<VV> Horizontal Paint Runs?

[Tony Underwood]

At 07:18 hours 05/29/2005, par429 at aol.com wrote:
>OK, so what's the deal with this?  My current project car ('69 500 coupe) 
>is pretty much a shell on jackstands in my garage.  I'm working on 
>cleaning/sanding the engine compartment.  Inside both rear quarters, like 
>behind the battery or spare tire, are runs in the black paint that are 
>horizontal and run toward the front.   It looks like the car was hung by 
>the rear bumper when it was painted.  Did the factory do this?
>
>Can anyone offer an explanation?



Many of the "ad-hoc" line cars were assembled with replacement stock sheet 
metal.    Such sheet metal was sprayed with black surfacer/sealer and they 
were indeed hung from hooks when painted.    There's a dealer-replacement 
fender on my '65 ragtop, black paint inside with drips running 
North.    Still has a white paper sticker with a part number on the inside.


tony..
(a few '69s)