Re: [FWDLK] Trunk painting question.

i was going to say the same thing- because i had 1 white car- 56 chrysler with orig paint- where the tarpaper insets were still whitish- they were painted- also have a black 59 fury whose insets are somewhat shiny... also orig paint still under ecklid- perhaps other colors soaked in, or flaked off- i know what you mean about masking look- but maybe that was from expansion/contraction over the years- rubbed and took some paint with it?

longshot was they may have had patterns they laid down over the insets while painting- i have separated the panels- there is no paint between them so they were crimped together in bare steel- then painted... another fwdlk mystery perhaps...

i have to look in the trunk of my 61 chry very... thats still orig mardi gras red... see what the asphalt looks like on that- none of the 57-8 plyms have full pieces, some have little dampenind rectangles- which look to be slid into place while the exposed grey/blue primer was wet.

-----Original Message-----
From: Paul Holmgren <paulholm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Tue, Dec 1, 2009 10:17 pm
Subject: Re: [FWDLK] Trunk painting question.

Eastern Sierra Adjustment Svc wrote:
> I'd like to know how the factory painted the trunk under-and outer > panels (and, sometimes in different
> colors, between the halves) while/after(??) mechanically-crimping them > together, with the asphaltic deadener panel(s)
> lying between them, and, basically, remaining in a NON-painted > (masked-off?) condition.

> I think that the asphaltic deadener panels might have been 'delivered' > with a masking-paper already applied onto
> them, as you will see some trunks with the trunk's under-paint having > left drib/drab markings onto the deadener material, apparently(?)
> caused when the deadener's still-wet masking paper was forcefully > removed from the deadener panel, immediately after the under-side
> area was painted.

> I've never seen any residual physical evidence OF any masking-paper, > still adhering to a trunk underside, however.

> Neil Vedder

I once read that the sound deadener used in the trunks ABBYsorbed the paint like a organic sponge. it ate the paint.

-- Paul Holmgren
Mine: 2 57 300-C's in Indy
Hers: 05 PT GT R/T HO Stage 1
Hoosier Corps L#6

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