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Does your car have a dent here and a spot of rust there?, You don't bave to resign yourself to a big repair bill -or just living 'with the damage. A littie spray paint can help even the mechanic- ally disinclined get the old jal'opy looking spruce-as- new again. M-àtching the- car color will be no problem in m'ost cases. One manufacturer, Krylon, has 70,matching car * colors of easy-to-use spray paint from which to choose, including those for many trucks and foreign cars. It's a snap to do a professional- Iooking job by following a few simple repair steps. It's, basically a matter of filling- and repainting. Minor dents: 1 . Sand the damaged area, right doWn.toà the metal.Feather (lightly sa nd), the edge of, the area 'for a smooth transition brtween, the metal and the paint arounid it. 2. Fi the dent with plas- tic auto body filler. 3. After filler dries, sand it, smooth and level with #400 grit wet-or-dry sand- paper. (For shallow scratch- es, omit the plastic filler step.)ý 4. After sanding,, dean the area with naptha or auto rubbing compound. '15. Mask- off the sur- rounding area-with masking tape 'and paper. Or,' for, a small area, cut a hole in. a piece of cardboard, hold it near the surface and spray through the hole. 6. Apply metal primer. For best results, use a rust- preventive primer of the same brand, and lighter in color than the paint you will apply. 7. Apply spray paint, af- ter primer -dries. Hold the spray can. 10 to 12, inches' from the surface and spray a few light coats on just to the1 WHITBY FREE PRESS, NEW CAR SUPPLEMENT, WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 26, 1979, PAGE.1 5 point ot giossy wetness. letting each coat dry beforeF I'e up w h applying the next.-,That is Flle p w t ethvI Gus the secret of getting .a smnooth finhish and av.oiding a -paiýnt.-runs and sags. A fast-G rIon cus aintime bets..ry On January 1, 1979, service stations began converting their weencoat. I dris ~ niypumpstoread in litresinstead of gallons. By January 1980, it is 10ti5 minutes. expected that most pumps will be converted.. Rust spots: 1. B reak away badly rust- ed areas and weakene'd sec- tions in the'damaged area. 2. Sand. to get rid of al loôse rust. 3.'Clean the area and press adhesive-backed alu- minum tape over the area to serve as aIý base for plastic agto body' filer. 4.Apply filler, and after' it dries, sand it down and proceed as above with prim- ing and painting. The present system of miles per gallon (mpg), will be replaced by litres per 109 kilometres (L/ 100 km). The following tables were provided to help drivers adjust to the new metric. systern. Equivalent cost.of gasoline O/gal. 90.0 90.9 92.7 93.6 94.6 95.9 96'8 97.7 98.7 99.6 1'l00.5 101.4 102.3 -103.2 104.1 105.0 105.9 106.8 107.7 108.7 109.6 110.5 111.4 112.3 113.2 114.1 115.0 115.9 116.8 117.7 0/Iitre 19'.8 20.0 20.4 20.6, 20.8 21.1 21.3 21.5 21.9 22.1 22.3 22'5 22.9'- 23.1 23.3 23.5- 23.7 23.9 24.1 24.3 24.5 -24.7 24.9 25.1 25;3 25.5 25.7 25.9 Note: Price, has belen rounded to nearest 0.1 cent per gallon.Some provinces are'reVising gasoline tax to occur at time of conversion thus there may bemno differences experienced. Metric fuel consumption has been rounded to nearest 0.5 L. Factor used 1 mpg = 282 L/100 km. L/100 km 28.0 25.5 23.5 21.5 20.0 19.0 17.5 16.5 15.5 15.0 14.0 11.5 9.5 8>.0 7.0 6.5 5.5 MPG 10 il' 12 13 14, 15 16. 17- 18 19 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 From: Along the Line Summer Car-Shape-Up: Car Topu'ch-Up Tips- For Tip-Top R lqe suits £ - - e 1 .uRA'5p -aur ézA, 600P PV~5 R~~4ACMa b~ç F?YA //1?NwFp- aOUdReFAGF aW7 AR~Pd e A wo/ e' i4 4C &u c qe JW/LI o6é14P-pa/ WmOr. 6A c4FAcn7y /VIm7ra z~-e~Vi