Re: [A/S] New to this...some basics please...

[Gary Quamen <gquamen@xxxxxxxx>]

Hi Hunter et al:

In July I was at a KOA in Eureka, CA and met a guy who claimed to have 
known Wally Byam through his coatings business.  At the entrance to the 
campground there was an old ( early 70's I think) Argosy that seemed to 
be permanently parked.  The paint was peeling from the endcap nearest the 
road, the rear one.  It was black underneath.

In talking to this guy, he mentioned something about that 
condition resulting from improper preparation of the FIBERGLASS before 
coating.  I said I thought those encaps were made of steel, but he said, 
and it definitly looked, otherwise.

Unless you are absolutely sure, maybe someone could go out to their 
Argosy and see if a magnet sticks just for the heck of it.  It would make 
sense to me if they were made out of fiberglass because it would be much 
easier to produce.  The inner endcaps on my Safari are made of it.

Volunteers?

GQ '67 Safari