[Fot] Speaking of Alley Engine Plates

[BillDentin at aol.com]

In a message dated 01/05/2011 10:02:18 AM Central Standard Time, 
kaskas at cox.net writes:


> The  undercoating for aluminum is Zinc Chromate. Check your paint store. 
> It 
> is a olive drab in color. That is the same stuff used in most aircraft and 
> 
> so prevalent in Army and Air Force parts.
> 
> 

Olive Drab?  I'll be damn'd!  You mean that stuff is NOT British Racing 
Green?

Bill (Damdinger)

PS  Remember Olive Drab Tanker Jackets (ala Eisenhower).  I had several, 
and a Duck Tail too.  But no Triumphs at the time.  I had a powder blue 1951 
Ford convertible, skirts, continental kit, shaved, lowered, Smithy pipes, 
etc.