[TR] test paint swatches

[Randall]

> OOOoooooooh, New paint job ....  7-10 days!!  what PC are 
> they using, an  Apple I?

Not sure just where all the delays are, but if I've got this right, they are
having the paint sample shipped to CA from DuPont somewhere (Belgium ?),
then the local shop will spray out a test panel, bake it, and then ship it
to 'headquarters' in Kentucky where the test panel will be color-matched and
entered into the national database.

Hopefully, some of that time will overlap with the bodywork ... but when I
looked at the car yesterday it looked pretty close to done.

> Just don't park too close to my orange peel cracked egg shell 
> driver.  
> One of these days it will get new paint too.

Not to worry.  I've been assured that this will be an "OEM quality" paint
job, replete with orange peel and specks !  Since it's my intention to use
this car as a driver, I did not go to a "show quality" paint shop.  Still,
the color should come out pretty stunning ... I really liked it on the
Lotus.

Actually, I've just gotten word that a family member passed away yesterday,
so there's a good chance we won't be making TRfest this year.  Perhaps just
as well, since there were several mechanical things I wanted to attend to
first but won't have time with the extra delay getting it painted.

Randall