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Re: Radio Installation

To: suchak@mediaone.net
Subject: Re: Radio Installation
From: Atwell Haines <carbuff@nac.net>
Date: Sat, 13 Feb 1999 08:43:42 -0500
At 12:03 AM 2/13/99 -0500, John Suchak wrote:
>I've read somewhere for certain that the cowl bracing is there to prevent the
>dreaded "Scuttle Shake", and the accompanying metal fatigue.
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>I've removed the padding on mine and I'm in the process of polishing the
>aluminum.  Padding is for sissies and the easily bruised! It looks pretty
trick!

John, are you coating the shiny aluminum with anything to reduce the need
for frequent polishing?  (A whole new meaning for the term 'metal fatigue'.)

Atwell Haines
'79 Spitfire, with very little chrome to polish!  :-)
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