IML: was Vinyl or paint?/ now repaint

["imperialman" <imperialman@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Elijah is this the 71 that you and Kerry did the re-paint on?.
And if you still have that Imperial I am curious as to how the paint is 
holding up.
Thanks
Clay Smith
60 Custom
67 Crown Coupe

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Elijah Scott" <imperial1971@xxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Monday, October 03, 2005 3:34 PM
Subject: Re: IML: Vinyl or paint?


> > >From: "jsadowski" <jsadowski@xxxxxxx>
> > >>I'm curious why Chrysler never painted the roof
> > under the vinyl top?
> --- DR CHALLENGER <drchallenger@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > to save money.
>
> Dr. Challenger has it exactly right.  I'll add that
> they usually did only minimal bodywork and seam
> sealing under the vinyl roof as well, since no one
> would ever see it.
>
> On the fuselage Imperials, for example, no finish work
> was done to hide the seams and screws for the spacer
> panel that allowed the use of the smaller rear window.
> Instead, extra padding was used under that part of
> the vinyl roof.  There are also some seams on the
> sides of the C-pillars in these years that often rust
> under the vinyl roof because they were only casually
> finished with a sloppy slapping of filler.  You'll
> often see a fuselage Imperial with rust bubbles on the
> C-pillar in a line under the vinyl top about six
> inches from the top.  In fact, here's a picture of my
> '71 Imperial from several years ago that shows exactly
> this phenomenon:
> http://www.imperialclub.com/Yr/1971/Scott/Before6.JPG
> If you look closely at the tear in the vinyl on the
> top right, you can see the extra padding used to hide
> the seams and screws for the spacer panel too.
>
> All this saved time and money on the production line.
> No need for "good" finishing on a roof no one would
> ever see, right?
>
> Elijah
>
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