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Old 03-14-2017, 01:38 AM
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Originally Posted by ozi jim View Post
I was thinking there must have been a lot of filler on that body.

What did they use as filler for alloy back then?.

Jim
I'm not aware of any specific trade name, but Rolls used something in the UK, and down in Italy something else was popular. Sort of like plaster or spackle, "pasta fazool," was what Italian metal guys called it.

And the rough work kept the suppliers in bidness.
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