Interesting,
I am prep'ing for a frame-up restoration & have been taking lots of digital
pictures. I noticed that my "trunk" is painted "black" but the rest of the
car is the same body color (very faded blue).
Dave
67 TR4 CTC 72959L
"Daniel S. Eiland" <deiland1@elp.rr.com>@autox.team.net on 10/25/2000
07:05:34 PM
Please respond to "Daniel S. Eiland" <deiland1@elp.rr.com>
Sent by: owner-triumphs@autox.team.net
To: <Herald948@aol.com>, <paul-m@mweb.co.za>, <triumphs@autox.team.net>
cc:
Subject: Re: TR6 engine bay
Hi Listers,
I'm new to the Triumph thing but I'm sure I read recently that these
cars were painted all one color first, including under the hood, then the
factory went back and sprayed over the body paint with black under the hood
the trunk and the rear end. Maybe someone with experience a judging
concours
could tell us.
Dan Eiland
72 TR6 CC80976U
71 TR6 CC60824LO
----- Original Message -----
From: <Herald948@aol.com>
To: <paul-m@mweb.co.za>; <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2000 8:36 AM
Subject: Re: TR6 engine bay
>
> In a message dated 10/25/2000 6:48:29 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
> paul-m@mweb.co.za writes:
>
> > My 1974 TR6 was resprayed fairly early in its life from magenta to
> > signal red, but the engine bay is black. On the left front wheel arch,
> > however, there is a British Leyland sticker saying something about
> > emissions, which is over the black paint. Given the less than
meticulous
> > attention to detail exhibited elsewhere in the respray, I have trouble
> > believing that the resprayer carefully unpeeled the sticker, then
> > replaced it afterwards. Is it possible that my engine bay has always
> > been black, or where they all the same colour as the bodywork, as all
> > the pictures I've seen suggest?
>
> Paul (and others), is there the slightest possibility that your car was a
CKD
> car assembled in South Africa originally, in which case it likely was
> finish-painted there and not at the factory in England? That might
account
> for a black-painted engine bay? Just a weird thought....
>
> --Andy
>
> Andrew Mace, President, The Vintage Triumph Register
>
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