<VV> Powdercoating problem related to age

Hubert Chapman w5jax@hotmail.com
Tue, 24 Feb 2004 06:41:22 -0600


Is your spare in the trunk or under the hood?
Butch


>From: "N. Joseph Potts" <pottsf@msn.com>
>To: "scmills" <scmills@tntech.edu>,   "virtualvairs"  
><virtualvairs@corvair.org>
>Subject: RE: <VV> Powdercoating problem related to age
>Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2004 20:18:30 -0500
>
>How has your spare wheel gotten a lot of sun without ever having been on 
>the
>ground? You have a transparent engine-compartment lid?
>
>Joe Potts
>Miami, Florida USA
>1966 Corsa coupe 140hp 4-speed with A/C
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: virtualvairs-admin@corvair.org
>[mailto:virtualvairs-admin@corvair.org]On Behalf Of scmills
>Sent: Monday, February 23, 2004 3:46 PM
>To: virtualvairs
>Subject: <VV> Powdercoating problem related to age
>
>
>Got a wierd situation. My spare tire wheel (which has never been on the
>ground) was sandblasted and powdercoated white several years ago (3?).
>
>I notice yesterday that the powder paint has cracked all over. Looks like
>cracked glass... It has gotten alot of sun but no more than the other 4
>wheels.
>
>Anyone got any explainations? I glanced at the other wheels which were done
>at
>the same time and they still look great.
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