Re: [FWDLK] Paint it Black/Love is Gray

[Terry & Andree Hoeman <tehoema@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I thought the use of the universal gray stopped after 55.

Right or wrong??


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From: "Tim Bowers" <stellarrestorations@xxxxxxx>
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Sent: Sunday, March 06, 2005 12:55 AM
Subject: Re: [FWDLK] Paint it Black/Love is Gray


> That would communicate my intentions, anyway.
>
> My awareness of the Dupont SP145 came about due to my request for
> information related to the inner fenders and underside of the DeSoto.
> Martin Lumm indicated that he had color matched SP-145 to the inner
> fenders
> of a very original '55 DeSoto that he had.  Detroit build DeSotos had gray
> inner fenders in the engine compartment, and it was suggested that the
> underside of the floorboard would have been coated in that same material.
> I
> also found remnants of it on the inside of the quarter panels on the '56
> I'm
> restoring, BUT, the DeSoto we have is LA built , and it becomes somewhat
> of
> a moot point for me, because the LA DeSotos had semi-gloss black inner
> fenders.  To be purely correct, I should probably put the gray back on the
> inside of the quarters, but I'm not sure I'm going to spend the money on
> one
> more type of material for something that's going to be covered up by panel
> board and never seen.
>
> The trunk underside of our LA DeSoto was body color.  As was the underside
> of the hood.  As it turns out, so far I don't have anyplace to put the
> gray
> either, just like Neil.  But at least I know what I would get, in the
> event
> that I needed it!
>
> Tim
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> From: "eastern sierra Adj Services" <esierraadj@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, March 05, 2005 8:20 PM
> Subject: Re: [FWDLK] Paint it Black/Love is Gray
>
>
> > Yeahbutt (& I have NO vested-interest in this discussion, as Horace's
> > (Detroit) under-trunk is "Flame-Red"), as Tim Bowers pointed-out, IF
> > anyone is interested in (re-)painting their L.A. built car's under-trunk
> > area, then Dupont's
> > "Fleet Color SP-145"  may be :"an appropriate"
> > (right, Tim?) color-formulation.
> >
> > Neil Vedder
> >
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