I just saw a show on the History channel last night. Mercedes stripped the
paint off it's 1934 (might have been 35?) Grand Prix entry because it was
over the weight limit. It saved 2 kilograms and got them under the limit.
The resultant bare aluminum body gave it and it's rival Auto Union (later
known as Audi) entry, which had never painted its car in the first place,
the nickname "Silver Arrows".
BTW - a 3.4 liter V12 putting out 380BHP in a small package in the mid '30s
must have been terrifying?!! (think bias ply tires, no seat belts or roll
cages, leather "helmets" etc. Those guys were NUTS!)
<dnw>
1972 Midget
1998 Safari
1999 9-3
1964 (Me)
----- Original Message -----
From <Daniel1312 at aol.com>
To: <bugeye15@hotmail.com>; <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, September 21, 2001 3:06 PM
Subject: Re: Some Bugeye Photos and Paint reply.
> Everything adds weight and very little bit adds up. When I have my bonnet
> and front wing resprayed to match the same red as the rest of the car I am
> having them stripped back to bare metal for the very reason that I don't
want
> excess paint from old and unneeded layers of the old colour.
>
> Caterham do cars with either only a few coats or no paint (aluminium or
> carbon) to save weight.
>
> Daniel1312
>
> In a message dated 20/09/01 14:08:05 Pacific Daylight Time,
> bugeye15@hotmail.com writes:
>
> << Chuck says that paint
> adds weight, so Hmmmmm, extra layers of clearcoat??? >>
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