Provide a critical review of this cars paint

[Eldorado2k]

(and, no, I don't know grandma's fate).

Perhaps grandma wound up similar to this once the door opened? Lol

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[Coatingsarecrack]

I would have asked to see more pictures of paint up close.

From what I can see:

It’s a low mile cream puff with eczema…


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[Flash Gordon]

Drivers fender has definitely been repainted. The hood needs compounding. If the owner believes it's a creampuff I would go ahead and let him/her keep thinking that.

Looks like a sweet ride other than that

[Tasmania]

Paint is a bit off colour on some panels, but over all a well presented car, but far from MINT condition in my opinion.

[Desertnate]

People may define "cream puff" in different ways.

Yes, it is low mileage and is probably in perfect mechanical shape from an owner who religiously followed the service schedule for the car, and likely exceeded it. The interior could be immaculate as well from an owner who was gentle with it and always kept it clean (i.e. never hauled small children on a cross country road trip). They may have even washed it routinely. To the masses, that's a cream puff.

I wonder if the color mis-match and the dull spots on the hood, front facia is simply from sun damage and time. This isn't a new car, and those malise-era GM vehicles didn't have the best quality paint. I remember my parents '73 Impala station wagon having paint that was total crap and needed to be repainted after only 10-ish years of ownership. It was badly faded in places and the clearcoat failed in others.

This car is likely in totally original condition, but in dire need of a good detailing to restore the paint and hopefully not a re-spray to fix the areas its failing.

For a 36-year old car that has probably never been detailed professionally or really had something beyond routine care, I'd say it's in really good shape. However, closer examination of that actual paint would be needed to see if the defects are age or a bad re-spray...or both.