[Healeys] Black fender wells? On a white BJ8?

[Rich Chrysler]

Actually, we've seen a number of early BN4 100/Six's that were OEW with
black coves, and they had their engine bays painted black.

Rich

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Sent: 2011-06-03 1:41
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Subject: Re: [Healeys] Black fender wells? On a white BJ8?

In a message dated 6/3/11 10:04:45 AM, healeys-request at autox.team.net 
writes:


> 
> I am pretty sure I saw that my OEW BJ8 was painted black in the inner 
> fender
> wells per the Concours Guidelines (which is thousands of miles away at the
> moment). My car seems to be that way, but was it brushed or sprayed? And a
> satin black or real flat or just like the radiator cross braces.
> Ken Freese
> 65 BJ8
> 

No, not true. The only instances of OEW cars having black underbody is 
early BN1s. After that, the cars were painted once and only once, body
color. 
(oversprayed coves on two-tones). The only circumstances under which a white

car would have black fender wells would be with a dealer-applied
undercoating 
(which we do not recommend replacing) or a sloppy restoration.

Gary