Paint it Porsche Red...it has some orange and looks much better than the
muddy, dull original humidity stricken paint!
-----Original Message-----
From: Jay Laifman <Jay_Laifman(at)countrywide.com>
To: pwheeler(at)ix.netcom.com <pwheeler(at)ix.netcom.com>; alpines(at)autox.team.net
<alpines(at)autox.team.net>
Date: Monday, April 19, 1999 9:17 AM
Subject: Color, Wives and Bumps
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>Patrick,
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>Your wrote:
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>>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?
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>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.
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>The David Letterman #2 reason to paint it the way your wife wants it:
>Phooey on paint originality.
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>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.
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>(Tom, you're not going to let David sue me for using his name are you?)
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>>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.
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>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.
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>Jay
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