In article <3ACF4190.BEEB05A6@worldchat.com>, Chris Taylor
<spitfire@worldchat.com> writes
>If you follow this link
http://home.worldchat.com/~spitfire/spitfire
> to my web site and scroll to the
>bottom you can see my red spit with the top painted to match.
>I have seen cars with hardtops painted white or black and I
>just don't like the look. If the top matches the car it changes
>the style of the car instead of looking like a bolt on addition.
I agree. With the soft-top, a Spit has similar looks to an Austin-
Healey Sprite or an MG Midget; with a matching hard-top, it looks more
like a baby Stag. I painted my Mazda Red hard-top with three coats of
black coach enamel today, and once the seals and fixings arrive from
Rimmers next week, I'll fit it on, and see what on earth it looks like.
Black was a "quick and dirty" solution - it saved me from stripping the
old paint, and means that I will be able to fit the hard-top on Monday,
rather than after Easter. I still fully intend to strip the thing to
bare metal and paint it Inca Yellow over the summer, unless I find the
"bolt-on-addition" image compelling (which I doubt - but I'm dying to
see Suzie's pictures...).
I was interested to spot what I presume is the original screen-wash
reservoir in your engine compartment. Mine is an enormous square
thing, which holds about five pints, and has a filler cap marked "Ford".
Presumably pinched from an old Cortina or something of a similar size...
>Just my $.02 Cdn worth.
>Chris Taylor
>75 Spitfire
Pretty car, by the way!
ATB
Mike
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Michael Hargreave Mawson, author of "Eyewitness in the Crimea,"
published by Greenhill Books on 28th March, 2001:
http://www.greenhillbooks.com/booksheets/eyewitness_in_the_crimea.html
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