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Re: Herald Help

To: triumphs@Autox.Team.Net
Subject: Re: Herald Help
From: John Gillis <jgillis@tcd.ie>
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1998 08:52:35 +0100 (BST)
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>To: Andrew Mace <amace@unix2.nysed.gov>
>From: John Gillis <jgillis@mail.tcd.ie>
>Subject: Re: Herald Help
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>       There was a white coloured fleck running through the dash colour,
>>> >you might want to take this into account when painting. It was more a matt
>>> >finish to my mind.
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>>John, I think the "flecked" dashboard was only found on the very earliest
>>(maybe 1959 only) Heralds. I'm not sure if the change in finish coincided
>>with the "realignment" of the switches and knobs, but by 1960 the dash was
>>more or less just flat/matte/semi-gloss black. (At least those I've seen
>>here in the States!)
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>>--Andy
>       If that is your experience it must be only in the States. The only
>time I have seen plain black is when a wooden dash is removed and the
>fibreboard under is a plain colour. All others have always had the fleck.
>Mike Costigan mentions it in his book and again makes no reference to a
>plain version, even through the change in styles.
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John Gillis
1954 TR2 TS3618. October 1954 (ground up)
1964 Triumph 3TA 350cc (a little gem)
Trinity College
Dublin,
IRELAND.



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