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Re: [TR] Pain job for 1972 TR6

To: "triumphs@autox.team.net" <triumphs@autox.team.net>, Gene M <mclans@sbcglobal.net>
Subject: Re: [TR] Pain job for 1972 TR6
From: Chad <triumph74tr6@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 7 Oct 2019 20:02:54 +0000 (UTC)
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 I have never encountered what I would consider a "square" threaded bolt in=
 almost 30 years of working on TR6's.=C2=A0 Maybe that is a descriptor I am=
 unaware of.
Chad in Tulsa.
    On Monday, October 7, 2019, 02:58:58 PM CDT, Gene M <mclans@sbcglobal.n=
et> wrote: =20
=20
  Over 40 years ago I was researching matching paint for my 70 TR6 after an=
 accident (I still have it).=C2=A0 The car was painted white after someone =
had sprayed it with candy apple metallic red.=C2=A0 Stripping down paint on=
 body panels, the original lacquer paint were red, dark green and yellow.=
=C2=A0 I had seen other white TR6's but my research at the paint supplier s=
howed that white was not an original TR6 color.=C2=A0 The color I went with=
 was Jaguar white.=C2=A0=C2=A0
The shop that painted the car had problems with the paint at the seams betw=
een the panels cracked--they had tried some fillers to fill in gaps.=C2=A0 =
Turns out the panels pretty much just hang on the frame and flex independen=
tly because they are held on by "square threaded" bolts, which do not pull =
sheet metal panels together like modern sheet metal screws or fasteners.=C2=
=A0 Back then I was not able to locate these square threaded bolts from any=
 source, including a local hardware store that had been around since the ea=
rly 1900's.
The other thing I found out by bringing in a panel to that hardware store t=
o get fasteners was that WW II veterans recognized that this came from a Br=
itish car because the British would dip their metal parts for everything in=
 vats of lacquer paint and air dry them since their weather would immediate=
ly rust everything.=C2=A0 That's why original TR panels, including every no=
ok and cranny have the same color paint.=C2=A0 And if you scrape the color =
coat--no primer.
I went to a lot of "pick and pull" auto wreckers in the 70's trying to find=
 body panels and these square threaded bolts were on all of them.=C2=A0 Whe=
n I tried to connect panels with these original bolts, the bolts would not =
cinch the panels together tightly and would quickly fracture if I tried to =
torque them down.=C2=A0 If you find a panel where the bolt holes are deform=
ed or you don't find paint inside the hole, it probably was put on after a =
replacement.
So a black engine compartment was probably sprayed over the original panels=
 because the car is pieced together from panels that didn't have the same o=
riginal color, or maybe it was sprayed with a high temp paint.
The biggest problem with lacquer dipped panels is eventually there will be =
lacquer check.=C2=A0 Spraying stuff on top can hide it for awhile, but even=
tually the checking goes through the new sealants and top coats (maybe ther=
e are new sealants that can prevent this that have been developed over the =
last 40 years, but I doubt it since all of the "solids" that used to be ava=
ilable as fillers in paint are gone, and those old ones would not stop the =
lacquer checking, just hide it for awhile.
Anyone remember the debate in the 60's on Ford with its enamel paint and or=
ange peel problems, versus G.M. with its smooth lacquer finish which probab=
ly wouldn't start checking while you still owned the car.
All my info came way before the internet and I didn't look for my old notes=
 when I was trying to keep my 70 TR6 original.=C2=A0 My research showed min=
e was pieced together and very little was original from the same car, and I=
 never did find a TR6 in the boneyard that had all color matching panels wh=
en you pull panels apart and and look at the color of the seams.=C2=A0=C2=
=A0
Anyone else come across these square threaded bolts?
Gene M.70 TR6Sacramento, CA

Anyone know if there are urethane paints that can be sprayed over lacquer a=
nd will=C2=A0<original post>=C2=A0 Hey Jeff. Well, a "paint job" is a very =
relative conversation. If the
engine bay is black then it's been repainted - someone correct me if I'm
wrong but Triumph painted the engine bay body color.=C2=A0

=C2=A0
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        <div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">I have never encountered what I 
would consider a "square" threaded bolt in almost 30 years of working on 
TR6's.&nbsp; Maybe that is a descriptor I am unaware of.</div><div dir="ltr" 
data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Chad in 
Tulsa.</div><div><br></div>
        
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                    On Monday, October 7, 2019, 02:58:58 PM CDT, Gene M 
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<div><span 
style="color:rgb(32,31,30);font-size:14.6667px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);display:inline!important;">Over
 40 years ago I was researching matching paint for my 70 TR6 after an accident 
(I still have it).&nbsp; The car was painted white after someone
 had sprayed it with candy apple metallic red.&nbsp; Stripping down paint on 
body panels, the original lacquer paint were red, dark green and yellow.&nbsp; 
I had seen other white TR6's but my research at the paint supplier showed that 
white was not an original TR6 color.&nbsp;
 The color I went with was Jaguar white.&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></div>
<div><span 
style="color:rgb(32,31,30);font-size:14.6667px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);display:inline!important;"><br>
</span></div>
<div><span 
style="color:rgb(32,31,30);font-size:14.6667px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);display:inline!important;">The
 shop that painted the car had problems with the paint at the seams between the 
panels cracked--they had tried some fillers to fill in
 gaps.&nbsp; Turns out the panels pretty much just hang on the frame and flex 
independently because they are held on by "square threaded" bolts, which do not 
pull sheet metal panels together like modern sheet metal screws or 
fasteners.&nbsp; Back then I was not able
 to locate these square threaded bolts from any source, including a local 
hardware store that had been around since the early 1900's.</span></div>
<div><span 
style="color:rgb(32,31,30);font-size:14.6667px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);display:inline!important;"><br>
</span></div>
<div><span 
style="color:rgb(32,31,30);font-size:14.6667px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);display:inline!important;">The
 other thing I found out by bringing in a panel to that hardware store to get 
fasteners was that WW II veterans recognized that this
 came from a British car because the British would dip their metal parts for 
everything in vats of lacquer paint and air dry them since their weather would 
immediately rust everything.&nbsp; That's why original TR panels, including 
every nook and cranny have the
 same color paint.&nbsp; And if you scrape the color coat--no 
primer.</span></div>
<div><span 
style="color:rgb(32,31,30);font-size:14.6667px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);display:inline!important;"><br>
</span></div>
<div><span 
style="color:rgb(32,31,30);font-size:14.6667px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);display:inline!important;">I
 went to a lot of "pick and pull" auto wreckers in the 70's trying to find body 
panels and these square threaded bolts were on all of them.&nbsp;
 When I tried to connect panels with these original bolts, the bolts would not 
cinch the panels together tightly and would quickly fracture if I tried to 
torque them down.&nbsp; If you find a panel where the bolt holes are deformed 
or you don't find paint inside
 the hole, it probably was put on after a replacement.</span></div>
<div><span 
style="color:rgb(32,31,30);font-size:14.6667px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);display:inline!important;"><br>
</span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:14.6667px;">So a black engine compartment was 
probably sprayed over the original panels because the car is pieced together 
from panels that didn't have the same original color, or maybe it was sprayed 
with a high temp paint.</span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:14.6667px;"><br>
</span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:14.6667px;">The biggest problem with lacquer dipped 
panels is eventually there will be lacquer check.&nbsp; Spraying stuff on top 
can hide it for awhile, but eventually the checking goes through the new 
sealants and top coats (maybe
 there are new sealants that can prevent this that have been developed over the 
last 40 years, but I doubt it since all of the "solids" that used to be 
available as fillers in paint are gone, and those old ones would not stop the 
lacquer checking, just hide
 it for awhile.</span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:14.6667px;"><br>
</span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:14.6667px;">Anyone remember the debate in the 60's 
on Ford with its enamel paint and orange peel problems, versus G.M. with its 
smooth lacquer finish which probably wouldn't start checking while you still 
owned the car.</span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:14.6667px;"><br>
</span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:14.6667px;">All my info came way before the 
internet and I didn't look for my old notes when I was trying to keep my 70 TR6 
original.&nbsp; My research showed mine was pieced together and very little was 
original from the same car, and
 I never did find a TR6 in the boneyard that had all color matching panels when 
you pull panels apart and and look at the color of the 
seams.&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:14.6667px;"><br>
</span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:14.6667px;">Anyone else come across these square 
threaded bolts?</span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:14.6667px;"><br>
</span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:14.6667px;">Gene M.</span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:14.6667px;">70 TR6</span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:14.6667px;">Sacramento, CA</span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:14.6667px;"><br>
</span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:14.6667px;"><br>
</span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:14.6667px;">Anyone know if there are urethane 
paints that can be sprayed over lacquer and will&nbsp;</span></div>
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<span 
style="color:rgb(32,31,30);font-size:14.6667px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);display:inline!important;">&lt;original
 post&gt;&nbsp; Hey Jeff. Well, a "paint job" is a very relative conversation. 
If the</span><br 
style="color:rgb(32,31,30);font-size:14.6667px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);">
<span 
style="color:rgb(32,31,30);font-size:14.6667px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);display:inline!important;">engine
 bay is black then it's been repainted - someone correct me if I'm</span><br 
style="color:rgb(32,31,30);font-size:14.6667px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);">
<span 
style="color:rgb(32,31,30);font-size:14.6667px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);display:inline!important;">wrong
 but Triumph painted the engine bay body color.<span>&nbsp;</span></span>
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