Opinion, of course, but if a car has been repainted, in the strictest sense originality is no longer part of the conversation. Arne's mention of the Gold Medallion leads me to another thought. (And I'm assuming you are talking about the ZCCA Gold Medallion) You shouldn't get dinked for a re-paint unless it is a bad quality paint job. There are too many precedents.

Hi, Chris:

Yes, you're absolutely right about a repaint defeating originality in some degree.

I agree with that fully, which is why we left Lucky 13 as an unrestored original.

Fortunately, she is in good enough condition that we could do that without

embarrassment.

But now you have me thinking in terms of original hoses, belts, plugs, tires, brake

pads and shoes, bulbs, and that type of thing. We could really get carried away,

couldn't we? I was grateful for your advice last year concerning, for example,

the set of hoses: the original braided hoses being no longer available except at a

price which few could afford, I appreciated the realistic position that either is ac-

ceptable as long as ALL hoses in the set were either braided or plain rubber.

No, when I used the term "originality," all I really meant was using all the original

or OEM stuff as long as availability permitted. That was the reason behind choosing

#919 Sunshine Yellow, one of the original colors, if it could still be obtained.

But even beyond that, #01905 was originally a #901 silver car, so in that respect

it could also be deemed a departure from original. But when finished, I expect that

anyone other than a ZCCA Gold Medallion inspector (or other Z aficionado with an

eye for detail) will be able to look at the car and think it to be original!

All Z Best,...............................Kathy & Rick

I agree about the two stage colors. The company that made the paint for my FJ Cruiser gave a close to lacquer look about as close as you get with water base enamal in a two cote process I'll see what the paint shop comes up with and what I come up with and hopefully it will work.