lukesvette said: Depends on the purpose of the car Dan. Are you keeping it all original other than the stripe and showing it as a survivor? Or are you planning to restore? Modify? Etc.
If maintaining as a survivor, I would leave it as is. If you are restoring or modifying, I would repaint. And lucky for us (NOT!!), alligatoring paint on a vette means stripping, possibly a new gel coat, sealer, etc. The paint can run from $5-10K or more depending on who, how, what, etc.
Good luck.
Paul
I agree with Paul, my 80 is a low mileage car, just turned 20 this week. The paint is from the old St. louis plant looks great but has runs, dry spots, light see through spots and a frickin finger print where the painter put his finger in a drip spot on a front fender. It is the way they controled quality back then and I'll never change it. It is getting some eggshell cracks in areas also.
Now my red one is not original and that one will get blocked and repainted.
So your choice in the end. Let us know
ebo
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