[DeTomaso] Campagnolo Paint preparation

Tue Mar 15 16:08:28 EDT 2011

I agree, very interesting reading.

I don't use my Campys for anything but Concours events and I drive really
sanely getting to and from those trying to keep the car clean.
Although I have amassed a collection of them, I have 1 set completely
refinished with stickers, etc. 7/8's
I have another set of 2-7's and 1-8 ( the tire shop cracked the lip on the
other 8" removing an original Arriva )
and one more set of 7/8's in OK condition that could use refinishing if you
somebody picky.

There is no way I would ever use these at speed, on the track or just out
messing around with the car.

I would like to get a set of 10s to use with the 8's, just to have them, but
the ongoing problem of sourcing
performance tires prevents me from spending what appears to be "way to
much".

In fact, my plan is to go to 17 fronts and 18 rears when I get new wheels,
which I was going to do with the new Boyds but I needed another
order to meet the min New dealer requirement for a first order.  Since
nobody jumped on board, that plan remains on hold.
If anybody is interested, I'm ready ).

One day, I may use these for decor of some sort, don't currently have a man
cave large enough to handle two 30" round end tables
( 2 tires/wheels combos stacked on top of each other with a glass top ).
But hope to have a larger one eventually.

Michael

On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 3:54 PM, larry gilmore <mgilmore11 at mchsi.com> wrote:

> Hi Michael! I have been reading the info about prepping magnesium wheels. I
> sent a note to Mike L Drew, perhaps you could throw this out on the forum;
> as I remember from reading years ago when so many people were running
> Halibrand and American Racing magnesiun wheels, job 1, was to have the
> wheels x-rayed, or zy-glowed, to check for internal cracks. I think the
> word
> was hydrogen enbrittlement, which I believe means the wheels get brittle
> with age, and are more prone to stress cracks, and these can be internal
> cracks. Our original  Pantera wheels definately qualify as "old", and the
> increased stress on them from the much improved grip and traction of
> today's
> tires, I can see a need to check them. Best regards, mike gilmore-----
> Original Message -----
> From: "michael at michaelshortt.com" <michaelsavga at gmail.com>
> To: "Larry Finch" <fresnofinches at aol.com>
> Cc: <detomaso at realbig.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2011 11:22 AM
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Campagnolo Paint preparation
>
>
> > I'm certainly no metallurgist, just curious. especially given the dubious
> > nature of heating Mag into a state of white hot fire that can't be put
> out
> > easily,
> > Where is the fine line between getting it hot and causing it to light up.
> >
> > Just curious, I know nothing, looking to learn.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Michael
> >
> >
> >  this was from the first email.
> >
> >
> > I found this online ( wiki )
> >
> > Stages of annealing
> > There are three stages in the annealing process, with the first being the
> > recovery phase, which results in softening of the metal through removal
> of
> > crystal defects (the primary type of which is the linear defect called a
> > dislocation) and the internal stresses which they cause. Recovery phase
> > covers all annealing phenomena that occur before the appearance of new
> > strain-free grains.[3] The second phase is recrystallization, where new
> > strain-free grains nucleate and grow to replace those deformed by
> internal
> > stresses.[3] If annealing is allowed to continue once recrystallization
> has
> > been completed, grain growth will occur, in which the microstructure
> starts
> > to coarsen and may cause the metal to have less than satisfactory
> mechanical
> > properties.[
> >
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annealing_(metallurgy)
> >
> > On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 1:13 PM, Larry Finch <fresnofinches at aol.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Thanks for the reply, but according to what I found online, annealing
> > > appears to make them even MORE brittle, that was
> > > what I meant by educating me, it appears to me that the process would
> > > worsen
> > > the condition, not improve it.
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > >
> > > Michael
> > > ----------------
> > >
> > > Wellllll, since that goes against everything the De Tomaso Family has
> been
> > > sharing
> > > for the last few decades, can you at least provide some links to this
> > > information
> > > you found?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > Larry
> > >
> > >
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