Michael Hi,
To tell you the truth, I am not completely sure, Jeffrey's car lines seem similar to mine with the exception of the sills. His is an "early" car while mine is a "late" one. On his car, there is an indentation on the belt below the door line and the sill goes down vertically. On my car the old sills (Not original) were completely rounded which was probably wrong. When we re-did them and after looking at photos of "late" cars, we decided to make the sills flat (as opposed to rounded like before) but at an angle, going in-ward, not vertical like earlier cars.
As far as the line which travels from behind the headlight to the back of the car, the shape is exactly the same on Jeffrey's car and on mine. I will look again a bit more carefully just to double check. Now this line is not straight or flat, it is curved on the front wing, goes flatter straight down on the door and curves back up under the door handle to meet the rear wing. There, it rises above the rear wheel and curves down again to turn back up again sharply at the rear like a little spoiler. I have not noticed a difference on Jeffrey car or on the Pebble Beach winner other "early" green roadster I have seen and of which I have numerous photos. I do think the wing line on my car is right because they are the same on both sides and there has not been an accident. There is no trace of one on the bare metal on either side of the car. The front wings are quite high on all the cars I have seen, I think its part of the design. Since you took your car to bare metal, you were able to identify any accident or piece which is not original. All these things leave traces behind. On my car, hideous repairs were hidden under massive amounts of lead. Remember, if there is any hidden rust, it will eventually bubble your nice and brand new paint job. You can use a magnet and identify place where it does not stick and you know you have an issue there. We just found a spot behind the right front door on top at the base of the convertible top were the magnet does not stick. About 3 to 4" full of lead and when you look on the other side, in the convertible top opening there is yellow grease which is really animal fat and which is used to apply the lead. Another shady repair which will be addressed shortly. As far as the chrome trim, are you talking about the side window chrome trim? Looking at CF70 photos, you get the impression it is sagging in the middle, but I think it is due to the rear suspension which is too low or sagging. I have not seen the car other than in photograph.
Let me know if you want any photos? I will be happy to E-mail you some.
Regards,
Emmanuel [
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