[Interior] Alternate Camaro interior revealed!!!!
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I remember picking up a new Beretta (long before they were available to the public) -- I was living in West Warwick, Rhode Island at the time -- as a District Manager -- and I was putting gas in it when someone came up to me and said "Is that the new Camaro?" -- I nearly punched the guy!
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Ah, Yes, my first car - a 1990 Chevy Beretta GT. Midnight blue with light blue interior. Fully loaded - from cruise to PWs and a power trunk release. Even had split folding rear seatbacks!
I bought it in 1997, and it had only 54,000 miles on it. It was MINT!
Sold it in 1999 with 97,000 miles and it was not so mint.
No offense Scott, but that was the car that made me hate GM for a while.
What the hell did you guys use for paint back then?
I bought it in 1997, and it had only 54,000 miles on it. It was MINT!
Sold it in 1999 with 97,000 miles and it was not so mint.
No offense Scott, but that was the car that made me hate GM for a while.
What the hell did you guys use for paint back then?
Last edited by fastball; Jan 5, 2008 at 11:06 AM.
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Ah, Yes, my first car - a 1990 Chevy Beretta GT. Midnight blue with light blue interior. Fully loaded - from cruise to PWs and a power trunk release. Even had split folding rear seatbacks!
I bought it in 1997, and it had only 54,000 miles on it. It was MINT!
Sold it in 1999 with 97,000 miles and it was not so mint.
No offense Scott, but that was the car that made me hate GM for a while.
What the hell did you guys use for paint back then?
I bought it in 1997, and it had only 54,000 miles on it. It was MINT!
Sold it in 1999 with 97,000 miles and it was not so mint.
No offense Scott, but that was the car that made me hate GM for a while.
What the hell did you guys use for paint back then?
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ah yes -- that particular paint process --
As we worked to lower the emissions when we BUILD cars and trucks -- we went to various new paint processes -- while Arcylic Laquer gave us great paint shades in the 60s -- that process put tons of hydrocarbons and other bad things into the air --
The problem with the paint on the Beretta/Corsica and some of our other vehicles was the primer -- left to exposed sunlight for long periods (which most cars and trucks are) -- would allow the rays to penetrate the colorcoat - and 'etch thru' the primer -- causing the color coat to peel off. (I'm sure bodyshop guys can give a better explanation...)
it cost us horribly not only in product opinion and satisfaction -- but in huge amounts of money to repaint hundreds of thousands of cars and trucks...........
As we worked to lower the emissions when we BUILD cars and trucks -- we went to various new paint processes -- while Arcylic Laquer gave us great paint shades in the 60s -- that process put tons of hydrocarbons and other bad things into the air --
The problem with the paint on the Beretta/Corsica and some of our other vehicles was the primer -- left to exposed sunlight for long periods (which most cars and trucks are) -- would allow the rays to penetrate the colorcoat - and 'etch thru' the primer -- causing the color coat to peel off. (I'm sure bodyshop guys can give a better explanation...)
it cost us horribly not only in product opinion and satisfaction -- but in huge amounts of money to repaint hundreds of thousands of cars and trucks...........
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ah yes -- that particular paint process --
As we worked to lower the emissions when we BUILD cars and trucks -- we went to various new paint processes -- while Arcylic Laquer gave us great paint shades in the 60s -- that process put tons of hydrocarbons and other bad things into the air --
The problem with the paint on the Beretta/Corsica and some of our other vehicles was the primer -- left to exposed sunlight for long periods (which most cars and trucks are) -- would allow the rays to penetrate the colorcoat - and 'etch thru' the primer -- causing the color coat to peel off. (I'm sure bodyshop guys can give a better explanation...)
it cost us horribly not only in product opinion and satisfaction -- but in huge amounts of money to repaint hundreds of thousands of cars and trucks...........
As we worked to lower the emissions when we BUILD cars and trucks -- we went to various new paint processes -- while Arcylic Laquer gave us great paint shades in the 60s -- that process put tons of hydrocarbons and other bad things into the air --
The problem with the paint on the Beretta/Corsica and some of our other vehicles was the primer -- left to exposed sunlight for long periods (which most cars and trucks are) -- would allow the rays to penetrate the colorcoat - and 'etch thru' the primer -- causing the color coat to peel off. (I'm sure bodyshop guys can give a better explanation...)
it cost us horribly not only in product opinion and satisfaction -- but in huge amounts of money to repaint hundreds of thousands of cars and trucks...........
He he, I'll never forget the day I bought the car I went to CAREFULLY pull the dealer sticker off the deck lid and could not avoid pulling the paint with it. I was like "WTF????" Of course I was only 20 so I just went up to Auto Zone and got a 5.00 bottle of touch up paint for the spot. Little did I realize when I would sell the car 2 years later the roof and trunk lid went from that cool midnight blue to a nice milky gray that dribbled all over my back window when it rained
When it was in good shape, it was one sweet car though. Those rims took me 20 minutes to clean (I think you know which ones I'm talking about that were on the GT).
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Originally Posted by Fbodfather:
The problem with the paint on the Beretta/Corsica and some of our other vehicles was the primer -- left to exposed sunlight for long periods (which most cars and trucks are) -- would allow the rays to penetrate the colorcoat - and 'etch thru' the primer -- causing the color coat to peel off. (I'm sure bodyshop guys can give a better explanation...)
The problem with the paint on the Beretta/Corsica and some of our other vehicles was the primer -- left to exposed sunlight for long periods (which most cars and trucks are) -- would allow the rays to penetrate the colorcoat - and 'etch thru' the primer -- causing the color coat to peel off. (I'm sure bodyshop guys can give a better explanation...)
I'm glad they got that fixed.
I thought this was it:
Last edited by 90rocz; Jan 6, 2008 at 06:54 PM.
