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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>hello all</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Clarks has just made it's reproduction late model
deck lid insulator pad available. i have a couple here and they are
very nice. i think it warrants a review for publication, with, at some
point, judgment on whether or not this item is close enough to allow a car with
this part on it as a factory stock. as you know, many cars are in need of
this one highly visible item to get them closer to stock, so i want
to get a consensus here on it's 'stockness' before we get to
classification in buffalo this summer.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>i am reluctant to do this review myself due to my
position as a dealer for Clarks; i don't want any conflict of interest
claims.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> what i'm asking here is for about a
maximum of 6 of you who still may have a very good original pad on their
car to look at this reproduction and compare the two side by side, maybe take
digital pics, then write up your impressions and send them to me. i will ship
the repro pad to you for review. after your review, i ask 1. you send the
pad either back to me or to the next person on the review
team or 2. if you want to buy one for yourself, i will sell it to you at my
cost (12% off list) plus the actual shipping charge. this would less $$
than you could buy one for before the convention.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>note this is not a blanket advertisement or offer
to sell these pads; it's only to to the few of you who have a good original
pad to compare the repro to and volunteer to do a review in a timely
fashion.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>after the reviews are submitted i will edit them
into 1 article for publication in the communiqué and on this list.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>i'd like to try to get this done fairly soon so we
can get an article for the commumique completed by say the may
issue.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>please respond to me directly if you feel you are a
good candidate to do this review, and based upon the respones, i 'll choose the
6 (if in fact there are 6 good original pads still out there!).</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>best regards</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>larry claypool</FONT> </DIV>
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