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Color? Fuel/Brake Line Clips - TR6

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Subject: Color? Fuel/Brake Line Clips - TR6
From: Chip19474@aol.com
Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2000 08:59:30 EDT
List,

Took a vacation day yesterday.....I'm finally starting to get to the details 
of my TR6's restoration and noticed, while cleaning assorted parts, that the 
steel clips that are used along the chassis rail to secure the brake and fuel 
lines together (not the clips that fasten the lines to the chassis) are 
painted green....looks like triumph racing green or early british racing 
green.

I found a very close match with a Rustoleum green and sprayed them.  Now, I'm 
wondering (not to appear too anal about these things).....if these clips were 
original, maybe I should have left them grungy and original versus repainted 
with "non LBC" Rustoleum.....any thoughts?

While the paint was drying on other pieces, I even took out the gauges on the 
Spit and cleaned the 30 year film of grime on the inside of the 
lenses.....wow - the gauges look brand new....I snuck back into the garage 
after dark to see them with the lights on....unbelievable - they're so clear 
I can even see the hash marks at night - was always sort of a guess through 
the haze! 

Having way too much fun.......

chip

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