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Re: stainless steel

To: "\"Mr. Mike\" Passaretti" <passaretti@sol.med.ge.com>
Subject: Re: stainless steel
From: "Peter J. Thomas" <pjthomas@ntplx.net>
Date: Fri, 05 Jun 1998 20:29:04 -0400
Cc: fred thomas <vafred@erols.com>, triumphs@Autox.Team.Net
References: <357805BB.2142@erols.com> <199806051514.KAA02058@sol.med.ge.com>


"Mr. Mike" Passaretti wrote:

> >>>>> "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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