48 year old puzzle, What happened to the paint color |
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48 year old puzzle, What happened to the paint color |
ctc911ctc |
Apr 15 2020, 06:35 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 917 Joined: 9-June 18 From: boston Member No.: 22,206 Region Association: North East States |
In 1975 I was in college, Jr college in Illinois. I got hit in the parking lot. No note, I had no money to fix it. I drove around like an idiot with a dented fender until one day a guy approaches me at school and says he is sorry he hit my car and offers to pay for the damage. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)
I brought it to the North Shore Porsche Dealer in Kenilworth IL and this is what I got> I complained about the match, they said: we used the right color - your car has faded! I of course believed them, I went home and glazed the entire car to try and remove the oxidation that they mentioned. The picture was taken after the polishing. QUESTION that has been bugging me since '75, what color did they paint it? Is it a 911 color? Sure isn't signal orange! Thank you Teeners! Could not get the picture to post horizontal.........not sure why.......... |
sixnotfour |
Apr 16 2020, 09:46 AM
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914 Wizard Group: Members Posts: 10,525 Joined: 12-September 04 From: Life Elevated..planet UT. Member No.: 2,744 Region Association: Rocky Mountains |
The answer is..They Fuch'd up and blew off a young man... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/barf.gif)
My Mom had a head gasket replaced on her Rabbit.. I opened the hood to find about 5 bolts/screws laying on the core support, I called the service Manager, He did nothing and the Tech. said she ran out of time.....WTF....Thats how I learned about flat rate and crappy work ,and management... Cambell Nelson VW ... |
ClayPerrine |
Apr 16 2020, 09:55 AM
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Life's been good to me so far..... Group: Admin Posts: 15,820 Joined: 11-September 03 From: Hurst, TX. Member No.: 1,143 Region Association: NineFourteenerVille |
The answer is..They Fuch'd up and blew off a young man... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/barf.gif) My Mom had a head gasket replaced on her Rabbit.. I opened the hood to find about 5 bolts/screws laying on the core support, I called the service Manager, He did nothing and the Tech. said she ran out of time.....WTF....Thats how I learned about flat rate and crappy work ,and management... Cambell Nelson VW ... Flat rate work sucks for a Auto Tech. Some things just don't fit the Mitchell time guide's estimate. So you shortcut it. Then it comes back and get assigned to another tech. When they work a comeback, they get the whole flat rate, and that is deducted from your total. So everybody wants to work the comebacks, because it could be a 5 hour job, and you can fix the minor screwup in 15 minutes. And then you get the 5 hours on your book. Better to have the tech bid the job, and they are responsible for any comebacks. |
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