Tell me about it
Here is one of my cars. And the owner's statement about painting at the time.
About this time is when I painted the white Z/28 stripes from the rear spoiler over the trunk lip and down the taillight panel to the rear bumper. A stupid “Day two” modification, to distinguish my car from all the other Z/28’s (Which weren’t many). To this day I regret doing that, but back then there was no cherished originality. In fact, at one time, I was going to remove the Z/28 emblems and stripes and repaint the entire car with black lacquer. Guys on the street were beginning to realize how fast Z/28’s were, and I wanted to disguise that, a sleeper. It’s a good thing I never did that. At the time I loved doing lacquer paint jobs and never heard the words “original unrestored”, or “survivor”.