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No I agree, one can't compare a 1970 item with a 2007 item,
even if made by same manufacturer; I mention fiberglass daily and the strides it
has made in decades. However, you are also correct (and something I failed to
mention, duh!) on 'care for one's stripes' back then from many of the ways one
would clean...and possibly shine....their new car with stripes. So I quickly
look in a NOS stripe kit in my closet (one that I squirreld away with zero
chance of reproduction unless I do it as no one has one) and insrructions tell
all about applying the stripe. "the entire area to which stripe is to be applied
shall be cleansed throughly by wiping with a clean, lint free cloth, dampened
with VM&P Naptha, or it's equilvalent. Any paint should be removed." and
"abvient room temperature and surface temperature must be at least 70 degrees
before striping" whihc eliminates David, Doc and a number of other AMCers who
have 3 days of summer up there!
While 3M....there is also the "wet method" of applying stripes
by using a teaspoon of Joy, Vel or Dreft but NOT soap. So you have two different
applications for one same set of stripes in this kit.
Ironically no whee in this NOS stripe kit (Gremlin; and I
won't tell you what type!) does it mention care for one's stripes, so you are on
your own. I may add that 90% of the NOS stripe kits I have owned (AMC) whether
partial or 'kit' do NOT have instruction sheet, nor care sheet for them once
applied.
Reminds me of 70 AMX Shadow Mask. Any 70 with that feature
usually was sold with imperfections simply because of dew, humidity, tree sap,
even bird shit. I could go on here about several at the dealership my dad worked
at.....one block from Corpus Christi Bay....and people would put their Coke can
on the hood..leaving a PERMANANT ring (Coke cans were metal back then) or
seagulls dropping green/white shit pizza on hood, might bake on there, so no way
to remove that splatter from satin paint. It might be why next time you go to
national AMC events, look at the Shadow Mask 70 AMXs....very few have correct
type paint. Might be they don't want to get caught at a meet with stray summer
shower....and paint instantly get's ruined looking like chicken pox or
freckles.
Eddie Stakes'
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