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From: "negusm <negusm@y...>" <negusm@y...>
Date: Wed Jan 29, 2003 7:53 pm
Subject: [ASC McLaren ] Re: Orange Wheels
Body:
Sorry, its up to you to feed your own road pig.
As to pictures of progress, well I don't know if I have any of it at
its lowest moment in its life, and current ones don't flatter it at
all. But its mostly back together and I'm just figuring out things
I need to do to get it to the body shop this spring. Right now its
in a garage surrounded by 4 feet of snow in upstate NY (I'm in NC,
long distance restoration is tough, hence the 7 years its taking me
to get this far).
This will be a life time project for sure. After I get the exterior
squared away, I need to work on the interior (seats and carpeting
are done) and then contemplate the engine bay and then the
undercarriage.
If you ran a carfax report, you'd cringe at what it shows. I would
have crushed it long ago but I thought it was a way cool/rare car.
I bought all the parts from Henry when I got my first good paying
job and was still young and stupid. This was all before the
internet really got going and there was the ability to search out
these little beasties (or I would have bought another coupe and kept
the first as a parts car). Well now I got lotsa money in the parts
and I'll be damned if they're gonna be wasted. Blue coupe
1mebp79m1ff607872 is gonna live again even if I have to sell my kids
into bondage. :-)
-Mike
--- In ascmclaren@yahoogroups.com, "Brent Abrams" <babrams@l...>
wrote:
> Thanks Sandy, that's quite a compliment since it's from
the "master" :)
>
> Mike, if your not too worried about the expense and are feeling
generous, my
> wheels are in horrible shape and need replacing. ;)
> (wasn't me, they were that way when I bought my "road pig")
>
> Any recent pictures of your progress on the car?
>
> Brent
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <cigarsandy@c...>
> To: <ascmclaren@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 5:40 PM
> Subject: [ASC McLaren ] Re: Orange Wheels
>
>
> > SPOKEN LIKE A "PRO", BRENT!!
> >
> > SANDY
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > -- In ascmclaren@yahoogroups.com, "Brent Abrams" <babrams@l...>
wrote:
> > > Mike,
> > >
> > > The EuroCoupe wheel is the same as your original wheel. There
> > wasn't a
> > > difference with the wheels on the EuroCoupes, only that no
matter
> > which of
> > > the three available colors the EuroCoupe was ordered in, you
didn't
> > have a
> > > choice in the color of the wheels, they would all have the same
> > color
> > > Popsicle Orange wheels.
> > >
> > > Brent
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: <negusm@y...>
> > > To: <ascmclaren@yahoogroups.com>
> > > Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 4:22 PM
> > > Subject: [ASC McLaren ] Re: Orange Wheels
> > >
> > >
> > > > I thought somebody mentioned that the Eurocoupes were painted
> > > > differently. Maybe thats what these wheels were from.
> > > >
> > > > They do look like they had been on a car briefly at one point
> > (They
> > > > were never put on my car).
> > > >
> > > > I may just keep them and send all four of my originals off
to be
> > > > reworked and keep the other two for backups. At this point
I have
> > > > given up worrying about the expense, I just want to get this
thing
> > > > done so I can drive it this summer.
> > > >
> > > > This will be, nay IS the most expensive ASC "road pig" of all
> > time.
> > > > I stopped keeping track of $$ after the second batch of
parts I
> > > > ordered from Henry.
> > > >
> > > > At this point I'm on a mission from God...
> > > >
> > > > -Mike
> > > >
> > > >
--- In ascmclaren@yahoogroups.com, orange86capri
<no_reply@y...>
> > > > wrote:
> > > > > It looks to me, that when Henry got those wheels redone,
they
> > did
> > > > not
> > > > > do it right. It should have a polished face, just as your
old
> > wheel
> > > > > does. The paint on the new wheel also goes up on the lip
too
> > far.
> > > > It
> > > > > should stop right where the laces hit the outer ring, just
as it
> > > > does
> > > > > on your old wheel. One thing I am wondering is if you paid
the
> > $400
> > > > > Henry asks for new wheels? I would first ask Henry to send
two
> > new
> > > > > ones, rather than you sending them out to get refinished.
In my
> > > > > experience, refinishing these wheels can cost $100-$200 as
long
> > as
> > > > > they are not warped. So, if you already spent X amount on
the
> > > > wheels,
> > > > > you are now up to X+$200.
> > > > >
> > > > >
--- In ascmclaren@yahoogroups.com, "negusm <negusm@y...>"
> > > > > <negusm@y...> wrote:
> > > > > > On my coupe, a couple of the orange wheels were messed
up on
> > > > curbs
> > > > > > and such before I even got the car. I got a pair from
Hank (7
> > > > > years
> > > > > > ago) and the ones he sent were painted orange all over
> > instead of
> > > > > > just between the "spokes". Are they the same wheels and
I
> > just
> > > > > need
> > > > > > to get them refinished or repainted like the originals?
I
> > have
> > > > > pics
> > > > > > here (very large)...
> > > > > >
> > > > > > http://home.carolina.rr.com/ue/ascMclaren/OldWheel.jpg
> > > > > > http://home.carolina.rr.com/ue/ascMclaren/newwheel.JPG
> > > > > >
> > > > > > -Mike
> > > >
> > > >
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