Re: Ugly?

[jlandry@domain.elided (John A. Landry)]

On Tue, 30 Dec 1997 13:29:33 -0500, tsm1@domain.elided (Tom Mandera) wrote:

>even that ugly yellow (Why is it
>IH couldn't make a decent color except RED?  My friend's '61 Scout 80 is an
>ugly off-white.. sheesh) on my '72 becomes endearing after a while.

Those *were* decent colors in the 70's!  Just take a look at a shag run
from the 70's era... or watch Saturday Night Fever.  It makes you wonder
how something that was so cool a couple of decades ago can make one want to
barf now.  Unfortunately history repeats itself, and those pukey colors
will be cool again in about 20 more years.

>Of course, now that I have the mechanicals pretty well gone through.. it's
>time to make my ugly Scouts look pretty. :-)  Paint would be the primary
>contributor to that transformation.. Most of the Scouts I've seen could
>really benefit from a fresh coat.. 

You're somewhat like me Tom... get the stuff that matters working perfectly
first *then* worry about the stuff that doesn't matter... like paint.
<grin>

Regards,

John
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