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I’m looking for a bit of advice and help. I recently purchased a matching numbers 66 BB coupes that had been dismantled for restoration 10+ years ago and the prior owner started restoring it to his likings. I’m trying to end with a top-flight car. Is there someone in the RI area that will give technical advice before I make any major mistakes.
The car is an AO Smith coupe. With my research so far I’ve found that these cars are different. (Correct me if I’m wrong) The underneath body mounts are cadmium green and not dipped black. No side pipe cars either.
The previous owner had painted the underside of the car black. I known they were not painted, what would be the deduction for painted underbody?? Do the judges look at AO Smith and cars different? Are they judged to those standards??
Do they judge under the carpet set? How deep do they go?
If I add power steering what type of deduction should I expect?
Non-riveted A frames another deduction?? How much??
Can I finish with a flight car with these problems??
Secondly, we need to replace some of the front clip. What should I ask b4 I purchase replacement fiberglass. Were they grey, black, white?? We want to use some of the original fiberglass, but some should be replace like the hood surround.
I don’t want to make a big mistake early.
So many questions. So many decisions.
Bill Higginson #48183
More questions to follow.
The car is an AO Smith coupe. With my research so far I’ve found that these cars are different. (Correct me if I’m wrong) The underneath body mounts are cadmium green and not dipped black. No side pipe cars either.
The previous owner had painted the underside of the car black. I known they were not painted, what would be the deduction for painted underbody?? Do the judges look at AO Smith and cars different? Are they judged to those standards??
Do they judge under the carpet set? How deep do they go?
If I add power steering what type of deduction should I expect?
Non-riveted A frames another deduction?? How much??
Can I finish with a flight car with these problems??
Secondly, we need to replace some of the front clip. What should I ask b4 I purchase replacement fiberglass. Were they grey, black, white?? We want to use some of the original fiberglass, but some should be replace like the hood surround.
I don’t want to make a big mistake early.
So many questions. So many decisions.
Bill Higginson #48183
More questions to follow.
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