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Date: Fri, 19 Sep 1997 12:00:31 -0800
From: karim.marouf@cancom.com
Subject: paint mystery
My '68 Mark I GT6 is factory British racing green. The paint code certifies
this, and I'm certain that the actual paint is factory (the car only has
only 70K miles on it)=2E There's no evidence of any other coat of racing green
or any other color.
For this reason I've been why there's a coat of white primer (or paint?)
between the top color of British Racing green and the bottom coat of red
oxide primer=2E Absolutley everywhere on the body, even in hidden areas where
no one would have painted but the factory (like the floorboards, under the
dash, in the trunk behind the gas tank) I find the same combination: racing
green on top, white primer or paint in between, and red oxide primer on the
bottom.
I wonder why the factory sprayed that middle layer of white primer or paint.
Has anyone found this on their cars? Why would they put two different primer
coats under the paint? Does green not show up well if it's painted over red
oxide? Just curious.
Karim
'67 and '68 GT6s
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