Hum........ with over 500 horses under the hood I can be all bad!
Joe Garcia
Yuba City, CA
1950 Chevrolet 3100
http://chevy1.freeservers.com/
http://50chevy.freeserver.com/
-----Original Message-----
From: Manny <aa82nd@yahoo.com>
To: joe <chevy1@jps.net>; Karl Lutes <lutes@fuse.net>; oletrucks
<oletrucks@autox.team.net>
Date: Thursday, June 22, 2000 6:47 PM
Subject: Front fender Bra's - The end of the world
>There's something wrong with the picture of an AD
>truck with a bra. It's just not right to take a
>symbol of real men and do that to it. It must be
>the "Clinton effect".
>
>Is there another forum for dirty Oletrucks and
>cigar smokers?
>
>
>--- joe <chevy1@jps.net> wrote:
>> I used to think the same way about not wanting
>> to put one on my truck
>> either. But after investing more money then I
>> care to admit not to mention
>> the countless hours in block sanding until my
>> arm was about to fall off I
>> chose to invest in the added protection,
>> besides the black bra compliments
>> my white paint with red sunset pearl. See I
>> like to go up against the high
>> dollar trucks built by shops now and again
>> "kind of matching my skills
>> against there's" and to have a chance against
>> the trailer queens "mines a
>> driver' I had to protect the paint for my piece
>> of mind and judging
>> purposes. Besides why would you not want to
>> take every conceivable
>> precaution to protect your vehicle against road
>> rash or more?
>>
>> Joe Garcia
>> Yuba City, CA
>> 1950 Chevrolet 3100
>>
>> http://chevy1.freeservers.com/
>> http://50chevy.freeserver.com/
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Karl Lutes <lutes@fuse.net>
>> To: J Forbes <jforbes@primenet.com>; Old Trucks
>> List
>> <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
>> Date: Thursday, June 22, 2000 4:47 PM
>> Subject: Re: [oletrucks] inner fender and frame
>> paint
>>
>>
>> >Jim-
>> >
>> >Dead on about those bras. Somebody asked me if
>> I was going to get one for
>> my
>> >truck after its painted and I told them only
>> if I could find real lacy
>> >one...;-)
>> >
>> >Karl
>> >
>> >----- Original Message -----
>> >From: J Forbes <jforbes@primenet.com>
>> >To: Old Trucks List <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
>> >Sent: Thursday, June 22, 2000 4:32 PM
>> >Subject: [oletrucks] inner fender and frame
>> paint
>> >
>> >
>> >> I see Grant listens to what i say sometimes
>> :)
>> >>
>> >> I like the "all black" (black primer,
>> filler, etc) approach to painting
>> >> the under stuff...when rocks chip the black
>> topcoat, it will look funny
>> >> to see red primer underneath, especially
>> since the factory didn't use
>> >> any primer. My theory is that it's harder
>> to see a chip in a thin, dull
>> >> coat of paint, than a chip in a thick,
>> glossy, multi-layered coat of
>> >> paint. Kind of like the folks who put an
>> ugly black "bra" on their
>> >> cars, thinking it somehow looks better than
>> a few rock chips that you
>> >> can't even see.
>> >>
>> >> A high gloss finish on those parts will look
>> nice at shows, if you're
>> >> NOT trying to win points for "exact
>> restoration". Since I drive my ole
>> >> trucks, I don't get too serious when
>> painting the frame/inner
>> >> fenders...sanding or sandblasting followed
>> by a couple coats of black
>> >> semi-gloss spray can is good enough, or I'll
>> spray on the original GM
>> >> type of frame paint, which has the correct
>> appearing finish for a 100pt
>> >> resto (assuming you can somehow make it look
>> dipped). Black rustoleum
>> >> from a quart can, sprayed on, works also, it
>> doesn't have a whole lot of
>> >> gloss.
>> >>
>> >> Other opinions may vary....
>> >>
>> >> Jim F
>> >> 59s in AZ
>> >> oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks
>> built between 1941 and 1959
>> >
>> >oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks
>> built between 1941 and 1959
>> >
>>
>>
>> oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks
>> built between 1941 and 1959
>
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