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Originally Posted by LordDevlin
Hello,
I have been a member of this overall message board for a few years as I have a 59 fleetside, and recently i have started looking for a 67-72 suburban.
I have some questions that I am hoping to have answered. I have done some searching but havent found firm answers.
First one, some of the suburbans I see for sale look to have an original 'flat' type paint job. Is this factory flat, or has the paint simply gone like that over time? It doesn't necessarily simply look like aged paint, but an actual flat/matte finish. Can anyone fill me in on this please?
Thank you.
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LordDevlin...like HO455 said, most likely oxidized paint. Being 65 years old and not having much money as a teenager, all of my cars had that "flat" look because clear-coat wasn't a thing back then. We used to use kerosene to "try" to bring the luster back to the original paint, but that rarely made much of a difference in the shine...only the color...and actually removed paint along with the oxidation!
The "nostalgic" memory of that is why I'm considering using a satin clear-coat over the Wheatland Yellow body of my Suburban, but still use a gloss clear-coat on the white roof and white lower body band. The original owner had a gloss clear-coat sprayed over the entire body after having some body work done to the passenger side, but as that was over 30 years ago, the clear-coat has deteriorated and needs to be sanded off, otherwise I might have tried to save the original paint and keep that dull patina look. Mine has too much old "Bondo" style body work done to the passenger side (only the passenger side was repainted; the other 75% is original paint), so a complete stripping is called for, but I think the combination of a satin body color with the gloss roof will be a "nod" towards my youth...I hope I'm right! Good luck with your search but be careful...paint can look great in a photo but not so good up close!!!
Woody
