You wrote:
>
>My recent transport is a bit of a story.
>I left Brunswick Maine in February for Pensacola Fl (arrived same month,
>different season). I left Brunswick where it was very cold, luckily not very
>much of the white stuff. My 62 A-H 3000 was put in the back of the moving
>van with the rest of my goods. I saw it tied down and covered and was
>confident it would arrive safe and sound in sunny Florida. When the mover
>opened the van in Pensacola, under and all around the car were large pieces
>of flaked off paint. Assumption is the change from very cold to warm did
>some kind of flexing, contracting, whatever, that caused it to peal.
> Luckily the car was in need of a full restoration so it didn't really
>matter. Heavy sigh from Mover.
>Could be an isolated incident. Worth noting is that most of the paint peals
>came from areas that had been repainted in the cars former life.
>
>Sean Sexton
>62 Austin Healey 3000 Tri Carb
I would suspect that the problem was a combination of heat and humidity. That
van proably got pretty hot from the sun beating down on the exterior. Your car
being covered trapped moisture and it probably was like having your car in a
steam bath.
THANX, John Moonan, 77B
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