> Date: 14 May 92 09:11:40
> From: Jerry Kaidor <Jerry_Kaidor.ENGINTWO@engtwomac.synoptics.com>
> Subject: Clankster Drive Report
> To: british-cars@hoosier.utah.edu
>
>
> People have been giving me flak about my paint job. As you remember, I
> painted the Clankster in one day, right after working on the brake
>hydraulics.
> Something about that silicone brake fluid... Representative comment: "Did you
> use a thin roller, or a big fuzzy one?" One list member was so shocked that
>she
> immediately took her TR3's bonnet to the body shop!
> All I can say, is that schedule just did not allow doing a good job. It was
> either paint it quick or let it rust. Think of it as a coat of tough red
> Cosmoline, preserving the body until I have a chance to paint it properly,
> possibly in about two years. Meanwhile, I'm driving it :-).
>
Come on Jerry, we know you enjoy all the attention this paint job
attracts.
>
> I'd forgotten just how cold an open roadster can be at 6:00 in the
>morning.
> I suit up to ride, just like with a motorcycle. Leather jacket, electric vest
> ( runs off a couple of banana jacks in the firewall ), woolen scarf, leather
> gloves, wraparound driving glasses. I would wear my helmet, too, but it just
> isn't done :-).
Wusp!
|