Well I still haven't found my 69 2+2 so for $900 I picked up an original paint 69 Parisienne. 350 2bbl, TH350 Verdoro Green with medium green interior. The body is pretty solid with rust at the back of the front fenders and 1/4's. Interior is shot, and puke ugly.
Cool score, but I see what you mean by the interior. Is the engine a runner?
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'64 Parisienne CS "barn find" - last on the road in '86 ... Owner Protection Plan booklet, original paint, original near-mint aqua interior, original aqua GM floor mats, original 283, factory posi, and original rust.
Well JOHNNEE, I am am a little hard of hearing. I'm thinking not only being front row but also standing in front of the speakers at the KISS, Def Leopard and Iron Maiden concerts didn't help.
The car was started for me before we loaded it. Without a rad installed we only ran it for a moment by pouring gas down the carb.
For now I intend to get it back on the road but need to figure out something on the interior. Ugh!
Head liner and carpet are easy but from what I can tell the seat upholstery kits are solid vinyl with no cloth inserts. I'm thinking of getting the cloth and vinyl from SMS and have it stitched up locally.
The parts on first glance that I'll need will be:
the Parisienne script for the trunk, P got broke off.
a line on where to get the dark green rubber for the side molding
an antenna
upholstery
full exhaust, doing duels for sure.
wheels and tires, have to choose the style of wheel from my inventory. 15x7 rallys, 15x7 Pontiac rally II's, 15x7/15x6 Appliance 5 spoke wheels from the 70's, or a mid 80's 15x8 5 spoke 3 piece wheel that looks a lot like an SS wheel or magnum 500. The 15x7 5 slot rallys are on the top of the list, just need to locate some small center caps.
To get it running I will need to clean the fuel tank, fluids change, check the brakes (parts are all new by last owner), basic tune up along with replacing all the ignition parts. Need to replace the windshield and the rear glass needs a new bed and resealed.
Any suggestions comments greatly appreciated. Normally I build wrecks back up, so in a way, this is new to me as I don't intend to do a frame off. A little mission creep maybe..
Good score Eric. If you aren't too fussy about being 100% correct. The Parisienne vinyl interior is the same as Impala which you can get from NOS Reproductions. That's what I did with my Laurentian and I was very happy with the results.
Getting ready to rehab the interior for the spring and can not locate the medium green for the headliner. I checked our faithful sponsor's web site and several others to no avail.
Any ideas?
i can get carpet, fabric and vinyl but no headliner.
i suspect i can go to SMS as well but was hopping for a pre-made kit.
You can get custom colour dye, might be a lot cheaper than going to SMS. Get a headliner that is close to colour wanted (lighter is better) and dye it. Should hold up well since there is no wear and tear on a headliner. Just a thought.
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-- Edited by hawkeye5766 on Saturday 5th of December 2015 08:38:48 PM
Well I am sorry if I stick my finger in the pot where it is not wanted, but there are other alternatives to 'factory stock' interior. From your avatar I assume you are not adverse to creating a hotrod/custom, so ... I suggest that you consider having an upholstery shop make a custom (you choose the colors and pattern) interior. Mine is an example:
Well the factory medium green door panels are still good so i am not wanting to deviate from the stock colour and I must be a bit anal retentive in my desire for a stock appearing interior for this car. It appears that I'm blind as i can't locate any source for a medium green GM headliner unless it's a Camaro, so buying a parchment headliner and dyeing it seems like the best alternative.
Nice find, had one just like it in the late 80s. 350 was gone so I installed my rebuilt 283. Body was solid, interior was nice, but after being my daily driver for about 3 years and going into a ditch once, it finally got traded.
Wish i kept it.
So a good friend and I are going to do a clean up perform some mechanical repairs to get the 69 on the road.
We will pop the engine out for a quick clean and a fresh coat of orange as well as a cam swap and the addition of a 4bbl intake and quadrajet. I like the day two look so I'll be adding open air cleaner, some aluminum valve covers, intake and headers. I'll do a HEI swap at the same time as well.
Interior is getting a good cleaning as I'll steam clean the seats and toss seat covers on for now. A new carpet and headliner are destined for the office as well.
As the only rims that have good tires on them at the moment are my 80's style 3 piece 5 spokes, that's what she will be wearing.
One question. The original paint is oxidized, what is available or what procedure is recommended to clean the paint?
Well the factory medium green door panels are still good so i am not wanting to deviate from the stock colour and I must be a bit anal retentive in my desire for a stock appearing interior for this car. It appears that I'm blind as i can't locate any source for a medium green GM headliner unless it's a Camaro, so buying a parchment headliner and dyeing it seems like the best alternative.
Thanks for the feedback.
we deal with a headliner company who sometimes have the off colours so they don't advertise them because of a limited supply
Just a thought but maybe mail off a piece of the headliner to Dale,he could ship to his suppliers to see if they can match up? As far as bringing back the paint I wouldn't use anything too aggressive. Not sure if it's lacquer or enamel but once you burn through your done. I would start with a small spot on the lower rear 1/4 (where no one will notice). Fine cut then polish and see how she looks, remember that the paint on the top side will be more sun bleached and thinner. So may not come up as nice.
Strip the interior and let it sit outside is first order of business. I'll pull some swatches from the headliner.
If I recall correctly the original paints were enamel and the car is original paint. I was hoping that someone here had direct experience cleaning and bring back 48 year old factory metallic paint. U-tube is full of vids on clear coat and boat lacquer/gel coat polishing but I didn't find anything that I was specifically looking for.
Strip the interior and let it sit outside is first order of business. I'll pull some swatches from the headliner.
If I recall correctly the original paints were enamel and the car is original paint. I was hoping that someone here had direct experience cleaning and bring back 48 year old factory metallic paint. U-tube is full of vids on clear coat and boat lacquer/gel coat polishing but I didn't find anything that I was specifically looking for.
Thanks for the updates. Keep up the good work, I think it's really great that you're bringing this one back from the dead.
I can't really offer any advice for the paint, as without clearcoat you will be cutting into the colour coat, which will expose bare metalflake in spots. In the past I tried products which are designed to remove oxidized paint with limited success. I guess you could try a very mild compound with care not to rub the edges bare - it looks like age has already done the damage to the paint, so you probably can't hurt it much more than it has been. But, I'm definitely not an expert here...
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