C3 1982 Collectors Edition

[Donald S McNeill]

I'm interested in doing a restoration on my 82 CE. I was wondering if I do the CE graphics in air brush rather than the original decals would that be considered an acceptable restoration for NCRS judging?

[Lyndon S.]

Re: C3 1982 Collectors Edition

I would think that in flight judging you would get hit with a big point loss for paint and not a decal.

[Gary J.]

Re:C3 1982 Collector Edition

The reason for the big deduct for the painted grahics is that is not the way the car came from the factory. Don't know if they are still available from GM. Maybe an Ebay items for the the originals.

Gary Jaynes
3503

[Patrick H.]

Re:C3 1982 Collector Edition

They're available in the aftermarket:

http://www.phoenixgraphix.com/gm/1982cvt.htm

Buy them new. NOS ones will be 25 years old and not worth installing on your car.

Patrick

[Dick W.]

Re: C3 1982 Collectors Edition

Do not buy the original decals. The material was junk over 10 years ago. They would break or wrinkle everytime you messed with them. I have been installing various types of graphics and decals for over 40 years and have never had the problems that those GM decals gave me. As Doc Hulst said, buy the repro's

[Phillip E.]

Re: C3 1982 Collectors Edition

Also before going to far into your project, be sure a take some good photos of the overlap on the orginal decals so you can match them back up with the correct amount of overlap.