> -----Original Message-----
> From: Spontelli, Ramon [SMTP:rs11(at)ElSegundoCA.NCR.COM]
> Sent: Thursday, March 05, 1998 2:29 PM
> To: Jarrid Gross (Yorba Linda, CA)
> Cc: 'alpines(at)autox.team.net'
> Subject: RE: dash color
>
> 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.
>