<VV> Fw: You've received an answer to your questionaboutitemChevrolet : Corvair

[Dennis Dorogi]

I guess I was trying to be sarcastic when I said I'll have to take the bed 
coating off of my rampside.  I was quite baffled as how to treat the bed of 
my rampside.  I wanted something that looked close to the original finish 
but with a bit more durability.  Paint scratches when it is walked on and is 
hard to repair if scratched.  Most bedcoatings are far too textured for my 
taste - I wanted something quite smooth.   I tested all kinds of bedcoatings 
and liked duplicolor in a spray can as far as appearance.  It certainly was 
not the most durable but not bad.

I tested the gallon version of the duplicolor but the texture was much 
greater than the spray can version.  I tried thinning the gallon but it 
still looked different.  I called duplicolor and they said the formula was 
quite different from the spray can version.  So I ended up spraying the bed 
with spray cans - many of them - but got the effect I wanted.  Now this is 
basically a show vehicle (98 points at Buffalo) so it is seldom outside and 
receives the best of care.  However, when a kid runs up the ramp at a show 
and scratches the coating I just whip out the can of duplicolor and spray 
and it all matches perfectly.  It looks like new after 5 years & repairs 
very easily and that is most important to me.

My other comment had to do with the $6500. price of the rampy on ebay.  If 
the vehicle is as nice as it looks and I agree you must see it to tell, then 
it is indeed a great bargain.  I put over $16,000. in my rampside and I did 
all the work including the body work, paint and  upholstery.  You have to 
know what a first class paint job costs and rampsides are not easy to paint. 
Add NOS chrome etc and the price goes up fast.  I think a rampside sold at 
Barrett-Jackson for $31,320. a few years ago.  It is expensive to properly 
restore a rampside.

 I don't like using bed coatings to cover up rust but it does minimize 
dents. It is next to impossible to repair every dent in the bed of a 
rampside.  Heaven only knows that I tried.  There is a place for everything 
and I am satisfied with the duplicolor bed coating and the way I used it. 
It looks great and has reasonable durability.


Dennis Dorogi


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Alan and Clare Wesson" <alan.wesson at atlas.co.uk>
To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Saturday, November 15, 2008 10:37 AM
Subject: Re: <VV> Fw: You've received an answer to your 
questionaboutitemChevrolet : Corvair


> >I guess I'll have to remove the duplicolor bed liner I put on my 
> >rampside,
>> even though I sandblasted every square inch and put on PPG epoxy primer
>> first.   You can make assumptions but they may (or may not) be correct.
>
> Dennis
>
> Not sure why you'd want to remove the finish on your bed. You know what's
> under it. You don't know what's under the schutz on this Rampy. If you 
> would
> be happy to pay over $6500 for this Rampy, that's your choice.
>
> But I wouldn't. I was merely offering friendly advice to potential
> purchasers that it is rash to trust schutz. I am currently removing the
> schutz from a 1975 Lancia that a customer of mine paid $16000 for last 
> year.
> The schutz has been applied over bondo in the floor pan to conceal its
> presence. If you would like me to send you some pictures offlist, I will 
> be
> happy to.
>
> There is nothing wrong with schutz per se. There is nothing wrong with 
> bondo
> per se. But there is a lot wrong with what *some people* (not me or you,
> Dennis) do with them.
>
> Caveat emptor...
>
> Cheers
>
> Alan
>
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