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Ed Huntress wrote:
Some of those machines are painted in two colors. Babin must have sprung for another can of spray paint! Oh, no! Those look mostly like factory paint jobs, no WAY the old Al Babin could do a classy job like that. I mean, the ways were shiny metal! He'd never leave anything unpainted like that. Jon |
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On Thu, 19 Jan 2012 23:33:41 -0600, Jon Elson
wrote: Ed Huntress wrote: Some of those machines are painted in two colors. Babin must have sprung for another can of spray paint! Oh, no! Those look mostly like factory paint jobs, no WAY the old Al Babin could do a classy job like that. I mean, the ways were shiny metal! Reynolds Heavy Duty aluminum foil. -- Ed Huntress He'd never leave anything unpainted like that. Jon |
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On 1/19/2012 8:37 PM, Ed Huntress wrote:
Some of those machines are painted in two colors. Babin must have sprung for another can of spray paint! And masking tape! Jon |
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On Thu, 19 Jan 2012 23:33:41 -0600, Jon Elson wrote:
Oh, no! Those look mostly like factory paint jobs, no WAY the old Al Babin could do a classy job like that. I mean, the ways were shiny metal! He'd never leave anything unpainted like that. Maybe he got the *one* good temp first? The one Iggy was trying to hire;-) -- William |
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Ignoramus19378 wrote:
http://goo.gl/TcLrX Prices way too high. HIs normal routine was to get an early following with low starters, build his FB, then vanish once a lot of cash was headed his way. Got a lot of good stuff for cheap in his later incarnations. |
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