HOT ROD’S ULTIMATE GUIDE TO PAINT & BODY
The '67 Camaro seen here was in pretty decent shape before it went into the paint booth for a new coat of red, so its owner carefully removed the grille, RS headlight doors, taillights, emblems, molding, and other trim pieces, figuring he'd remount them when the paint job was finished.
Guess what? When the car came out wearing its fresh paint those “decent” trim parts looked like, well, crap. There were a few pieces still good enough to reuse, but for the most part, the 40-year-old trim looked old, worn, and dingy next to the car' days-old color. The owner had planned to replace the Camaro's weatherstripping; rubber turns all kinds of dry, cracked, and flat after four decades. Now, though that…
