Its mostly original. I can tell that the hood, front driver side fender, and driver's door has been repainted. Must have been in an accident of some kind. Ironically, (though not surprisingly) the original paint is near perfect, and the repainted panels are showing their age, which sucks because the car looks about perfect except in the right light you can really tell the panels don't match. Body shop paint sucks compared to factory paint.
The hood was actually horribly oxidized with terrible water spots before this pic was taken. I spent 2 days working on it with rubbing compound, buffing compound, and polishing to get it to look good again. Its not 100% but its close enough.
I don't know much about the car's previous life, but I think it was garaged because all of the rubber looks perfect. It's also got low miles. I bought it with 89,000 last year. I love it
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It definitely looks great and photos, but up close you can tell its aged. In addition to the mismatched panels, there are some rust bubbles coming up near the rockers. I don't know how long I've got till I paint it. Was thinking of next summer, but maybe I should just fix the rust spots and cut in with paint. Any thoughts anyone?
Is that the original paint? Its so clean. I've seen cars half the age with paint that can't even compare with the condition of yours.
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