Patrick,
Your wrote:
>p.p.s. The wife, who really does drive it a bit, seems to think she'd
look
>better in it if the red was a little less orange. I keep trying to tell
her
>I'd never be able to hold my head (keyboard?) up on the list again it it
was
>not painted to the original, correct, color (especially since there has
>been so much effort invested finding modern sources of correct coloring).
>Any thoughts?
The David Letterman #3 reason to paint it the way your wife wants it: The
English paints were awful, dull, and cloudy from being painted in such
moist weather. Modern paints are much crisper and colorful.
The David Letterman #2 reason to paint it the way your wife wants it:
Phooey on paint originality.
The David Letterman #1 reason to paint it the way your wife wants it: You
want to keep the car and spend money on it? You better make her happy. My
"other" sports car is going to need an engine rebuild in as little as
20,000 miles, but could still go another 50,000 miles. I've been quoted
around $10,000 for the job (from an admittedly top "other" sports car
mechanic). I've basically consented to "giving" the car to my wife for her
to drive it on the weekends (she loves driving it) so that I can bribe her
into allowing me to spend that kind of money on an engine.
(Tom, you're not going to let David sue me for using his name are you?)
>p.s. Visited the car in the shop yesterday. It is stripped and they are
>starting to take the paint off. It looks like it'll never se the light of
>day again and I had no idea there were that many dings, dents, and blips
in
>the body.
There are probably even more there than you realize. When I saw my car for
the first time after being stripped, I was so relieved to "see" perfectly
straight metal. But, then the body guy had me take a rag (old t-shirt) and
"feel" the metal with my hand sliding the rag along the surface. I could
all of a sudden feel dings everywhere that I could not see for anything.
You might try that the next time you are there.
Jay
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