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Re: hail
From: WayneC <WayneC(at)linkline.moc>
Subject: Re: hail
Date: Mon, 09 May 2005 16:53:35 -0700
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Tom Crabtree wrote:
> Jerry wrote:
>
>> First off, I`m NOT a vette owner but having just gone thru a hail
>> storm yesterday in Texas, I wondered if the hail (pea size) would hurt
>> (make pock marks) in the newer corvette bodies if parked in an open
>> area? Are vettes still fiberglass bodies?
>> Obviously one shouldn`t park outside if you know it`s going to hail
>> but in Texas, you don`t always know.
>
>
> Jerry
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> I should think that if it was indeed "TEXAS" sized hail, there would be
> nothing left of the car but a pile of smoldering rubble.
>
> `Vette`s are just as susceptible to hail damage as any other car,
> perhaps even more so. There is no such thing as a "dent" in fiberglass,
> and yes, new Vettes are still being made of fiberglass.
>
> TomC
> `90 ZR1
>
My guess is that the Vette wouldn`t show the damage immediately like a
sheet metal car, which would show dents; rather I might expect the
Corvette to develop tiny spiderweb-shaped patterns of cracks in the
paint, or perhaps small bubbles, after a few months or years.
From: "rob" <rt(at)rt.com>
Subject: Re: hail
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Date: Tue, 10 May 2005 00:57:29 GMT
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I use my c5 convert as a daily driver. I`ve been in several hail storms
here in the DFW area. No damage. And the C5 is not made of fiberglass.
"Tom Crabtree" <spam(at)sucks.com> wrote in message
news:58KdnU5Vdf7cc-LfRVn-og(at)sunset.net...
> Jerry wrote:
>> First off, I`m NOT a vette owner but having just gone thru a hail
>> storm yesterday in Texas, I wondered if the hail (pea size) would hurt
>> (make pock marks) in the newer corvette bodies if parked in an open
>> area? Are vettes still fiberglass bodies? Obviously one shouldn`t park
>> outside if you know it`s going to hail
>> but in Texas, you don`t always know.
>
> Jerry
>
> I should think that if it was indeed "TEXAS" sized hail, there would be
> nothing left of the car but a pile of smoldering rubble.
>
> `Vette`s are just as susceptible to hail damage as any other car, perhaps
> even more so. There is no such thing as a "dent" in fiberglass, and yes,
> new Vettes are still being made of fiberglass.
>
> TomC
> `90 ZR1
>
From: Bob I <birelan(at)yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: hail
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Date: Tue, 10 May 2005 20:30:14 -0500
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Sorry rob, but you need to read up.
"Since its debut in 1953, the Chevrolet Corvette has sported a body made
of lightweight panels of fibreglass-reinforced sheet molding compound [SMC].
Today, most of these SMC body panels are made in Shelbyville, Ind., by
the Reinforced Plastics Division of GenCorp, Carmel, Ind."
From
http://www.pcoating.com/getarticle.cfm/User_ID=913237/articleid=1505
rob wrote:
> I use my c5 convert as a daily driver. I`ve been in several hail storms
> here in the DFW area. No damage. And the C5 is not made of fiberglass.
> "Tom Crabtree" <spam(at)sucks.com> wrote in message
> news:58KdnU5Vdf7cc-LfRVn-og(at)sunset.net...
>
>>Jerry wrote:
>>
>>>First off, I`m NOT a vette owner but having just gone thru a hail
>>>storm yesterday in Texas, I wondered if the hail (pea size) would hurt
>>>(make pock marks) in the newer corvette bodies if parked in an open
>>>area? Are vettes still fiberglass bodies? Obviously one shouldn`t park
>>>outside if you know it`s going to hail
>>>but in Texas, you don`t always know.
>>
>>Jerry
>>
>>I should think that if it was indeed "TEXAS" sized hail, there would be
>>nothing left of the car but a pile of smoldering rubble.
>>
>>`Vette`s are just as susceptible to hail damage as any other car, perhaps
>>even more so. There is no such thing as a "dent" in fiberglass, and yes,
>>new Vettes are still being made of fiberglass.
>>
>>TomC
>>`90 ZR1
>>
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