Thats news to me, afaik the only cars that were painted were painted by
the owners.
Gernot
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> From: Peter J. Thomas[SMTP:pjthomas@ntplx.net]
> Reply To: Peter J. Thomas
> Sent: Saturday, June 06, 1998 1:29 AM
> To: "Mr. Mike" Passaretti
> Cc: fred thomas; triumphs@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: stainless steel
>
>
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> "Mr. Mike" Passaretti wrote:
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> > >>>>> "fred" == fred thomas <vafred@erols.com> writes:
> >
> > fred> Listers, did you read the newspapers this morning
> > fred> about the discovery of the USS YORKTOWN, after 54
> > fred> years underwater the stainless steel was still very
> > fred> bright, so the lister posting about SS on his resto
> > fred> for remounting his front fenders, the car will rust
> > fred> out but not your SS nuts & bolts.
> >
> > I'm sure that we all know that all stainless is not created
> > equal. Mil-spec stainless bolts will cost you big-time.
> >
>
> Tangent,
>
> DeLorens had stainless steel bodies. They started painting them
> because
> the acids in sweat were etching permanent hand prints in the body.
>
> Peter Thomas
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