RE: dash color

Spontelli, Ramon (rs11(at)elsegundoca.ncr.com)
Thu, 5 Mar 1998 11:29:04 -0800


Jarrid,

> For reconstruction, (cracks/deep nicks/holes that dont belong)
> I used a mix of bondo and polyester resin/catalist.

I'm confused.

Bondo comes with a catalyst already. You mixed that up and then added in another resin/catalyst?

That sounds inherently ungood to me.

Ramon

P.S. I was talking with Lou Meyers last week. He has about a zillion Alpines in his back yard, and he said that the original Series II dash was finished in a wrinkle-finished silver/aluminum paint. He also said that it cause a real bad glare in the daytime, and that's why most got painted black. Mine was painted black too, and I think it looked sort of plain with the black-faced gauges. I'm thinking of painting mine either the body color (a non-orignal medium blue) or a dark grey/silver to mach the recently powder-coated wheels ($45 each), and soon-to-be-painted hard top. Either way, the wrinkle-finish will remain history on mine.