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Subject: Re: [Tigers] Factory steel wheels
From: Ramon Spontelli <rspontelli@earthlink.net>
Date: Thu, 26 May 2022 13:05:20 -0700
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I got a quart of Foam Grey from Restoration Shop/TCP Global in San Diego:

https://tcpglobal.com/pages/restoration-shop

They have an extensive color â??libraryâ?? and can come up with a recipe for 
just about anything on wheels:

https://www.autocolorlibrary.com/

Watch the video, and if you can, have a cat with Jimmy "Chipsâ?? Wells.  Heâ??s 
incredible.  Theyâ??re ready with a match for Alpine Mist when weâ??re ready to 
squirt the â??54 â??Proper" â??Pine.

I canâ??t find the receipt for the purchase, but the sticker on the can says 
AE-TCP31935(B).  Donâ??t know if that identifies the color or not, but 
â??Chipsâ?? will know. Itâ??s listed for â??63 - â??65 Sunbeam, Hillman.

They mixed it for me in September of 2019.

Our Mk I is Moonstone.  Yes, it is similar to Foam Grey.  But definitely 
different. Because of the similarity, I thought for a long time that the wheels 
were painted body color.

Ramon







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  1. Re: Factory steel wheels (Allan Ballard)


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Date: Thu, 26 May 2022 14:13:56 -0400
From: Allan Ballard <aballard@ix.netcom.com>
To: michael king <michael.s.king@gmail.com>
Cc: Joel Martin <jmartiniii@yahoo.com>, Tiger List Serve
        <tigers@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: [Tigers] Factory steel wheels
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Jan Servaites (SAOCA Jumping Jan) collected most of the Rootes colors.

The colors were applied to CDs which are offered for sale and can be matched by 
one?s paint shop.

I got a set when I painted my Tiger 14 years ago (Forest Green/Moonstone/Foam 
Grey) and haven?t been disappointed.

To my eyes Foam Grey isn?t too terribly different from Moonstone.

Here are a couple of pictures made with a phone camera. It was hard to snap 
shots that didn?t miss the shade of paint using a phone camera.

I use LAT70 wheels now but back then used wheels I painted myself Foam Grey 
plus the correct hubcaps and wheel trim. 

With all the hardware in place there isn?t much left to be seen that?s painted.

Allan Ballard
-Atlanta, Georgia



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> On May 26, 2022, at 12:22 PM, michael king via Tigers <tigers@autox.team.net> 
> wrote:
> 
> ?Joel,
> 
> 1.
> The factory steel wheels were a satin black and the front side foam grey ( 
> the off white looking colour) on the front face with overspray going through 
> the holes.
> 
> 2. 
> The later reinforced wheels were also used on all other rootes cars. They 
> have a small pyramid pressing aiming at each wheel stud hole.
> 
> 3. 
> DO NOT!!  Leave the nut faces in the mounting hole recess painted. It will 
> allow movement and can lead to the nuts coming undone and the holes ovaling 
> and creating movement in the wheel.
> 
> 4. 
> Check any wheel for the mounting holes being ovaled. 
> 
> 
> 
>> On Tuesday, 24 May 2022, Joel Martin via Tigers <tigers@autox.team.net> 
>> wrote:
>> Purchased a stock steel wheel to use as a spare as opposed to a 13" LAT 70 
>> which is too tall against the trunk shelf.
>> 
>> How do you determine the difference between the "early factory steel wheel" 
>> and the "later factory steel wheel (reinforced) Mk1a/Mk2?  What color code 
>> should the later reinforced Mk1a wheel be painted?
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Thanks
>> 
>> Joel
>> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Regards
> 
> Michael King
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