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Re: [Healeys] Fiberglass Top Question

To: Austin Healey <pajtamuvek@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Fiberglass Top Question
From: "Eric (Rick) Wilkins" <e-wilkins@cox.net>
Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2011 08:14:11 -0700
repairs are fairly simple.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWEE6SFUdpg&feature=related

On Jul 19, 2011, at 11:02 PM, Austin Healey wrote:

> Just a dump idea, but a hardtop is not that big object. Isnt it  
> better to
> form a moulding using the old item and make a brand new instead of  
> repairing
> it? You can profit from the available hitech material and dont have  
> to worry
> about the bonding between the old and the new.
> Although from "originality" point of view saving the old item should  
> be
> better.
>
> Gergo
>
> 2011/7/20 <AAHealeyguy@aol.com>
>
>> I have a secondary market removable fiberglass hard top for my 1957  
>> 100/6
>> BN4 that has a lot of age-related craze cracks all over it.  None  
>> have
>> broken
>> all the way through and there is no real damage but it needs  
>> refinishing.
>> What I am concerned about is that it very well may be from 1957 and  
>> the
>> manufacturer of my top may have used some old 1957 fiberglass  
>> materials
>> and/or
>> methods that I should be concerned with now.   I have been led to  
>> believe
>> that the mid-50's Corvette & T-Birds were made of some old fiberglass
>> materials and methods that one needed to repair somewhat  
>> differently.   I
>> wonder is
>> the same for my 1957 fiberglass top?   What are some suggestions as  
>> to
>> where
>> I should take my top to have it refinished???  Will any good body  
>> shop do
>> or should I take it someplace special?   Should I contact some old  
>> mid-50s
>> Corvette or T-Bird owners/clubs as to where they take their cars/ 
>> tops for
>> fiberglass refinishing?
>>
>> Thanks in Advance.
>>
>> Gerry K. (San Diego)
>> 1957 AH 100/6  BN4
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