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Re: Ahhhh...paint at last on the Camidget!

To: Les Myer <lmyer@probe.net>
Subject: Re: Ahhhh...paint at last on the Camidget!
From: Ulix Goettsch <ulix@u.washington.edu>
Date: Fri, 9 Oct 1998 16:29:50 -0700 (PDT)
Cc: spridgets@Autox.Team.Net
In-reply-to: <3.0.5.32.19981009181740.00798210@mail.probe.net>
Reply-to: Ulix Goettsch <ulix@u.washington.edu>
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Les,
sounds great, I wasn't sure you were really going through with this :-)
Take lots of pictures and put them on your web site!!
Ulix

On Fri, 9 Oct 1998, Les Myer wrote:

> I'm excited! - finished deciding on a color and bought the paint for the
> V-6 Camidget today!  Gets painted this next week!  Finally, some progress....
> 
> It will be Black Cherry (1984 Cadillac).  This is one of those colors that
> looks almost black until the sun shines on it.  Then the red and metallic
> part starts showing up!  I distinctly remember this color when I was
> turning wrenches in the Caddy dealership in the 80s.  Very beautiful, but
> the body needs to be quite straight.
> 
> Mechanicals this winter - PFI 2.8 Chevy V-6 engine/5-speed OD tranny/ box
> steel subframe/narrowed Z-28 rear end - then round arches/maybe flares
> installed next spring and final painting.  The guy that is doing this for
> me wanted to apply some paint now to judge how straight the body is, see if
> it will need more massaging, and also to paint the nooks and crannies -
> plus it will look better to the neighbors in the meantime.
> 
> Thanks for the soap box!
> 
> Les
> 67 Sprite 
> 77 Camidget 
> 
> Now 
> 
> 
> 

    Ulix                                                    __/__,__        
.......................................................... (_o____o_)....
                                                           '67 Sprite


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