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  1. Jalpa_Mike

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    #2526 Jalpa_Mike, Apr 16, 2016
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    Joe,

    Just out of curiosity, are you beefing up the structure under these 2 locations? I know some folks have been doing that by tac welding small aluminum angle pieces on the underside to keep the stress cracks from forming at those locations caused by body flex.

    Although I've also heard some folks say that new paint is much more "flexible" than the old 80's Lacquer paint was. The problem is the old lacquer paint dries out and gets so brittle that when the body flexes, the paint cracks at those radius points.

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    #2527 joe sackey, Apr 16, 2016
    Yes, I think that the front hoods sometimes reverted to the metal frame with aluminum from time-to-time (likely when supply o the composites ran out), a typical Lamborghini production anomaly.
     
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    #2528 joe sackey, Apr 16, 2016
    No worries, my post was exclusively for Ellagirl, whose generic & dismissive post did imply (to the uninitiated) that in the era of the DD, tests were done by stopwatch.

    As regards the statistics, like many things in life we can all draw our own conclusions and interpret them differently. All is good.

    Power & performance is always nice, but its not the top reason the Downdraft is celebrated, at least not by me.
     
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    #2529 joe sackey, Apr 16, 2016
    Yes, I'll see if I can get some images next time.
     
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    #2531 Ellagirl, Apr 16, 2016
    No, Ellagirl simply does not agree on old stopwatch storys, period, never disputed real test date from said period, as i mentioned back in this chat room a while back,Auto Motor Undt Sport was to me ,the most credible source, thīnk their time came inn high 4s, very similar to your print. My remark was made towards an old English bloke ,in the fog, after drinking to many guinnes,with a stopwatch,and a driver to match, c mon i am Norwegian, we love to screw with the british, its called humor, this is suppose to be fun, car hobby
     
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    #2532 Ellagirl, Apr 16, 2016
    My car has stress cracks in these places
     
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    #2533 Ellagirl, Apr 16, 2016
    Sorry ,these places
     
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    #2534 cnpapa24, Apr 16, 2016
    You have more alibis than OJ.
     
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    #2535 raymondQV, Apr 17, 2016
    On MS Chianti this was done on the left side in 2007: Lamborghini Countach #GLA12997 Fender Fix

    I depended also on the market the car was sold to, it's about crash behaviour.

    Very nice, though we like the Chianti Perlcolor effect rather than the pure Bordeaux, but let's wait until the paint & clear coat is applied.
     
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    #2536 joe sackey, Apr 17, 2016
    Noted UK journalist Peter Dron and Italian F1 driver Pierluigi Martini were not drunk, the test was not run in the fog, Englishmen know how to screw with Norwegians too, and, your humor is not even funny.

    Despite a lack of any meaningful content from you, I must confess you are excellent for post-count and views on this thread, so that's good.
     
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    #2537 joe sackey, Apr 17, 2016
    Good point, I didn't think about that.
     
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    #2538 joe sackey, Apr 17, 2016
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    Indeed.

    I know Chianti is a sentimental favorite, but it;ll be great to see the car back the way its was built.

    The 3rd image shows the perfectly-persevered sample of its original color that the car revealed to us upon diss-assembly.

    The Bordeaux Speciale is much richer than the Chianti in terms of the gold tint it has in the paint giving it a warmer feel and makng it look almost metallic brown in some period images, I think you'll like the final outcome.
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    #2542 Ellagirl, Apr 17, 2016
    Ha ha good one, well at least Pinechris got my point,all good
     
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    #2545 Ellagirl, Apr 17, 2016
    Really? You have to explain this one,
     
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    #2546 Ellagirl, Apr 17, 2016
    Pretty color, git er done.
     
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    #2547 Ellagirl, Apr 17, 2016
    As many things in life we can all draw our own conclusions and interpret them differently,well this was my intention with my own life ex/ obs back in the 80 s reg grey market QV s , no need to explain, all good
     
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    #2548 Ellagirl, Apr 17, 2016
    Here is my alibi. Auto motor indtvsport
     
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    #2549 joe sackey, Apr 17, 2016
    Thank you.

    Perhaps it wouldn't have been my first choice, but it's certainly a unique color and its growing on me.
     
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