Camaro: Is It Real?

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07-19-2009, 12:12 AM
TrueIceBlue

Camaro: Is It Real?

Just won this Custom Camaro at ebay and I bid on it thinking it could be a enamel green. Looks just like the enamel green Custom VW in color and texture perhaps,has the green under the wheel wells,front fenders looks cut just like the enamel white Custom Camaro's front wells,tires look consistent with the wear on the car and the chips look consistent to enamel chips. Here is my question and answers with the seller of this said Camaro. Question to seller: Is this the original green paint? Do you see any remnants of any other coloranywhere on the front and back window and window edges close to the body on the windows,front grill,side pipes,back tail panel and bottom of car on the base?What color do you see in the wheel wells? Don't want to sound picky,this info you give me help me on the bidding for this car. -trueiceblue Hi, Ha no your fine i understand the concern..Ok i have lookedover the car i dnt know how many times to make sure..But no there isnt any paint on any other parts of the car ive checked.But the car was bought at anauction.Even were the chips are on the body you can c the metal and no misc. paint , wheels wells are matching paint and i checked the rivets and no signs thecar has been opened. Any other questions please ask.Thanks 03svtcobra09, Thank you for the response and i will place a bid before the end of the auction! Thank's again! -trueiceblue Hey no problem..But if you do have any doubts about the car notbeing as descried if you are the winning bidder i will accept the camaro back with a refund im an honest ebayer. Thanks 03svtcobra09, Is that green paint on the drivers side pipes? -trueiceblue Hi, no there no paint on any sides of the pipes on the car..Lookslike because of the way the pic was taken..Have any more questions please ask.Thanks 03svtcobra09, Granted the seller has 0 feedback rating is ok possibly 'cause I have came up in this case very few times before such as a mint hot pink ferrari 312p for $35 I won from a seller with 0 rating and bad auction pics. Lastly here is the link to the auction and the pics: <a target="_blank" href="http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=170357000436&ssPageName=ADME:X:RTQ:US:1123">http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eB...eName=ADME:X:RTQ:US:1123</a> Tell me what you think of the Custom Camaro possibly being enamel green?
07-19-2009, 12:22 AM
brockwheels

First thing I noticed was the HK wheels on a US car, so if that's a red flag for tampering... Looked like Spectra in the wheel wells but the pictures are less than stellar. Timeline is a problem, with green enamel being 73 and camaros 68 only. Hoping it is indeed real, test car or lunchtime car or something, would be a cool piece. Keith
07-19-2009, 12:56 AM
TLEE3

<img src="http://mmb.maverick.to/images/smilies/hmmm.gif" width="20" height="20" alt="image">........look like US wheels to me....but that last pic. of thebase outside the rivets look alittle odd..... Good Luck with it....at least you get your $ back if not happy.....
07-19-2009, 01:08 AM
TrueIceBlue
07-19-2009, 01:13 AM
TrueIceBlue

With the timeline there is enamel green on '68 Custom VW's so why not a test possibly? Same color enamel green as the VW.. Mr. Bruce Pascal has a enamel red with black roof Custom Camaro so maybe Mattel tested with a non black roof enamel green version since they already did a black roof enamel version? Not saying it is,I guess I am only looking at the positive things about it but I am open to your thoughts on this Redline and appreciate them.
07-19-2009, 01:25 AM
twosix

it doesnt appear to be enamel green at all, the bugs are alot darker than the camaro, i believe its a repaint, in some pics its alittle darker, in another picit looks flourecent green. good luck with it
07-19-2009, 01:40 AM
TrueIceBlue

I thought it did look lighter in the one pic but it looks like it is in the very bright sun also to give it a lighter look? It's just that in the indoor pics it looks very consistent with the original enamel green shade/color? If you notice in the indoor pics it looks dark and with the sufficient lighting it should give a good color indication. I sent the seller another email, In person indoors is the color of the car like in your outside auction picture or is the car more like the inside picture in color/shade? Thank's! I think the chances are the color is just like the indoor pics but we will see and I will post the sellers reply to this last question here in this post. Anymore feedback? <img src="http://static.yuku.com//domainskins/bypass/img/smileys/smile.gif" alt="image">
07-19-2009, 02:26 AM
TrueIceBlue

<blockquote> TLEE3 wrote: <hr><img src="http://mmb.maverick.to/images/smilies/hmmm.gif" alt="image" width="20" height="20">........look like US wheels to me....but that last pic. of the base outside the rivets look alittle odd..... Good Luck with it....at least you get your $ back if not happy.....</blockquote>Seller said he checked the rivets and there are no signs of opening. <img src="http://static.yuku.com//domainskins/bypass/img/smileys/ohwell.gif" alt="image"> They look fine to me,then again I don't know rivets too well..
07-19-2009, 02:50 AM
diecast proto

<img height="20" src="http://mmb.maverick.to/images/smilies/hmmm.gif" width="20" alt="image">, well, it might be green, but i think it was masked and oaintedover the original spectra green, so ther evits will be original. I had a sugar daddy painted that way. here is the 73 enimal camaro <img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v203/raed-ammari/KUSTOMZ/rl73greencamaro3.jpg" alt="image"> <img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v203/raed-ammari/KUSTOMZ/rl73greencamaro2.jpg" alt="image"> <img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v203/raed-ammari/KUSTOMZ/rl73greencamaro5.jpg" alt="image"> cheers <img src="http://static.yuku.com//domainskins/bypass/img/smileys/wink.gif" alt="image"> raed
07-19-2009, 03:21 AM
TrueIceBlue

Raed, everything screams repaint on your Camaro pictures including the wheels. Paint thickness,paint texture,indoor paint color is not the same as mine,no wear to your repaint etc... Yours UK made mine looks US made. They look totally different Camaro's (yours & mine) to me. Wear,tires,answers from seller, pretty much everything looks consistent to me that the one I got could possibly be original enamel green. Hmmm I been thinking if the color of the possible enamel green Camaro turns out to be dark just like the inside pics with the sellers response and having the car in hand then why would someone paint a '68 Camaro same color as the '68 enamel green VW (makes no sense) and not paint itwhite enamel or any other enamel color besides dark green? Someone who knows redlines would have painted it white maybe,change or paint to newer tires, etc....Someone who does not know redlines then why would and how would they know to paint it dark green enamel as the only other enamel color for '68 (VW) besides white? They do not know redlines so they do not know enamel green as theone of the two enamel colors for '68 I would think. <img src="http://static.yuku.com//domainskins/bypass/img/smileys/grin.gif" alt="image"> Again,paint wear and original tire wear,everything pretty much looks very consistent on the camaro I won. I hope. Hope can drive a man crazy! <img src="http://static.yuku.com//domainskins/bypass/img/smileys/tongue.gif" alt="image"> Any other opinions? Thank's for the one's so far! <img src="http://static.yuku.com//domainskins/bypass/img/smileys/smile.gif" alt="image">

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