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Triumph Spitfire 1500 Model
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Re: Triumph Spitfire 1500 Model -
06-28-2006
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We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold. I remember Yippee yippee.107 (AT) intuh (DOT) net.invalid> saying something like: Grimly Curmudgeon <grimly4REMOVE (AT) REMOVEgmail (DOT) com> realised it was Tue, 27 Jun 2006 16:56:39 +0100 and decided it was time to write: Chopped sprayed mat and resin - no hand laying necessary. Mind you, I don't know if that technique was around 30/40 years ago. It was around 40 years ago, but I imagine it would have been several times more expensive than folded cardboard. Besides, why make a parcel shelf that will withstand the ages for a car that's built to rust away in, what, ten years? Average life of a car on British roads in the 60s/70s was about 8/9 years, so cheap and nasty was the way to go, I agree. I recall seeing many 6 and 7 year old cars in breakers with terminal rust, solely due to non-existent protection and salty roads. -- Dave SE6a |
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I was wondering why I always kept seeing the same kind of corrosion damage on these cars. So this would be the epitome of planned obsolescence. |
new - and that did help their life. But it was factory wax injection, seam
sealing (and part galvanising) that made the big difference. However, it's
also contributed to cars being worth next to nothing when a few years old.
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More just to save costs. Many would have cars under sealed after buying new - and that did help their life. But it was factory wax injection, seam sealing (and part galvanising) that made the big difference. However, it's also contributed to cars being worth next to nothing when a few years old. |
In 1970, I scrapped a 1963 Cortina that was, literally, falling apart
from rust. The strut tops were shot, the floor was shot and the front
wings were crumbling away. Among other things...
What's a 7 year old Ford 4-door banger worth in the UK now? More than
I got for my old Cortina, I'll bet.
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On Wed, 28 Jun 2006 15:25:32 +0100, "Dave Plowman (News)" dave (AT) davenoise (DOT) co.uk> wrote: More just to save costs. Many would have cars under sealed after buying new - and that did help their life. But it was factory wax injection, seam sealing (and part galvanising) that made the big difference. However, it's also contributed to cars being worth next to nothing when a few years old. But nothing has really changed in that case. In 1970, I scrapped a 1963 Cortina that was, literally, falling apart from rust. The strut tops were shot, the floor was shot and the front wings were crumbling away. Among other things... What's a 7 year old Ford 4-door banger worth in the UK now? More than I got for my old Cortina, I'll bet. |
$6000, one for $500.
I guess I will have to just apply my own under seal and hope mine does
not degrade any further.
R/
Howard
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