At 7:02 AM -0400 7/28/01, Bob Howard wrote:
> One of our club members in CT recently completed a magnificent
>restoration of an MGB, that included polishing and clear coating the
>brake lines. It did not pass state inspection because the inspectors
>noted the shiny "copper" color. Once he produced invoices for the
>cupro-nickel lines and got a review by a supervisor of the inspection
>program, he did get the car on the road. Lower level inspectors did not
>want to pass a car for which they could not positively tell that the
>lines were not copper.
We are occasionally guilty of "over restoring" a car. It looks quite
nice, but it is far nicer than the way the factory did it. However
I'm a firm believer in the "its your car, do with it as you will "
school of thought.
--
Bob Shaw
Check out Shaw's Garage at http://www.mlcltd.com/shawsgarage/
My British Car is NOT leaky - it's merely marking its territory.
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