At 07:35 PM 10/3/99 -0400, you wrote:
>
Thanks Carl,
The original owner did kept excellent records so maybe he did provide the
changes after delivery, but as far as I can tell the car was only resprayed
once in '73, Apple Green. Unless the dealer in Rochester, NY, resprayed it,
I believe it must be Silverstone. The BHMIT report was the one I did
purchase a while ago. Have they ever been known to make mistakes?
Dave
>Slate gray was a color in 69-70 (I think on GT6's). Unless your original
>research included the BHMIT build record, then it is possible that the color
>was changed somewhere along the line and title, etc. was changed to match.
>
>
>Pearl & Silverstone were the gray colors available on the '3 and the switch
>point was Sept 58.
>
>Hope this helps.
>Carl
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dave Willner [mailto:dwillner@icontech.com]
> Sent: Sunday, October 03, 1999 7:25 PM
> To: triumphs@autox.team.net
> Subject: TR3A original paint "Slate Gray" question
>
>
> Has anyone ever heard the name "Slate Gray" on a late 59
>TR3, 65107L?
>
> I've seen Silverstone and Pearl mentioned, but never any
>reference to
> Slate. All the registered info I sent for years ago did
>indeed state the
> original color was Slate Gray? Could the dealer have sprayed
>it this color
> at the request of the original owner, or was Slate another
>name for
> Silverstone, maybe a US name? I think Pearl stopped being
>sprayed around
> Jan of 1959, and Silverstone remained to the end of the run.
>
>
> Is there any reference to the paint code or color on any
>plate anywhere on
> the car that could tell me more?
>
> I'm returning the car back to it's original exterior paint
>color and
> interior trim color and would like to hear from anyone who
>knows anything
> about the "grays."
>
> TIA.
>
> Dave Willner
> TR3A TS65107L (currently Apple Green)
>
>
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