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Old 07-08-16, 23:11
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Default The unveiling

Very good to see your unwrapping pictures Tony - done with appropriate reverence and recording. Well done!

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After seven decades, my set of NOS wheel nuts have seen light again.
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The outer packaging was surprisingly brittle. I expected it to be greasier, but if it ever was, it had dried out. Flakes went everywhere when I unrolled the first layer.
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Second and third layers, were grease paper. You can see the final layer of wrapping has been done in such a way as to avoid any two nuts touching. Very clever and quite effective.
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Not one spot of corrosion. Absolutely spotlessly clean, 70+ year old metal.
Only needed a wash with petrol and they're ready to paint.
Why couldn't they wrap entire CMPs that way!
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