The trunk appears to be shot with splatter paint - GM process for painting the trunk compartment.
Someone said that the car might be original paint - take a look at the door jam drivers side - the striker pin appears to have paint over spray.
The seats appear to be recovered with some type of insert rather than the factory material.
The rear bumper appears to be at least dull.
Overall the car looks decent from the photos provided - car needs closer inspection and to be driven into a area of decent sunlight and closeup photos need to be taken.
Also the fender tag, engine compartment, glass, grill, front bumper and undercarriage needs closeup photos in good lighting.
I’ll address the comments above:
Splatter paint - yes. This was done after the sheet metal and fiberglass work mentioned in a previous post.
Original paint - No. Paint faded by late 80’s and I went from Por Red to Black w grey stripes. In 2012 - the car was stripped down to bare metal and given a nice paint job and new decals were applied. I was going to go back to Por Red but saw a new red Challenger in the neighborhood and I switched to the paint that it had. Not original but my wife and I really liked the newer paint.
Unfortunately - the engine compartment shows each of these paint colors.
Seat Covers - Correct again. Original material was failing and new gray panels were installed to go along with the gray/black paint job. These panels, while not original, have held up amazing well for over 30 years.
Dull bumpers - When painted in 2012 - the bumpers were not looking great. I didn’t find a good way to have them re-chromed so I resorted to chrome spray paint that looked pretty decent for years. The bumpers are still solid - never wrecked.
I’ll take pictures and post fender tag, etc. I previously posted a picture of the stamp sheet someplace.
This car was ordered in May 1971 and built the last week of June 1971. I’m pretty sure it was built during the last week of production and the factory may have used a couple of imperfect parts. There’s a small bend someplace around the edge of the hood. I’ve always supposed that they were scraping the bottom of the barrel that week.
My original assessment of the car was that it was in fair condition because of work-around done over the years for financial reasons. I did install new brake drums, brake shoes, and seat belts during the past year. (Saved the original belts but they are too stiff to adjust easily.)
