Terry T. mentioned to me about 50 green cars were repainted compliments of GVC
due to the fading and mismatching of the panels after exposure to the sun.
Jim
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Fedeli, Joe wrote:
> My understanding is that the 'touch up' paining that was done in the
> Bricklin plant was only on minor defects and damaged parts. No 'whole
> panels' or 'entire cars' were subjected to this painting procedure. The
> painting consisted of very small areas (e.g. 2" x 3" areas) but might
> include 2 or more specific areas on the car. The colors were blended and
> considered to be "B" & "C" cars as opposed to the "A" cars that had 'no
> damage'. Again, this is my understanding. Any other comments out there?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John T. Blair [mailto:jblair@exis.net]
> Sent: Monday, August 23, 1999 11:42 AM
> To: Bricklin
> Subject: Re: Fw: Air Doors vs. Hydraulic
>
> At 01:18 PM 8/19/99 -0400, Greg Monfort wrote:
>
> >All but the white cars had this problem. I know dealers resprayed some, but
> >this is the first I've heard of the plant doing any. Is this documented
> >anywhere? If not, then respraying normally would subtract points.
>
> Greg, et al.
>
> I don't know that it is really documented anyplace or not. But I'm
> pretty sure that that is what Terry told me. I guess we need to get
> him to write something up about this and the air doors.
>
> John
>
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>
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