On Thu, 6 Apr 2000 Chip19474@aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 00-04-05 15:41:20 EDT, amace@unix2.nysed.gov writes:
>
> << if you REALLY want showroom condition, there should be traces of
> cosmoline around various edges of trim strips and lamps; little "spec"
> stickers or traces of same on lamp lenses; >>
>
> yes, yes, yes...thanks Andy for the trip back 30 years...I do remember the
> cosmoline...it was a little easier to miss the spots on my '69 because the
> car was Jasmine....of course, the best place to find spare fastners and clips
> was in the spare tire well - too bad I never kept those odds-n-ends!
Well, I usually did, whenever I came across them. I didn't keep the extra
brazing rods -- painted Pimento -- that I found in the trunk of a '74
Spitfire 1500, but I did keep the door sill finishers that I found hidden
under the trunk mat of dad's '64 1200 convertible -- FOUR YEARS after we'd
bought the car new. Oh, and the spare set of keys taped to the bottom of
the windscreen washer bottle: kept them, too....
--Andy
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