posts: 19 Masshole Gender:	Re: 454's being repainted? Reply #3 - 07/27/10 at 20:14:13 the rearvue's are not 454ss.
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Rock454 Forum Administrator STS Committee Offline Whipple Charged Plus Posts: 10255 Remington, IN Gender:	Re: 454's being repainted? Reply #4 - 07/27/10 at 20:27:09 Some larger rubber ont here, might not have helped his cause of speed. They were quick for their time and it would depend on his reference. If he has been running hotrods a lot, then no.
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Re: 454's being repainted?
Reply #5 - 07/27/10 at 20:31:19

Ya...like fattyrat posted the rear view mirrors are not factory, but a simple replacement, if you choose to. You can still get them from LMC and sometimes a set pops up on e-bay...Very nice looking truck
The headlights, parking & tail lights have prob been replaced, not many with any amount of miles still as clear and new looking as those are, again, it's a non event in the value of the truck, just something you won't have to deal with...and at 69k miles...it shows someone cared about it....

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5-O 454SS NATC Member Offline Posts: 77 North Port, FL Gender:	Re: 454's being repainted? Reply #6 - 07/27/10 at 21:13:47 Thanks for the replies. I'm going to request some pictures of the undercarriage as Bullit suggested to me.
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Rock454 Forum Administrator STS Committee Offline Whipple Charged Plus Posts: 10255 Remington, IN Gender:	Re: 454's being repainted? Reply #7 - 07/28/10 at 18:53:57 If it was a Canadian model, then those are stock mirrors. If it was garage kept, the lights and such could be original. Look at the frame behind both bumpers. Hard to fix that is it has been wrecked and not have it show.
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5-O 454SS NATC Member Offline Posts: 77 North Port, FL Gender:	Re: 454's being repainted? Reply #8 - 07/29/10 at 01:37:01 Oops deleted my post on accident. Anyway the truck was junk and the owner was even worse. Some people are unreal. Thanks for the replies
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Rock454 Forum Administrator STS Committee Offline Whipple Charged Plus Posts: 10255 Remington, IN Gender:	Re: 454's being repainted? Reply #9 - 07/29/10 at 12:34:20 Bummer.
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496ss Overpost Offline I Love the NRA Posts: 200 West Texas	Re: 454's being repainted? Reply #10 - 07/31/10 at 19:38:20 A good quality paint job is better than factory.
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