Paul, Joe, etc., Thank you for your replies. I've got happy news to report. My painter is apparently a man of real character. I took the car by to show him the problem, and also pointed out some other areas that I wasn't pleased with, including a couple of spots that I screwed up during assembly, and he's promised to take care of everything to my satisfaction at no charge. He also is going to weld up a stress crack in the rear valance that his body man missed during the prep, which of course will require him to repaint the whole thing. I was really, REALLY impressed by his attitude and his willingness to make everything right.
I had Mrs. Jones up to about 75 MPH on the freeway with the O/D doing its thing and was very pleased with the ride and handling. No shimmies, minimal vibration, etc. It was really a joy to be out there driving on such a beautiful day like this. All's well that ends well. Take care, Jeff in San Diego 1968 Spitfire Mk3 aka "Mrs. Jones" Back on the streets 3/17/03... Visit the Totally Triumph Network "Friendly and focused discussion of all things Triumph!" www.TotallyTriumph.net ----- Original Message ----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Jeff McNeal ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2003 9:31 PM Subject: Re: A question for painting experts You're not going to like this answer Jeff.... but having just painted a car myself, my first instinct (read as BTDT..learning the hard way) could be a couple of things/variations. /// [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list /// Send admin requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] /// or try http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool /// Archives at http://www.team.net/archive /// Send list postings to [EMAIL PROTECTED] /// Edit your replies! If they include this trailer, they will NOT be sent.
