[Dangerous Doug]

Okay, time for me to be thinking about paint.

Every time I picture my Cobra in my mind, it is gloss black. Harkens back to a picture of a black CSX on a beach at sunset. That set the hook.

Talking to a painter today, he is reluctant to paint black on fiberglass because in his experience the black absorbs so much heat that it can cause the fibers to start coming through the paint. Anyone ever hear of this? Anyone with a black Cobra having this issue?

Alternatively, I'm considering lipstick red (another Cobra picture/poster) or--ahem---"Viking Blue" (I believe Ford called it "Princess Blue". Great...) My wife loves the color (it matches my eyes...) and it is the "original Shelby 289 FIA color" for the purists out there. I believe it was Shelby himself that recoined it "Viking Blue".

Anyhow, anyone ever hear of the issue of the fiberglass coming through black paint due to heat absorption?

Hhmmm, red...

DD