Hello!
I am a new owner of a 1991 3000gt SL, and weather has not been kind to it. It sat for about 28 years in outside, uncovered in NY. Then it was driven for the last few years, but still parked outside.
The car has not been painted at all in the 30 years of its existence. The paint is... bad. It is supposed to be red. Both side mirrors are pink. The paint on the hood is in surprisingly good shape. Most of the paint on the spoiler no longer exists in this realm, as there are large patches of a grayish/black to be seen where the paint once was. I plan to repaint it, but when I was buying the car the owner was very insistent that the original paint (in its terrible condition) greatly increased the value of the car.... I was wondering if there was any truth to this?
He said not to paint it, just to buff it. But I think that'll be hard on the parts that no longer have paint. He made it sound like I would be ruining the car's value if I painted it, and I am wondering if this is the case.
-Also was wondering if the strip of car above the spoiler is supposed to be white (the white part in the picture) It doesn't seem to match the rest of the car.
I would love your guys' opinions on this!
I am a new owner of a 1991 3000gt SL, and weather has not been kind to it. It sat for about 28 years in outside, uncovered in NY. Then it was driven for the last few years, but still parked outside.
The car has not been painted at all in the 30 years of its existence. The paint is... bad. It is supposed to be red. Both side mirrors are pink. The paint on the hood is in surprisingly good shape. Most of the paint on the spoiler no longer exists in this realm, as there are large patches of a grayish/black to be seen where the paint once was. I plan to repaint it, but when I was buying the car the owner was very insistent that the original paint (in its terrible condition) greatly increased the value of the car.... I was wondering if there was any truth to this?
He said not to paint it, just to buff it. But I think that'll be hard on the parts that no longer have paint. He made it sound like I would be ruining the car's value if I painted it, and I am wondering if this is the case.
-Also was wondering if the strip of car above the spoiler is supposed to be white (the white part in the picture) It doesn't seem to match the rest of the car.
I would love your guys' opinions on this!