[DeTomaso] Two things questions

[asajay at asajay.com]

That's where mine is different, on the Mach I anyway.  It has almost  
an orange peel texture, but it's very smooth and washes up very well.   
I usually use a scrub brush to really clean it if necessary.  Wiping a  
rag over it doesn't catch anything like a bed liner material would.

Asa Jay

Quoting michael frazier <red3644 at hotmail.com>:

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>   I've had "all of the above" on different cars.  One Pantera had a   
> body colored engine bay that was done as well as the
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> great paint on the outside.  It looked great and wasn't that hard to  
>  maintain, but it was more area to wash, wax & dust.
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> I did worry about dinging it and took extra precautions while   
> working in there.  One car had the original coating.  While
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> you would think it was rugged, it too could be scraped and scratched  
>  and looked even worse when you did.  The current
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> car is apart for a quick (yea right) refurb and will have a hybrid   
> engine bay.  I'm smoothing all the spot welds and lumps and bumps   
> but I'm going to paint it with some hard satin black finish.  I   
> think that would be the best for my vision of a neat
>
> purposeful car...getting away from the bling for blings sake.  I   
> like racecar  simplicity.
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>   A friend did his ina bed-liner material but it had a little too   
> much "tooth" and would hold all the dust as well as snag lint when   
> he tried to wipe it down. I'm sure you could thin the material for a  
>  smoother finish.
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> Michael Frazier
> Gruppo Rompiculi Corsa
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>> From: lotus0005 at hotmail.com
>> To: larry at ohiotimecorp.com; cdifani at pacbell.net; mikeldrew at aol.com;  
>>  detomaso at realbig.com
>> Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2009 14:17:34 +0000
>> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Two things questions
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>> Question #1 - My car is in the paint & body shop. I have the option  
>>  of doing the engine bay the same as my exterior body paint, or   
>> doing some type of "bedliner" type of paint.
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>> Obviously, the body paint looks fantastic!!! But, what about tools   
>> falling, working on the engine, or if I want to use the "tub" to   
>> carry luggage, etc.
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>> What have others done and how did you come to your decision?
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>> Question #2 - I am getting a new "crate" engine. It is fairly high   
>> HP, but from a reliable company with a 24 month warranty. I am not   
>> a racer - just an old dude who wants to feel good about his car.
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>> How should I break in the engine? I know this was covered recently,  
>>  but the thought then was to prepare it to be a racer - not a daily  
>>  driver.
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>> Thanks, Bill Lewis
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