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Re: fastest colors

To: Fred_Katz@ci.sf.ca.us, datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net, tcost@vvm.com
Subject: Re: fastest colors
From: "sidney raper" <spl310@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 05 Jun 2001 14:22:34 -0400
I can't say about colors on cars, but there is a certain shade of green that 
the government uses that goes WAY too fast - well it goes away from me too 
fast.  They use it to print that stuff on those slips of cloth paper that 
come out of ATMs........


>From: Fred_Katz@ci.sf.ca.us
>Reply-To: Fred_Katz@ci.sf.ca.us
>To: "Datsun Roadsters" <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>,   "Terry and  
>Donna Cost" <tcost@vvm.com>
>Subject: Re: fastest colors
>Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2001 09:59:21 -0700
>
>On 6/5/2001 "Terry and Donna Cost" <tcost@vvm.com> wrote:
>
> >The fastest roadster I owned was painted in four different colors of
> >primer. Two grays, one white, and one yellowish-orange, all from
> >Tractor Supply (TSC).  I called it "Frank".  One of my friends has
> >Frank now, and he's painting it a real color with real paint.  It will
> >not be as fast.
> >
> >Leisure Suit Terry
>
>Terry,
>
>Primer does feel like it's faster. I drove my daily driver '70 1600 Blondie
>for 1-1/2 years with 3 different shades of red/brown/orange primer. After
>painting it yellow it doesn't feel quite as fast. Maybe it's the bugs
>attracted to the yellow that are slowing it down, quite a few hitch a ride.
>Before, a bug wouldn't be caught dead on the primer.
>
>Fred - So.SF

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