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> From: Tom Jell [mailto:thomas.jell@mchp.siemens.de]
> Sent: 01 February 2001 12:53
>
> have a club member, who purchased a Spitfire 1500 new back in
> 78. Now, during a first restauration he found out that the
> cars has been resprayed at some time ... as he is sure it was
> not him ... that leaves only the time before he got the car
> delivered. So the question.
>
> Does onyone have information if that was common back in 78
> that the car was resprayed even at the factory or by the dealer.
A friend of the family recalled rust holes patched with filler inside the
wings of his Hillman - he bought that one new, the filler was there when it
was sold to him!
Repaints were a fairly common occurence, and I would assume still happen
where there is damage caused during manufacture. Remember that the 1970's
were the era of mass strikes in the British motor industry, with stockpiles
of unfinished bodyshells sat in the open air for weeks on end due to factory
shutdowns. Not really surprising that defects neede correction before cars
were sold,
Cheers,
Bill.
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