Mon Jul 16, 2018 4:14 pm
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Mon Jul 16, 2018 6:16 pm
FZTNT wrote:Challenger wrote:However, I would like to know how many F-100's are out there with Hex poles prior to 1982, just to pick a date out of the air. No particular significance on that date, but it was thought for a long time that the early? ones had slot poles and sometime later? they changed to hex poles. For that matter, does anyone have say, a 1982 F-100 with slotted poles?
Tom
Mon Jul 16, 2018 6:36 pm
Miles Smiles wrote:FZTNT wrote:For that matter, does anyone have say, a 1982 F-100 with slotted poles?
Mines: 1981 slotted poles, 1982 hex poles.
Mon Jul 16, 2018 6:41 pm
Danley wrote:What intrigues me is the claimed smaller (Invader type) body shape on post-'84 models... Would love to see one.
cho wrote:I've never seen one of those...mine (posted above) is an '85 model, but has the same body shape as the earlier models, I think...
Katefan wrote:Me neither...I had an '85 Invader and it had the same size body as an old school F-100 as far as I can tell...
Jos?
Tue Jul 17, 2018 8:10 am
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Sun Jan 23, 2022 6:46 pm
Katefan wrote:Hmmm.... that could definitely be the case. Having said that, while GG's site is Fab I wouldn't take everything on here as law. He lists that F-100 (and other G&L's of that era) as having polyester finishes while we know in fact from Fred Finisher who worked in the spray dept that they were spraying nitro til the late '85 and possibly even a bit later...
Mon Jan 24, 2022 12:29 pm
Tue Jan 25, 2022 4:00 pm
Old-Player wrote:Katefan wrote:Hmmm.... that could definitely be the case. Having said that, while GG's site is Fab I wouldn't take everything on here as law. He lists that F-100 (and other G&L's of that era) as having polyester finishes while we know in fact from Fred Finisher who worked in the spray dept that they were spraying nitro til the late '85 and possibly even a bit later...
I worked with Leo in 79-80, developing the F-100 series prototypes. All the finished ones we worked on were Nitro. I left in 81, so I can't speak to any other models after that.
Tue Jan 25, 2022 10:12 pm
Katefan wrote:Wow, lucky guy! Would be cool to hear about your experiences and time with Leo.
Recently I was on GG's site and he has updated it and now lists nitro-cellulose as the finishes. My natural ASAT Signature (Feb '90) has heaps of weather checking all over the body so it is indeed nitro.
IIRC, after 1987 or so they started using polyurethane undercoats with nitro top coats much like they did with earlier on with the MM Stingrays and Sabres.
Perhaps Jos can chime in on this...
Wed Jan 26, 2022 9:27 pm