Re: Off to the paint shop!
Posted: Sat Sep 22, 2018 2:46 pm
Looking good Adam.
This paint project has already spiraled out of control, no fault to the painter, he just kept finding stuff that would have come back to haunt me. Like the gas welded horror show that was the bottom of my doors, and was rusting, it would have popped through the new paint in a year or two, so we had to re-build the bottom of the doors, lots of old scary repairs.Jan Kolm wrote:Through this entire thread, I don't recall any mention of having the International Automobile Enterprises (New Britain) floor pans in your Roadster replaced.
These were made using a large metal brake at the back of their shop and were the only replacement pans available through much of the 1970s.
They would make great wall art today.
Looks like they merged into doing kit cars, that's what shows there now.Jan Kolm wrote:WTH, the aftermarket floors give the car character and piss off the purists when they crawl underneath to sneak a peek.
The shop (608-612 E. Main St., New Britain, CT--I'm sure it can be Googled) was located at the edge of an urban renewal area when I visited it in 1978 or 79, so I seriously doubt the building exists today. If a Wayback machine were ever built, I'd go back to retrieve the half dozen (or more) Speedster parts cars that graced the vacant lot next to the shop.
Same phone number as in 1976 Registry ad...Adam Wright wrote:Looks like they merged into doing kit cars, that's what shows there now.Jan Kolm wrote:WTH, the aftermarket floors give the car character and piss off the purists when they crawl underneath to sneak a peek.
The shop (608-612 E. Main St., New Britain, CT--I'm sure it can be Googled) was located at the edge of an urban renewal area when I visited it in 1978 or 79, so I seriously doubt the building exists today. If a Wayback machine were ever built, I'd go back to retrieve the half dozen (or more) Speedster parts cars that graced the vacant lot next to the shop.
http://www.erareplicas.com/
There is a big building behind a house.
I should drive over there and ask them about a warranty on the floors. Post the ad if you have it.Jan Kolm wrote:Same phone number as in 1976 Registry ad...Adam Wright wrote:Looks like they merged into doing kit cars, that's what shows there now.Jan Kolm wrote:WTH, the aftermarket floors give the car character and piss off the purists when they crawl underneath to sneak a peek.
The shop (608-612 E. Main St., New Britain, CT--I'm sure it can be Googled) was located at the edge of an urban renewal area when I visited it in 1978 or 79, so I seriously doubt the building exists today. If a Wayback machine were ever built, I'd go back to retrieve the half dozen (or more) Speedster parts cars that graced the vacant lot next to the shop.
http://www.erareplicas.com/
There is a big building behind a house.
Lots of infill construction over 40 years. Their main shop was the bigger of the two blue tarp-covered buildings. The big distribution warehouse now sits where their parts yard was in the '70s.
They ran two full-page ads in early Registry magazines until 1978. Volume 3, Number 6, pp. 12-13 is easy to download from the magazine archives tab.Adam Wright wrote:I should drive over there and ask them about a warranty on the floors. Post the ad if you have it.Jan Kolm wrote:Same phone number as in 1976 Registry ad...Adam Wright wrote:Looks like they merged into doing kit cars, that's what shows there now.Jan Kolm wrote:WTH, the aftermarket floors give the car character and piss off the purists when they crawl underneath to sneak a peek.
The shop (608-612 E. Main St., New Britain, CT--I'm sure it can be Googled) was located at the edge of an urban renewal area when I visited it in 1978 or 79, so I seriously doubt the building exists today. If a Wayback machine were ever built, I'd go back to retrieve the half dozen (or more) Speedster parts cars that graced the vacant lot next to the shop.
http://www.erareplicas.com/
There is a big building behind a house.
Lots of infill construction over 40 years. Their main shop was the bigger of the two blue tarp-covered buildings. The big distribution warehouse now sits where their parts yard was in the '70s.
Got it.Jan Kolm wrote:They ran two full-page ads in early Registry magazines until 1978. Volume 3, Number 6, pp. 12-13 is easy to download from the magazine archives tab.Adam Wright wrote:I should drive over there and ask them about a warranty on the floors. Post the ad if you have it.Jan Kolm wrote:Same phone number as in 1976 Registry ad...Adam Wright wrote:Looks like they merged into doing kit cars, that's what shows there now.Jan Kolm wrote:WTH, the aftermarket floors give the car character and piss off the purists when they crawl underneath to sneak a peek.
The shop (608-612 E. Main St., New Britain, CT--I'm sure it can be Googled) was located at the edge of an urban renewal area when I visited it in 1978 or 79, so I seriously doubt the building exists today. If a Wayback machine were ever built, I'd go back to retrieve the half dozen (or more) Speedster parts cars that graced the vacant lot next to the shop.
http://www.erareplicas.com/
There is a big building behind a house.
Lots of infill construction over 40 years. Their main shop was the bigger of the two blue tarp-covered buildings. The big distribution warehouse now sits where their parts yard was in the '70s.
All in good time, he is working on the decklid and bumpers today. Full primer tomorrow, I'll check it out on Thursday and update the pics.Jay Wiener wrote:just wondering why they didn't remove the decklid and strip and paint the inside of it?