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Re: body refinisher from the 70's

To: "Linda Grunthaner" <grunthaner@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: body refinisher from the 70's
From: "Jim Johnson" <bmwwxman@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2006 05:52:48 -0500
Hi Linda,

I gotta whole sack full of 'em.

1964 BMW R60/2
1976 BMW R90/6
1990 BMW K100LT
+ a 1979 Honda CX500 (my wife's)
+ a 1973 Yamaha RD350 (garage queen)

The 64 R60/2 is a complete restoration. I don't actually show it, but I could.
You can check out some of our useless rubbish and other distractions at:
http://www.starrtech.net/~jimj/

Cheers!!
Jim - 68 Midget in Dodge City

On 6/1/06, Linda Grunthaner <grunthaner@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hey Jim,
> What kind of bike is it? I'm sure glad I kept my beemer because I'm not sure
> if the Sprite will be on the road till later in the summer.
> Happy Cycling,
> Linda
>
>
> On 5/31/06, Jim Johnson <bmwwxman@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
>  Yeah, Bud. I used Classic Car Wax's Aircraft Wax which was real
> carnuba based stuff. I still jealously guard a half a can of it and
> use it on my 64 show bike. Still the best stuff I've ever found though
> the MeGuires stuff isn't bad on the Spridget and my beater bikes.
>
> Cheers!!
> Jim - 68 Midget in Dodge City
>
> On 5/31/06, Bud Osbourne <abcoz@hky.com> wrote:
> > Wasn't that Turtle Wax, in the commercials?
> > Personally, I always used Classic Car Wax, "back in the day".  It seems
> > to have fallen from favor (is it still produced??), replaced by products
> > that are a lot easier to apply.  Too bad.  I'd still buy it, if I could
> > find it.
> > Bud Osbourne
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-spridgets@autox.team.net
> > [mailto:owner-spridgets@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Linda Grunthaner
> > Sent: Wednesday, May 31, 2006 5:58 AM
> > To: spridgets@autox.team.net
> > Subject: body refinisher from the 70's
> >
> > Does anyone recall the the name of the product that was used on a car in
> > a
> > junk yard in a TV commercial that renewed the auto finish? I remember
> > buying
> > it in the 70's and thought it was a product that NuVinyl produced but
> > not
> > sure of the name. It worked great in a pinch and since it will be over a
> > year before I paint my car it would make it easy on the eyes ; ) BTW I
> > bought Nu Vinyl also in the 70's and applied it to my 74 Grand Prix
> > black
> > vinyl top and it worked so much better than the others I only needed to
> > apply it 3 times a year and it always looked wet : )
> > Happy motoring,
> > Linda,
> > 62 Sprite




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