Paul, Joe, etc.,
Thank you for your replies. I've got happy news to report. My painter is
apparently a man of real character. I took the car by to show him the
problem, and also pointed out some other areas that I wasn't pleased with,
including a couple of spots that I screwed up during assembly, and he's
promised to take care of everything to my satisfaction at no charge. He also
is going to weld up a stress crack in the rear valance that his body man
missed during the prep, which of course will require him to repaint the whole
thing. I was really, REALLY impressed by his attitude and his willingness to
make everything right.
I had Mrs. Jones up to about 75 MPH on the freeway with the O/D doing its
thing and was very pleased with the ride and handling. No shimmies, minimal
vibration, etc. It was really a joy to be out there driving on such a
beautiful day like this.
All's well that ends well.
Take care,
Jeff in San Diego
1968 Spitfire Mk3 aka "Mrs. Jones"
Back on the streets 3/17/03...
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----- Original Message -----
From: ptegler@cablespeed.com
To: Jeff McNeal ; spitfires@autox.team.net
Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2003 9:31 PM
Subject: Re: A question for painting experts
You're not going to like this answer Jeff....
but having just painted a car myself, my first
instinct (read as BTDT..learning the hard way) could
be a couple of things/variations.
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