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Re: A question of colors...

To: "Gary Moore" <ARADO7@peoplepc.com>,
Subject: Re: A question of colors...
From: "DrMayf" <drmayf@teknett.com>
Date: Sat, 28 Jun 2003 15:17:12 -0700
YUp, that's the way B9471136 is/was also. Mine was Mindinght Blue or some
such, trunk and engine compartments the same. Wheels a gray color or maybe
"Foam Gray".

mayf
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gary Moore" <ARADO7@peoplepc.com>
To: "Paul R. Breuhan" <prbreuhan@hotmail.com>; <jservaites@woh.rr.com>
Cc: <alpines@autox.team.net>; <tigers@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, June 28, 2003 5:03 PM
Subject: Re: A question of colors...


> I have an early tiger(B9472283) that I acquired with original paint. The
> boot is body color, tools painted with cheap black paint, wheels are gray.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Paul R. Breuhan" <prbreuhan@hotmail.com>
> To: <jservaites@woh.rr.com>
> Cc: <alpines@autox.team.net>; <tigers@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Saturday, June 28, 2003 1:26 PM
> Subject: Re: A question of colors...
>
>
> > I have a Mk 1a Tiger.
> >
> > The jack and handle have a bit of black on them but I can tell how
glossy
> > they were.
> >
> > My rims have a bad coat of silver on them, with white (color of my car)
> > under that and the same black under it all (on both front and back)
again
> > hard to tell how glossy.
> >
> > Paul
> >
> >
> > >From: jumpinjan <jservaites@woh.rr.com>
> > >To: "Paul R. Breuhan" <prbreuhan@hotmail.com>
> > >CC: alpines@autox.team.net, tigers@autox.team.net
> > >Subject: Re: A question of colors...
> > >Date: Sat, 28 Jun 2003 15:15:47 -0700
> > >
> > >Paul,
> > > We need specific info on what car/year you have. If it's an Alpine,
all
> > >the early series I&II had body color, series 3-V were Rootes paint code
> > >#8 Foam Gray. I believe the early Tigers (I think) were also Foam Gray
> > >and the MK-IIs were silver. The wheels were first painted a gloss black
> > >and then only the wheel face was painted Foam gray. As for the rest of
> > >the parts, if they were originally black then they should be painted a
> > >"low" gloss black and not the high gloss urethanes. So the jack & jack
> > >handle should be gloss black.
> > >PS, I have master paint chips of all the Rootes colors, including Foam
> > >gray. $18 each, which includes shipping.
> > >Jan Servaites
> >
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