lawrie;
my tc had aluminized manifold, as you said..wasn,t concerned with
concours, so i had coker do a jaguar porcelain job on it and intake..do
look good with stainless steel exaust...
dick fontaine
48mgtc
62tr3b
"he who dies with the most toys, wins"
i want to be 2nd.
On Tue, 18 Feb 1997 britcars@juno.com wrote:
>
> On Mon, 17 Feb 1997 22:20:56 +0100 ad346@lafn.org (Ron Simon) writes:
> >>I have seen some very detailed modern restorations with the exhaust
> >manifold
> >>painted white. One even had the manifold "ceramicized" white
> >(supposed to
> >>never fade) and looked quite good. In TC's Forever, pictures of the
> >manifolds
> >>are painted black.
> >>
> >>Which is correct??
> >>
> >>Joseph
> >Joseph, I believe neither is correct as the original was not painted
> >or
> >coated and left in it's natural cast iron state by the factory.
> >ron simon ad346@lafn.org
> >
> Sorry, but our vote goes for aluminized, a sprayed-on coating that had a
> white-ish appearance. The four clamps were also aluminized. It can still
> be done by (among others, perhaps) a company in Sunland, So. Cal., called
> Hambro Industries. Address available on request.
>
> Lawrie
> British Sportscar Center
>
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