LRO: Re: galvanized cappings

From: Frank Elson (frankelson@felson.freeserve.co.uk)
Date: Fri Jun 08 2001 - 14:13:00 EDT

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    I just paint right over everything :-)>
    others pick out the galv bits in silver paint, yet others (in the UK at
    least) pick them out in black paint, it can look quite effective with the
    right colour scheme.
    Best Cheers

    Frank
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    ----- Original Message -----
    From: Rich Williams II <richw@nwlink.com>
    To: <lro@Works.Team.Net>
    Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2001 11:29 PM
    Subject: LRO: galvanized cappings

    > When people paint their Series trucks what do they do about the galvanized
    > body cappings and other realed galv'd bits?
    >
    > Leave them be? Paint them? Re-galvy?
    >
    > And on the rear tub, those dome-shaped rivets look like they could be
    > trouble - and what about replacing them?
    >
    > On the galv'd bits, were they originally hot-dipped or were they
    > electro-plated Zn?
    >
    > Now I am not, I repeat NOT, making this any sort of show truck. All I
    want
    > to do is a nice respectable job that the truck rightly deserves.
    >
    > Thanks,
    >
    > Rich
    > SII 109SW
    >
    >
    >
    >



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