Not cool. 
Haven't checked mine yet, but I have the 5 stripe Brunswick Green, which (IIRC?) was from the first production of these, along with the Tuscan single stripe and the Penn Central (without reviewing the catalogs, I think those were the first three offered?). {edit: guess I had the order back-asswards based on Bruce's research below}
I'll cross my fingers, maybe this problem is limited to a bad batch of metal from when they made the later ones the batch shown above? (and I hope those who do have these can get a workable solution! - which since my theory is just a theory may still include me...).
-Dave
