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Old 04-10-2010, 01:22 PM   #1
RayDF
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Default 2000-2005 Newell's exterior skin?

As an admirer and --hopefully-- future owner of a Newell, I was wondering if the outer skin of 2000 - 2005 Newells were built with an outer aluminum skin, as current Newells are. The following describes the current construction of the Newell body (from the Newell webpage):
The Body: Lightweight and Refined
The same aluminum fuselage construction techniques used to build aircraft make the Newell body exceptionally strong yet light in weight. An aluminum skin is securely attached to extruded aluminum bows with space-age 3M mastics. This produces a smooth, rivet-free finish. Body panels are secured at each seam by flush, heavy-duty fasteners that meet Newell's high standards for strength and refinement. Molded, reinforced, fiber-composite panels are used for the front-end and rear-end caps and in some of the more complex trim forms of the Newell body. These allow for the complex shapes of the Newell's unique, advanced styling.

The Newell base-coat/clear-coat paint system produces the ultra-smooth, eye-appealing surface you'd expect to see on a fine automobile.
So, my specific --and very newbie-- question is: were 2000 - 2005 Newells constructed in a similar way?

Thanks!

Ray
Miami FL
2009 Fleetwood Pulse 24A
(And future Newell owner)
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