Lew:
You are vindicated. I grovel in obeisance. The Moss Motors LE also has the
grey painted wheels, so you are quite correct.
Now I am confused, as I could have sworn there were black wheels on the cars.
I'm wondering if the later LE's were fitted with the grey ones, earlier with
black. Boy I love mysteries.
I purchased a set of LE wheels from Dick Criswell's (Dammit Dick) family after
his accident, and I'm sure they were black under the yellowed original clear
coat.
More input??
Kelvin.
> Sorry guys, but I own a very original LE and its wheels are
> painted a dark
> gray. Parts of the wheel are left a natural aluminum, but the
> background is
> most certainly gray. The whole wheel is overcoated with a
> clear protective
> sealer. This, perhaps, gives the appearance of the underlying
> paint being
> more gray than it is, but even on the original unused spare
> the paint color
> is much more gray than black.
>
> Cheers,
> Lew Palmer
>
> I'm sorry, I can't help with a paint code, but gloss black is
> pretty much
> gloss black. In this instance Clausager is incorrect if he
> states NAS LE
> wheel colour was grey. The wheels were definitely painted
> black, then clear
> coated. I think the mix up is due to the UK spec wheels
> being grey, not
> black. Their LE models were quite different than the US
> bound versions.
>
> Clausager is very accurate as far as factory records and UK
> examples go, but
> like everyone his books do have some errors.
>
> Kelvin.
>
>
>
>
>
> > Clausager states Dark Metallic Grey, but others have sworn
> > blind theirs were
> > black. Repaints?
> >
> > > "I need to find out what color and paint code was used on
> 1980 North
> > American
> > > MGB Limited Edition 5 Spoke Aluminum Wheels. Wheel number
> > is: BHH 2258.
> > > Color: Black or Gray? Code: ????"
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