John sent me some pictures so here they are. We did have a phone call to clarify a few things and additional information was exchanged
- Black paint came off with ease with the application of Gunk Engine Bright and even Mr Clean so not a high quality pain and or the surfaces were not prepared well for paint. Because of the cleaning not much of the black he is referring to is left in the pictures
- John recalls that the dolly mark areas were unpainted but things like floor pan plug and seat plugs were.
- Car was ordered 2-20-68, serialized on 3-21, bucked on 3-26,scheduled for build 4-04, and actually built 4-02 with a 4-03 release date. The car was sold at retail 9- 20 with 6,973. miles
Theodore Robins Inc, 2060 Harbor Blvd, Costa Mesa, Ca was the ordering and selling dealer. So it appears that the car was likely ordered for a long term demo and likely used well by one of the salesmen or the dealer. I wonder if they sold the car as a used car due to the mileage.
- John reported that the base coat on the floor section seems to have been a burgundy? color of primer. Very dark possible black with a bit of red or purple, almost black. Its visible in the pictures and does appear that its a very dark red to purple version - but very dark. Front frame rails (as expected) show a different red oxide version .. much lighter on this car.
- Car has allot of overspray from the exterior paint job - IMHO not unusual and white does show up really well in these cases. He also reported that the white extended forward to the radiator support - unusual for San Jose (not unseen before just nor normal) Guessing that it was a fill in or new person that did much more than the norm
So John is looking for input from any other owners or cars from the same period
These are pictures out of the collection that show allot of the details being discussed
Picture #1Picture #2Picture #3Picture #4Picture #5Picture #6Picture #7Picture #8Picture #9Thanks for sharing John