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<BODY bgColor=#ffffff>Steve<br>
Get a bag of charcoal, open and put it in the car now. It should absorb the smoke smell over time. <br>
In some ways we are lucky our cars are not highly sought after. It makes it much easier to build and use them the way we want to. If uou can't enjoy your car, what is the point?<br>
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Sent from my Android phone with <a href="http://mail.com">mail.com</a> Mail. Please excuse my brevity.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">Steve Kirby <skirby210@cox.net> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<DIV>I'm so torn with this same question. I've bored most of you with the
story of the orig owner, early ZA I have: "Millicent Rose".</DIV>
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<DIV>Gosh, what I'd love to do is save the back seat and back door panels, cuz
they are so darn near perfectly original, and I know the leather could be
preserved with all that wonderful stuff. Even the front door panels are
very, very preservable. The interior is that green color. It's
"sooooooooooo" 50's English Magnette, and a big part of me loves it, simply cuz
it is so original. The car is black, and again, I love the originality,
but frankly, a black car and the green interior . . . . ahhhhh, truthfully, (to
quote Wray Lemke) " . . . not my cuppa tea" . . . not in blazing hot weather
like we have around here. Then, there's the front seats, which are totally
shredded and beyond anyone's preservation abilities. The material is
simply gone, and the insides are now outsides. So, I suppose I could
replace the front seats in matching old leather, dyed to match . . . .but alas,
then it's not original anymore . . . is it?</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Likewise, the carpets are history . . . they have to be replaced.
Again, then it's not original anymore. "It's only original once", I've
heard. Then, there's the headliner. Not a rip or tear or stain in
it. BUT . . . dear Mrs. Millicent Rose Thompson must have smoked about 85
million cases of cigarettes inside the poor thing, and I literally can not stand
to even briefly sit inside of it. So, that headliner absolutely has to go
. . . and who knows what else to get rid of the wreak of cigarette smoke . . . I
guess you gathered I'm a non-smoker :))) Again, it's no longer original,
and that headliner, together with the seats and carpet and "NON
negotiable".</DIV>
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<DIV>The overall black paint is pretty much in good shape . . . except for a few
spots, which I suppose I could just ignore, along with dings in the front wings
. . . suppose I could repair and spot paint just those?</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Then, the engine . . . which was out of the car when I bought it, and
obviously wasn't removed just for exercise. The engine bay shows some
"bodging". Now we have to back up a bit too. Prior to getting
"Millicent Rose", I'd already bought 2 gals (and the hardener and the
reducer) of a sort of Midnight Blue type color paint, to paint the ZB
I was originally going to restore, along with new, from Lou, macrame front door
pulls, in a biscuit color . . . 'cuz that's the color we wanted for the interior
of that "first" car. Oh, and the Rivergate kit to go with the Nissan 5
speed is already sitting here, along with Allen's 1800 adapter plate.
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<DIV>So, should I "eat" all that, and keep "Milicent" stock. My
unbelievable, super supportive wife even said "So, do the original car with all
the upgrades, and the color we want (blue, biscuit interior), and then preserve
the other one!" Wow, some bride eh? T'was I who actually said
something like "Not gonna happen". Takes me about 5 years to do a
car. I could be block sanding in my casket at that rate.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>So thanks Steven for bringing this up. I'm enjoying the responses so
far. My mind is made up, and I know there are others who will vehemently
disagree with my decision, but in the end, ya know what? It's our
car! I'm not doing all this to please a few folks at the next car show or
GT or whatever. We'll never make everyone happy, but if my bride likes it,
I will be pleased.</DIV>
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<DIV>#2SteveK</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=strovato@optonline.net href="mailto:strovato@optonline.net">Steven
Trovato</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=zmagnette@autox.team.net
href="mailto:zmagnette@autox.team.net">List for the Z Magnette Group - North
America</A> ; <A title=zmagnette@autox.team.net
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Cc:</B> <A title=zmagnette@autox.team.net
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America</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, January 26, 2014 6:07
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Zmagnette]
Preservation</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Phil,<BR><BR>Yes, I do plan to do what pleases me. I am
not a slave to the <BR>opinions of others, but I am interested in the thoughts
of people I <BR>respect. I have no plans for a full restoration at this
time. I am <BR>going to keep driving my car and enjoying it. I'm
not really looking <BR>for votes on what I should do. I am interested in
hearing what <BR>people think of this trend in general. I am also
interested in <BR>learning more techniques and strategies for owning and
maintaining a <BR>car with a preservation attitude.<BR><BR>-Steve T.<BR><BR>At
08:53 PM 1/26/2014, <A href="mailto:mg1948@verizon.net">mg1948@verizon.net</A>
wrote:<BR>>The question I think you should ask yourself is "What do I want
and <BR>>what pleases me" or is it important what others think of your
car.<BR>><BR>>I've had 21 MGs & some I tried for strict originality
& it was <BR>>important I show well & others opinions. I
would not drive in the <BR>>rain or 100 miles to a
meet.<BR>><BR>>Others, my Magnette, was not restored to that
level. It satisfied <BR>>my wife because of a/c, and I wanted a
reliable driver and not be <BR>>afraid of door dings, bugs, and was a nice
restoration but not a <BR>>trailer queen or 95+
restoration.<BR>><BR>>Just my
opinion.<BR>><BR>>Phil<BR><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>Zmagnette
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