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Subject: [Spridgets] De-seaming.
From: soavero at yahoo.com (Ron Soave)
Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2011 19:35:22 -0800 (PST)
If you are unsure, my Bugeye racecar came with one side of the bonnet seamed,
the other de-seamed.

--- On Wed, 1/19/11, an5.sprite at gmail.com
<an5.sprite at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: an5.sprite at gmail.com
<an5.sprite at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Spridgets] De-seaming.
> To: "Frank
Clarici" <spritenut at comcast.net>, spridgets-bounces at autox.team.net, "Dave
KK7SS" <kk7ss at frontier.com>
> Cc: "spridgets" <spridgets at autox.team.net>
>
Date: Wednesday, January 19, 2011, 4:00 PM
> While not original I also like
the
> look of the bugeye de-seemed. To my eye it helps emphasis
> the car's
curved body work.
> 
> Steve
> Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry
> 
>
-----Original Message-----
> From: Frank Clarici <spritenut at comcast.net>
>
> Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2011 16:47:28 
>
To: Dave KK7SS<kk7ss at frontier.com>
> Cc:
spridgets_autox.team.net<spridgets at autox.team.net>
> Subject: Re: [Spridgets]
De-seaming.
> 
> On 1/19/2011 1:46 PM, Dave KK7SS wrote:
> > I've seen
occasional comments about de-seaming.
> > Would it make my SWA '65 look
better?
> > Is it just a case of grinding down the seam until it's
> flush?
>
> 
> I have de-seamed a couple Bugeyes so far. Both front and
> back.
> My
Sprite which you can see here.
> 
> 
>
http://s445.photobucket.com/albums/qq179/spritenut/?action=view&current=April
2010044.jpg
> 
> And my daughter's Bugeye, both the bonnet and rear. You
>
might be able to 
> see it in a picture on my photo site
>  
http://s445.photobucket.com/albums/qq179/spritenut/
> Hers is the red bugeye
>
I ground off the raised seams, spot weld it every 2 inches
> and go back 
>
and weld in between the welds so it is welded every inch.
> I fill in the gap
with lead but bondo will work, I just
> didn't want any 
> water creeping in
the seam so I opted for lead.
> Since my daughters car was made form 2 bugeye
rear tubs
> welded together, 
> I sort of had to de-seam it and the bonnet was
pretty bad
> so now it 
> matches the rear tub.
> On my car, the Speedwell
nose never had seams so last year
> I got rid of 
> the rear seams not the
back matches the front.
> If I had a nice original car, I would not de seam
it.
> But I do like the look personally.
> 
> 
> -- 
> Frank Clarici
> Toms
River, NJ
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