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1. [Spridgets] Bugeye original paint (score: 1)
Author: "Dean Hedin" <dlh2001@comcast.net>
Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2008 19:31:10 -0400
One of the original brochures for the Sprite states the following: "Compact and 'clean', the body of the 'Sprite' is first completely immersed in in a rust-inhibiting compound before receiving its fi
/html/spridgets/2008-06/msg01056.html (7,376 bytes)

2. Re: [Spridgets] Bugeye original paint (score: 1)
Author: "B- Evans" <b-evans@earthlink.net>
Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2008 17:29:28 -0700
Dean Hedin wrote: " What was the rust inhibitor they dipped it in? What kind of enamel was used?" 1. Red lead primer 2. The kind of enamel you can't get no more! Buster ______________________________
/html/spridgets/2008-06/msg01057.html (7,231 bytes)

3. Re: [Spridgets] Bugeye original paint (score: 1)
Author: "Dean Hedin" <dlh2001@comcast.net>
Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2008 20:35:06 -0400
Would that be Dulux enamel? 1. Red lead primer 2. The kind of enamel you can't get no more! Buster _______________________________________________ Support Team.Net http://www.team.net/donate.html htt
/html/spridgets/2008-06/msg01059.html (7,323 bytes)

4. Re: [Spridgets] Bugeye original paint (score: 1)
Author: Phil Nase <bugi1960@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2008 22:52:49 -0400
The good kind is right. Some parts for my car were repainted over the original. The newer paint blasted right off with glass bead. The original is tough stuff to remove. Jane and I arrived at Osage B
/html/spridgets/2008-06/msg01061.html (8,246 bytes)

5. Re: [Spridgets] Bugeye original paint (score: 1)
Author: "B- Evans" <b-evans@earthlink.net>
Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2008 21:46:39 -0700
Dean Hedlin wrote: "Would that be Dulux enamel?" I am not sure of the brand, but it was a cellulose paint, and for environmental reasons, that is no longer available. The paint "code" is easily found
/html/spridgets/2008-06/msg01063.html (8,766 bytes)

6. Re: [Spridgets] Bugeye original paint (score: 1)
Author: "B- Evans" <b-evans@earthlink.net>
Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2008 21:59:23 -0700
Phil Nase wrote: "I even got to speak to Buster on the phone when he called Well, hot snot! I hope you had finished your dinner by then. Or did you barf just listening to him? Silas P. Gumbody Intern
/html/spridgets/2008-06/msg01064.html (7,631 bytes)

7. Re: [Spridgets] Bugeye original paint (score: 1)
Author: "Dean Hedin" <dlh2001@comcast.net>
Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2008 02:18:43 -0400
I don't think it was cellulose. That would have been a lacquer, not an The original brochure says enamel. Tonight, after searching the web for hours I finally found the definitive answer, confirming
/html/spridgets/2008-06/msg01066.html (8,073 bytes)

8. Re: [Spridgets] Bugeye original paint (score: 1)
Author: Kent McLean <kentmclean@comcast.net>
Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2008 14:34:00 -0400
Which brings us full circle back to "paint your car for $50". :) One such link: <http://toolmonger.com/2007/07/10/how-to-paint-your-car-for-50/> -- Kent McLean '56 100 BN2 ___________________________
/html/spridgets/2008-06/msg01080.html (8,046 bytes)

9. Re: [Spridgets] Bugeye original paint (score: 1)
Author: "Dean Hedin" <dlh2001@comcast.net>
Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2008 19:38:54 -0400
I don't think I would roll it. Spraying it is the way to go. You can see what HVLP sprayed Rustoleum "Antique White" looks like on a Bugeye right here.... http://i295.photobucket.com/albums/mm135/bro
/html/spridgets/2008-06/msg01091.html (9,536 bytes)

10. Re: [Spridgets] Bugeye original paint (score: 1)
Author: Lester <oldsaabguy@comcast.net>
Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2008 19:35:42 -0500
WOW!! I'm impressed! HVLP from Harbor Freight or ?? Lester _______________________________________________ Support Team.Net http://www.team.net/donate.html http://www.team.net/archive http://autox.te
/html/spridgets/2008-06/msg01092.html (10,403 bytes)

11. Re: [Spridgets] Bugeye original paint (score: 1)
Author: "B- Evans" <b-evans@earthlink.net>
Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2008 18:15:03 -0700
Dean Hedin wrote: "So tell me, does it look like Old English White or not?" Nope! Close, but no cigar. It might, however, look better in daylight. Buster _____________________________________________
/html/spridgets/2008-06/msg01093.html (8,164 bytes)

12. Re: [Spridgets] Bugeye original paint (score: 1)
Author: "Dean Hedin" <dlh2001@comcast.net>
Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2008 23:06:32 -0400
Close but no cigar would apply to the many variations of OEW I have looked at over the years. Keep in mind the two inside images are with the flash & fluorecents. while outside shot was done in the e
/html/spridgets/2008-06/msg01094.html (9,412 bytes)

13. Re: [Spridgets] Bugeye original paint (score: 1)
Author: "Dean Hedin" <dlh2001@comcast.net>
Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2008 23:50:24 -0400
Tell ya what Buster, compare these two images.... What I believe my "most correct" photo... http://i295.photobucket.com/albums/mm135/brokencase_photos/IMGP1104-01.jpg with Brian Clare's Serial number
/html/spridgets/2008-06/msg01095.html (8,736 bytes)

14. Re: [Spridgets] Bugeye original paint (score: 1)
Author: "B- Evans" <b-evans@earthlink.net>
Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2008 21:06:04 -0700
Dean Hedin wrote: "Close but no cigar would apply to the many variations of OEW I have looked at over the years." Absolutely! And I had the unfortunate experience of having to try most of them. At Ch
/html/spridgets/2008-06/msg01096.html (8,862 bytes)

15. Re: [Spridgets] Bugeye original paint (score: 1)
Author: "B- Evans" <b-evans@earthlink.net>
Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2008 21:10:46 -0700
Dean Hedin wrote: "Tell ya what Buster, compare these two images...." Alas, no photograph, especially with any kind of artificial lighting, will give a true representation of the color it seeks to po
/html/spridgets/2008-06/msg01097.html (8,402 bytes)

16. Re: [Spridgets] Bugeye original paint (score: 1)
Author: "B- Evans" <b-evans@earthlink.net>
Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2008 23:47:12 -0700
Mike Rambour wrote "aren't there as many variations of Olde English White as there are British Racing Green ?" At least as many! However, I don't believe Americans became attached to BRG until long a
/html/spridgets/2008-06/msg01098.html (9,901 bytes)

17. Re: [Spridgets] Bugeye original paint (score: 1)
Author: tinydog@snet.net
Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2008 11:30:40 +0000
tinydog sez: Forget about variations on paint color, we seem to have started variations on the life and times of Jim Clark. Jim Clark died on April 7th 1968 at Hockenheim. He entered this Formula 2 r
/html/spridgets/2008-06/msg01100.html (11,149 bytes)

18. Re: [Spridgets] Bugeye original paint (score: 1)
Author: Jethro <tr3.4.me@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2008 10:43:30 -0500
Of course there's probably also calibration and color balance differences between the cameras used for the two images. Understand as well that even variances in the monitor the image is displayed upo
/html/spridgets/2008-06/msg01102.html (9,979 bytes)

19. Re: [Spridgets] Bugeye original paint (score: 1)
Author: Kitterer Bob <bkitterer@mac.com>
Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2008 08:58:23 -0700
Just a foot note. The first English rear engined green car at Indianapolis was a Cooper Climax driven by Jack Brabhama in 1960. It was not at the race until 1961. Cooper had a new car for Jack but th
/html/spridgets/2008-06/msg01103.html (11,294 bytes)

20. Re: [Spridgets] Bugeye original paint (score: 1)
Author: chuck <cciaffone@verizon.net>
Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2008 12:32:06 -0400
Hmmm .... izzat the son of Ossama Brabhama??? _______________________________________________ Support Team.Net http://www.team.net/donate.html http://www.team.net/archive http://autox.team.net/mailma
/html/spridgets/2008-06/msg01104.html (9,217 bytes)


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