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Re: [Spridgets] Spridget repair - another perspective

To: "Timothy H. Collins" <thcollin@mtu.edu>
Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Spridget repair - another perspective
From: "Michael Conn" <mconn2@bright.net>
Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2007 20:31:08 -0400
Tim,

You,ve got a lot more courage than I have, that's for sure.   I live in 
dread what will be found when the prep works being done.   Now, that's a 
depressing thought!

Michael

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Timothy H. Collins" <thcollin@mtu.edu>
To: "Michael Conn" <mconn2@bright.net>
Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2007 6:41 PM
Subject: Spridget repair - another perspective


> Michael,
> On the other hand, I spend the day making two patch panels and welding one 
> of them in. They are patches for the inner wheel well - nobody will ever 
> see them - and they just as well could have been "bodged" with bondo, etc. 
> I find satisfaction in doing the job to the best of my ability with 
> materials and methods I feel are correct. Hang in there. Oh, I do use 
> bondo, but only a skim coat to smooth surface imperfections - not to fill 
> holes where metal should be. I'm not a professional body man working in a 
> well stocked shop. I learn as I go and make it look as good as I can 
> according to my abilities.
> Tim
>
> At 06:23 PM 8/28/2007, you wrote:
>>List.
>>
>>The stories about how to fill in holes in our spridgets are really quite
>>depressing, don't you think.   Surely it's much more satisfying to do the
>>job properly (i.e. buy replacement panels or whatever).   The first e-mail
>>or so depressed me, so I'm just hitting delete now.   We're to preserve 
>>our
>>LBC's are we not?   Don't send me e-mails full of abuse, I'll just hit
>>delete every time I see one.
>>
>>Sorry, feel a bit serious about this topic (not to mention depressed)!
>>
>>Michael
>
> Tim Collins
> 1966 AH Sprite 
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