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Re: Just when you think you have it all figured out...

To: john peloquin <peloquin@galaxy.ucr.edu>
Subject: Re: Just when you think you have it all figured out...
From: Tim Nagy <nagy@duq.edu>
Date: Fri, 08 Jan 1999 11:31:53 -0500
John,

If you paint it prior, how will you seal the fender bead?

Tim

john peloquin wrote:
> 
> Dear Jim,
> 
> This must be the season for MGB-GT crunching. My sweetie drove our Nazi
> Sh*T box (jetta GL) directly into my right front fender of my 70 B-GT
> destroying said fender. It could have been me doing this as you said, so I
> am now concerned with repair. I ordered a new fender and trim from the
> "Proper MG" and now I have to decide whether to paint it Before I put it
> on or after. Any suggestions out there? IF I paint after I put it on, how
> can I protect the inside of the fender properly as not all of it will be
> accessable to paint when it is already on the the car. But, if I paint
> before hand, I worry that the new paint job might crack if I have to twist
> the new fender to get it to fit correctly.
> 
> Any experiences or educated opinions out there?
> 
> "Never ascribe to Malice that which can be explained by Ignorance."
> John J. Peloquin, Assistant Research Entomologist
> Entomology, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521

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