Classic muscle... 1969 Plymouth Roadrunner

[Gav'sPurpleZ]

The objective for this detail was to revive the paint. The vehicle was painted before the current owner purchased it in 1984.
The vehicle was stored for 20 years. The engine was rebuilt, some items freshened up and it was back on the road this July.
The owner mentioned it was painted with IMRON paint... Being 35, I had never heard of this. Single stage, sure, but not imron.

A quick search on Autogeek, 4 results for threads talking about how to polish this kind of paint came up.

Wash: Ultima rinseless wash
Clay: CG fine clay mitt
Polish: Rupes LHR 15 Mark II
Pad: Lake Country blue cutting pad
Sealant: WG DGPS 3.0

I took pictures with a DSLR, not sure how they came out...here is what I have on my phone. Look at the 1/4 panel:




After:

[Gav'sPurpleZ]

[Gav'sPurpleZ]

the video shows more of the paint before:

[LSNAutoDetailing]

Wowie!!! amazing old road-runner!!! Nice work, and awesome that you did your homework on AGO. I'm 49 and do not know what IMRON paint is...

[Gav'sPurpleZ]

Wowie!!! amazing old road-runner!!! Nice work, and awesome that you did your homework on AGO. I'm 49 and do not know what IMRON paint is...

thanks !!

[RippyD]

I owned one of these for a short while. Unfortunately I had the 383 which is way behind the 440 in terms of power. More car than I wanted size-wise and leaked oil from more places than I could count.

[TopBlissGT]

Imron is an early polyurethane paint. It was tough as nails and hard to lay down correctly and lethal vapors. When i restored my 65 El Camino I painted the frame with it.

[TopBlissGT]

I owned one of these for a short while. Unfortunately I had the 383 which is way behind the 440 in terms of power. More car than I wanted size-wise and leaked oil from more places than I could count.

BTW- 440ss were not put in regular Roadrunners in 69. The only ones that had 440's from the factory were the A12 cars with fiberglass lift off hoods.

[RTexasF]

I was wondering about the 440.......I grew up in that era but thought all the Roadrunners had the 383. As mentioned Imron was an extremely hard and durable paint. Unfortunately it was also brittle so rock chips on the front from normal driving looked like a moonscape after a short time.

[cyclops]

Beautiful job on one of the best looking muscle cars on the road.

Was planning on buying one in high school, found the perfect one after lots of searching. That was until my Stepfather took it for a test drive. He did not even get it out of second gear when he said "you will never own this car"