07-11-2007, 08:32 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: San Antonio, Texas
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Originally Posted by spacechem
Whoa there, Three. Not quite end of discussion. I think we are proving 180Out's point: AR probably used different veneers for different model years (perhaps day-to-day). My '74 is definitely not ABW, but I recognize your '70 is closer to the '69 in question, and I doubt not the veracity of your friend. It reminds me of the old story of the three blind men and the elephant, only this time one blind man is touching an elephant, one a rhino, and maybe the car in question is a hippo. Any '69 model year owners out there willing to pipe up?
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The mystery thickens. 2 liter cars, as I recall, were in fact different from earlier cars, having a darker somewhat more rose colored veneer. Here is a bad photo of the veneer on my '70 GTV. Black Walnut?
For those of us who might want to know (everyone's waiting on this, right?) "French Polishing" is a fascinating process. It's also deceptively simple. It consists of hand applying a mixture of shellac much diluted with grain alcohol to a wood surface. Sounds easy, right? It isn't. Apply too much and it won't dry. Too little and it won't stick. Just enough and you get an absolutely georgeous finish. Since the French Polish is so fragile, I assume, Threealfas, that your friend finished your wheel with eurethane, right? Even French Polishers cross over to the dark side every now and again. When my guitar maker buddies do this they have to go through a purification rite to rebalance the cosmos.
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'70, 1750GTV, 2nd series
'62, Lancia Flaminia Zagato3c, 2nd series
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