Buster,
You are absolutely right, of course. My choice of words was incorrect. I
think a more accurate characterization would be to say that, in order to
keep manufacturing costs down, and be competitive (price-wise), galvanized
panels were not a consideration. Even Mercedes, and Porsche, with far more
engineering capital, and profit margin to work with, didn't go to galvanized
body panels until the late 70s.
I've found build quality to be amazingly high, on everything that came out
of Abingdon.
Bud Osbourne
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From: b-evans@earthlink.net [mailto:b-evans@earthlink.net]
Sent: Monday, December 26, 2005 1:40 AM
To: Bud Osbourne
Cc: Spridgets@autox.team.net; midgetsprite@yahoogroups.com;
bugeye@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: Paint
Bud Osbourne wrote:
As far as galvanizing of body panels, "back in the day": when you consider
that these cars were made to be used, and then thrown away and replaced with
a newer model....That the cars have held up as well as they have is purely
unintentional,
I'm sorry, Bud, but I have to disagree with you there. Our English
cousins have not been wooed away into the "disposable" society, and
certainly did not have that attitude around 1960. It has been my experience
that, as a people, they are far more concerned with getting value for their
money than are we Yanks. Money has always been so tight in England, and
they don't do a lot of impulse spending. That their cars have held up so
well over the years is, I believe, a tribute to their craftsmanship and the
public demand for quality in what they were buying 45 years ago and more!
Buster Evans
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