Firewall assembly markings

[Keith Seymore]

For show vehicles we used to "flatten" the paint: the guy would take a tongue depressor wrapped with some 600 grit sandpaper and knock all the high points down, and then wheel it out. That happened at the Milford Proving Ground paint shop, or at the Design Studio, long after the vehicle left the assembly plant.

When I had to fluff and puff vehicles for upper management I had a list in my head of all the things I knew I would have to do, even before I got it:

* fix wind noise
* balance and vector tire/wheel assemblies
* zero balance driveline
* fix the paint
* fix all squeaks and rattles
* etc

K