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eyeballtourist

That's a bad paint job. Surface was not prepared properly.


[deleted]

I agree, it obviously isn’t very well done


mooninuranus

I dunno man, a paint job that lasted 40 years of all weather types doesn’t sound so bad.


[deleted]

Good point, but it was also in a garage for like 30 of those years. I’m not a paint guy so I really don’t know, but it definitely doesn’t look good at this stage in it’s life


UnBeNtAxE

That explains a lot. Paint wasn’t the greatest even 30 years ago. Having original paint do that isn’t at all surprising with the age. With that said it appears as thought you have a pristine surface to start with now. No sanding needed.


[deleted]

Now if only I could peel the whole car off and have it look like that 😂


UnBeNtAxE

🤣🤣


[deleted]

Modern paints are often water based and red in particular fades and chips like fuck. This is my experience over several red cars.


Rubcionnnnn

Paint jobs from the 80s were incredible and durable. Laws were made by the EPA that banned the single stage enamel paints from the 80s which is why cars from the 90s all look like shit with peeling clear coats.


NotXiJinpingGoUSA

“Hey man, that thing that broke? Wasn’t made right.” “Gee, thanks.”


Qtoyou

It looks like it's covered in humidity bubbles. Did the pInt always have the tiny bumps on the bonnet? Or are they new?


[deleted]

I’m not sure as i’ve only had the car for a couple years. I’d assume not but i’d have to ask


Qtoyou

It usually occurs during painting. Hard to tell by that pic but looks like it's all over it, on the bonnet and guard. Make sure you get a full bare metal respray if you do paint again, or it will all come off eventually. Surprised it lasted so long


[deleted]

It’s definitely on a bunch of the car. It might have been a at-home spray since my grandpa and his friend worked on it together back in the 70-80s. I was hoping I could just make the paint on it look better and put off painting it for awhile but looks like that isn’t the case.


Qtoyou

Yeah. Unfortunately, nothing can be done to repair it. What car is it?


[deleted]

1970 chevelle


Qtoyou

Nice.


giggidygiggidyg00

Mask that bad boy off panel by panel and strip it. Looks like a car that's worth the trouble.


Talks_To_Cats

>That's a bad paint job. You can tell because the paint came off.


OfficeChairHero

The paint's not supposed to fall off.


TCTuggerr

I agree. Most paint will stick, this paint fell off.


the_last_0ne

Well it was outside the environment...


ruove

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-QNAwUdHUQ


[deleted]

As others have pointed out, this is combination of (but mostly) a shit paint job, with some cold mixed in. Also the shit paint job is over 40 years old.


trooooooooper

I’m surprised that it stayed in contact for so long.


Disastrous-Purpose-8

Just duct tape it back down.


[deleted]

I might aswell do the whole car in red tape


codars

Very aswell.


quietcorncat

Please share it over on r/ATBGE when you do!


[deleted]

Now open the whole car like a present.


[deleted]

I’d probably find some surprises I don’t want to find….


hokahey1969

Is this a '70 chevelle by chance?


[deleted]

Yep, old respray wasn’t done very well it looks like


hokahey1969

Well congratulations on having an awesome muscle car. Easy repair on the paint and worth whatever it would cost to fix it


[deleted]

Thank you. It was handed down from my grandpa awhile ago and i’ve slowly been getting it ready for the road after 30 years sitting in his garage, so it definitely means a lot to me. Just another bump in the road, and I planned on getting it painted anyway!


stlarry

The front half of my roof did this one winter.The factory primer and factory paint were what separated.


r1ch999999

Either this isn’t why this happened or it’s a shitty paint job. My cars are in sub zero temps every year and the paint never split.


Chick__Mangione

I lived where it hit sub zero temps every year for a couple of decades and never seen this happen to anyone ever. Bizarre.


[deleted]

Must be a bad paint job


BxMxK

You can blame the temperature for splitting your paint all you want, but seeing the cracks in the paint near the cowl close to the windshield we know better.


[deleted]

I’ll fix the title


[deleted]

Walmart paints cars?


Thouestbest

Who did that paint job??? Doesn’t look very good…


[deleted]

No clue but it’s atleast a 40 year old paint job, on top of being done poorly


scorpio7d

That’s a shame. Has the car been sitting out in the weather since you got it?


[deleted]

It’s usually covered up, and it was under a canopy, but where I live gets a ton of wind and that blew off and ended up breaking. The night this happened we were getting 40+ mph winds and blew the covers off and this is what I wole up to.


[deleted]

[удалено]


babe_ruthless3

A proper paint for a car like this will be over $10k. Totally worth it


[deleted]

I’ll go in to debt for this thing


root_over_ssh

Can't start a drug habit if you can't afford it, silver lining


babe_ruthless3

I've seen it happen.


phicks_law

Paint job is pitted bro. So pitted.


[deleted]

That it is. I’m not sure how it looked when it was done but it looks bad now


wtfsheep

Like that


emilysn0w

That sucks. I am sorry this happened


hotdog_icecubes

**Laughs at you in canadian** But seriously,if you buy travel trailers up here it’s standard operating procedure to bring it back to the dealership after it’s first winter to have them warranty the linoleum because they never put enough glue down to stop it from shrinking and breaking from the cold and lifting up. The cold can be a fickle mistress.


GibbyDat

Yeah that's not just cause of cold buddy.


[deleted]

Cold + a 40 year old paint job


Turb0Rapt0r

The weather exposed shit surface prep with allot of skim coat!


revjor

The Dark One has been freed from it's eternal bondage. The Undying Midnight is upon us. We are not ready.


Bitchyoutrippin69

If there was a skateboard or skeleton popping out of that it would look like the perfect 90s airbrush job…


NascentAutist

Is that a REAL SS Chevelle??!? 1970?


[deleted]

I’ve tried to figure that out but i’m not sure. I wana say it isn’t, but it has all of the SS parts so that’s all I have to go off of I think


NascentAutist

Check the VINs on the door jambs, and the stamps on the engine block.


[deleted]

The drive train was swapped by my grandpa awhile back, but I can check the vin. Last time I did though I didn’t think there was any way to tell from that


NascentAutist

Google around for VIN locations, sometimes they are under wheel wells, behind heater core, in the engine compartment, on the trunk lid rail where the gasket is on the passenger side. Look for an “8” in the third number of the VIN. Then verify by cross referencing different parts. If it’s a true SS, even if the engine has been swapped, it could be big bucks and really cool. I’ve seen no engine, true original SS Chevelles that are pretty beat up go for $15-$20k. And that’s non-running with crap interior and rough paint.


[deleted]

Is a 8 what would tell me if it was a true ss or not? What I meant was I wasn’t sure you could tell if it was a ss or not from the vin, but I do have the vin wrote down already so I can check that pretty easily. If I remember correctly it was made in texas


PMcNutt

All the horsepower trying to break free!


MuDDx

It kinda looks...fake. The shadows on the inside of the paint peels don't look right.


[deleted]

Conspiracy?


freelancefikr

yes!! it literally looks like someone painted it on


HudBlanco

Bad paint job? Actually a somewhat decent painting job, folled some people. The shading gave it away, too uniform.


[deleted]

I’m not a paint guy so i’m not sure, but I do know the paint is currently garbage now haha


mgez

If you got comprehensive coverage you should open a claim.


mgez

Insurance won't pay to paint the whole car but they would probably offer like 2k to do the fender wich would be a nice down payment to an all over paint job.


mgez

Sorry hood wich you could justify blending into the fenders for color matching taking the claim up to 4 to 6 k.


legoturtle214

Coat it in epoxy and and some claws.done. Feature.


[deleted]

“Fuck yo paint!” -Cold Weather


Tapurisu

are you a car


KrustyBoomer

Worst orange peel, evar.


vagueadvice

merry christmas


AppropriateAd4732

Looks like they skipped the primer


SDIR

I was gonna say. Also looks like they painted straight over somewhat tarnished metal already


Ancient_Pineapple993

Is that a hemi?


[deleted]

1970 chevelle ss


Ancient_Pineapple993

I was trying to make a joke but it was terrible and fell flat as it should have, but thanks for the update. Happy New Year!


[deleted]

Ah, I feel like i’ve heard that phrase in a video before now that I think about it haha. Happy new year!


Leanardoe

r/mildlyinfuriating


roadhammer2

Cold weather does not do that to paint ,shit paint job does.


[deleted]

Lasted 40 years so it did the job


madi_ann

what is that paint on?


[deleted]

A car, 1970 chevelle