1982 AMC Concord: Project Sedate Sedan Sleeper

I've been thinking a lot about it.. its one of those little details that may not matter to a lot of other guys but I am hung up on this a bit. I'm going to take them off for now and think about what color if any I would like to see their when they are gone. I think that is the only way I'll know what I would be happy with for sure. 

Windshield and rear window should've been in already but there was a slight delay in getting the chrome trim ready for installation and the back deck shelf needed to be properly cut out for 6x9 speakers which was made easier by not having a rear window! 

The biggest thing recently is that the body shop buffed and polished the whole car's paint. Holy Cow. The paint is so good looking now that the difference between the engine bay and the old exterior paint is barely noticeable. I was quite shocked at how well they brought back the gloss coat on my car. As you can tell by the pictures.. the top of the fenders and cowl area blend into the engine bay very very nicely. Its so close its barely noticeable and I am very impressed by this similarity. In the pictures.. you can tell the inner fender lip has not been cleaned or polished yet and still shows the high level of contamination in the original paint. The bright shiny paint really offsets the black top even better now and I am really really happy with the over all look so far.

Also.. the new pinstripe was applied, new hinge pins and bushing as well as window seals and sweeps were installed in the front doors and all the chrome accessories were installed as well. This includes the Ventshades, NOS mud flaps and wheel well trim. Once the freshly polished front/rear window trim and the black 3 piece Barcelona rims with are installed this car should really be looking sharp. 

Last but not least... they also undercoated the rear portion of the wheels wells behind the front wheels. I was really tron on wanting to do this... I didn't want to cover up all the fresh paint but at the same time I know that I'll be driving the heck out of this car and didn't want the new paint to be nicked up and chipped.. so the body shop recommended that the rear wheel well areas be undercoated and leave the front portion in fresh paint. I thought this was a good compromise and told them to move forward with it as the rocks from the tires would be spit up in the rear area more so than anything. 

Also last but not least I have just a few pictures that show off just how sanitary it is underneath now. While this is not a points style restoration... it's quite a bit cleaner than what was under there before! 

 

This picture was taken before the body was cleaned up... but here's the baby is resting... (stock 1973 Javelin 304 for those of you just joining us).... 

That picture reminds me about why I wanted to change the top to black. The maroon vinyl was never an exact match to the paint and the two different shades always bothered me! haha