[Healeys] Factory body/ frame primer

[S and T Miller]

After seeing Randy's car, that would make sense.  The exterior probably required some finishing and proper primer (red oxide) after the panels are bolted up (fenders, doors, shrouds). So that red oxide may have made its way in the boot, and hood areas, and probably others.  I wonder if anyone has a later car,  that shows the hinge panel with the hinges removed,  and if that black is there or the red oxide.
Shawn


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From: Michael Salter <michaelsalter at gmail.com>
Sent: Wednesday, April 29, 2020 11:06 AM
To: S and T Miller <stmiller96 at hotmail.com>
Cc: Randy Hicks <Healey100M at gmail.com>; Healey List <healeys at autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Factory body/ frame primer

It would appear to me that the individual components (weldments as they are called) were primed in the black then the red was applied after the panels were fitted.
Does that fit with the coverage you have noticed?
M

On Wed, Apr 29, 2020, 10:58 AM S and T Miller, <stmiller96 at hotmail.com<mailto:stmiller96 at hotmail.com>> wrote:
Thank you Randy. Interesting.  My door hinge area looks the same. I'll have to look in some more areas to see.


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From: Randy Hicks <healey100m at gmail.com<mailto:healey100m at gmail.com>>
Sent: Wednesday, April 29, 2020 10:26 AM
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Subject: Re: [Healeys] Factory body/ frame primer

Shawn, my BN2 100M had both reddish brown and black primer. Seemed to vary. The  door hinges were painted on the car and there is black primer when hinges removed. See photo; Black also appears a couple other places but the majority of the chassis is primed in reddish brown.

BTW, it was a 33,000 mile car with original paint and never apart before.

Randy

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On Apr 29, 2020, at 9:26 AM, S and T Miller <stmiller96 at hotmail.com<mailto:stmiller96 at hotmail.com>> wrote:

Hello all. I have noticed my BN2 has black factory primer (possible single stage paint that body color was painted over when assembled- much like eletro coat primer that repo parts have on them). All later cars (BN4 on) that I have had experience with had red oxide primer used from the factory.  Does anyone know was there a switch point? Were all 100's primered black? Were all cars eletro coated, and later cars primed with red oxide additionally? Was elctro coating even a thing back then? Just curious.
TY. Shawn

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