[V8] Clearcoat Failure/Flywheel Carnage

[Tom Laplante]

Hey all, got a good 2 part story that shows again why this list is so  
great.  My Indigo Pearl 5-speed had a few barely noticeable nicks in  
the clearcoat on the trunk when I got it.  About a year or so ago, one  
of them bubbled to about the size of a quarter.  I went to the dealer,  
and got the paint kit and while it didn't match that great, it looked  
sealed.  As soon as our weather got cold and rainy this fall, the  
entire trunk just let go....
http://tinyurl.com/adwkkh3
I had contacted fellow lister John Bysinger(2 hrs away) that if he  
ever parted his Indigo Pearl car, I wanted the trunk. After his  
starter died/had running issues, he offered to buy my Black car with  
his Indigo as partial trade.  Win/Win.  I threw a starter in and it  
still made a horrible noise.  I looked at the old starter, and the  
bendix wouldn't retract after engaging, and just flopped free, and  
further, would only extend about 1/2 way(broken plastic pieces  
inside).  When I removed the newer starter, I found a total of 11  
missing teeth, with the bad spot having 7.  While I have a spare  
flywheel, and the car is clean and shiny with a fresh TB, pretty well  
convinced myself  to part it, but am still on the fence.   If I don't  
part it, it's going to have a pretty ugly trunk....Tom
http://tinyurl.com/bhbz4z4