Date Code 23A

Destiny's Date Code on the door data plate is 23A meaning it was supposed to roll out of the factory on Saturday 23rd January 1965. No-one knows if it did, but I spent her 45th Anniversary today. During the passed week I spent a couple of evenings sanding the epoxy primer gray. Then I applied seam sealer to each and every seam I could imagine would benefit of it.

It took two tubes of Dinitrol seam sealer which was brushed smooth after being squeezed out of the tube.

I decided to spray one more coat of primer. This time I spent some time to figure out the correct and the most efficient way to penetrate the primer into every gap. I managed fine as I started from the most difficult areas like the bottom of the trunk drop-off and the gap between wheel well and quarter panel behind the trunk lid hinges. In order to be sure hand-brushing some primer prior to spraying might be wise.

But I managed fine. Now you can hardly find a spot which would not be covered with primer or paint. I've decided the color for Destiny. She'll become Zinnoberrot 138 ( cinnabar red, that is ), which can be found from BMW's color scheme.

So, after admiring her for two days like this, I grabbed my sanding papers again and got her gray again. Had I been wise, would I have applied the last coat with red epoxy primer. In the next episode we'll see if Zinnoberrot 138 will beat the black-gray primer.