[Spridgets] was record resto, now Bondo tricks

[Wm. Severin Thompson]

OK Michael... one more "woe is me" and we're gonna come over an go medieval
on your ass (not in a Miata sort of way, of course).

-----Original Message-----
From: spridgets-bounces+wsthompson=thicko.com at autox.team.net
[mailto:spridgets-bounces+wsthompson=thicko.com at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of
Michael Conn
Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2007 7:39 PM
To: Glen Byrns
Cc: spridgets
Subject: Re: [Spridgets] was record resto, now Bondo tricks

Glyn.

Woe is me.   Please, see my other e-mails on the subject.   (Note, please, I

don't have a lot of money or the ability to do it myself.   Wishful thinking

on my part.)

Woe is me.

Michael

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Glen Byrns" <grbyrns at ucdavis.edu>
To: "Michael Conn" <mconn2 at bright.net>
Cc: "Spridgets" <spridgets at autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2007 7:00 PM
Subject: Re: [Spridgets] was record resto, now Bondo tricks


> Don't take it too seriously Michael.  Most of us are relating things we 
> have found done by Previous Owners, God bless them all.
> It would be great if we all had the skills/equipment/money to swap out 
> every dented panel, use only lead filler applied by a true "artiste" or 
> hire top professionals for our restorations.  But reality varies owner by 
> owner. Even a taco-wrapper under a slug of Bondo beats a giant untended 
> rust hole that sends another LBC to the crusher.  Besides, it gives us an 
> entire class of people to berate and demean on the list.  Also a bunch of 
> "can you top this?" DPO stories for when we meet.
>
> Most of us would never do any of these terrible things to our treasured 
> little Spridgets.  But for a dented Triumph however..............
>
>
> Glen
>
>
>
>> List.
>>
>> The stories about how to fill in holes in our spridgets are really quite
>> depressing, don't you think.   Surely it's much more satisfying to do the
>> job properly (i.e. buy replacement panels or whatever).   The first 
>> e-mail
>> or so depressed me, so I'm just hitting delete now.   We're to preserve 
>> our
>> LBC's are we not?   Don't send me e-mails full of abuse, I'll just hit
>> delete every time I see one.
>>
>> Sorry, feel a bit serious about this topic (not to mention depressed)!
>>
>> Michael
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