Restoration of a Super Stocker:

Since the SS/AMX reunion at Cecil County Dragway (June 2002), many have suggested that I restore old #42.   I thought it might be a neat project to document on this site.  Seeing that I have owned the car in this condition for over 15 years, maybe it is time to bring the car back to the "as raced" condition of 1969 (shown in background).  What I will try to do is document the slow process of the restoration on the page below.  Expected completed date...a couple of years from now....

...the restoration begins:

Hood damage:  The original hood had been damaged in 1970 when the car came loose on the trailer when being towed to the World's and rammed into the tool box.  The hood was fixed with a generous amount of bondo.  The bondo was removed and through spoons and picks, a heat wheel, and some welding, the hood reflects what it once looked like in its' racing heyday.

Paint removal:  The easy way to remove the paint would be to take it and have it media blasted...fast and effective.  The problem being that I would like to document the various paint schemes on the car.  It looks as if the car has had three different paint schemes over the years.  Those being the current one (Brand AMX), the 1970 design (red, white and blue similar to the Shahan car), and the 1969 scheme (show on this background).  

Below, you can see the 1970 paint scheme...the car had a blue hood and fender tops, and the roof was two-thirds blue towards the front.  The C pillar was also done in blue.  The back and bottom of the car was done in red.  There was a white stripe that went across the roof, down the behind the C pillar and parallel with the side of the car.  Sad to say, no lettering could be found on the r/w/b paint job.  On the pictures that include the hood, the rear hood pin holes have been uncovered.  In the last picture of this series, you can see where the word Baytown (Texas) was removed from the drivers door.

Rear wheel wells:  Quarter stripped of all paint and bondo...notice that after the bondo has been ground off around the wheel well, that the front of the wheel well has been enlarged to accommodate larger tires. Bondo was added to restore the body lines to the correct look of a 1969 AMX.

Where's the lettering: Sad to say, after scrapping two layers of paint of with razor blades, there was no lettering on the original white paint as can be seen below:

Mirror, Mirror:  A closer inspection found that the original drivers door had the side mirror holes filled in at one time.