OK, I'll bite!
It looks like a lot of other flat black sprayed all over your engine
compartment and over the back of the valence, too. I don't think that's
original!
:^)
Jim
----- Original Message -----
From: "Todd Bermudez" <red_tr250@hotmail.com>
To: <vze2846b@verizon.net>; <6pack@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2002 12:35 PM
Subject: Re: TR250 Valence Paint
> Thought I'd stir the pot a little...
>
> I've been tearing my car apart & the valence sure does look flat
black...see
> the living project online:
> http://home.fuse.net/Tri-StateTriumphs/tr250_restoration.htm
>
> Todd
> CD3705L
>
>
>
>
>
>
> >From: Peter Macholdt <vze2846b@verizon.net>
> >Reply-To: Peter Macholdt <vze2846b@verizon.net>
> >To: 6pack list <6pack@autox.team.net>
> >Subject: Re: TR250 Valence Paint
> >Date: Sat, 26 Oct 2002 10:26:19 -0400
> >
> >Skip,
> >
> >I'm driving TR250 #CD2205L. I did a resto back in '96 and my car had
(has)
> >body color paint (BRG) in the same places as Don. I believe that the
paint
> >was original.
> >
> >Headlight buckets were black.
> >
> >I can't speak to the wheels, they were wire.
> >
> >Peter
> >'68 TR250
> >
> >
> >
> >on 10/26/02 9:47 AM, Skip Montanaro at skip@pobox.com wrote:
> >
> > > Don> I am the original owner of my TR250.
> > >
> > > Don> It is dark blue and is still in the original paint.
> > >
> > > Don> The front valance below the bumper is blue -- same as the
car --
> > > Don> front and back.
> > >
> > > Don> The area behind the grill near the headlights is blue.
> > >
> > > Don> The bottom of the car is blue.
> > >
> > > Don> The steel wheels are silver.
> > >
> > > Don> The rockers are black undercoating.
> > >
> > > Don,
> > >
> > > What's your commission number?
> > >
> > > I think perhaps we need a database to figure this thing out. I can
whip
> > > something up. It seems we need these fields at least:
> > >
> > > commission #
> > > original paint (y/n)
> > > color of valance behind grille
> > > color of the back of the valance
> > > color of the headlight buckets
> > > color of rockers
> > > finish of rockers (smooth vs. undercoat)
> > > color of wheels
> > >
> > > I don't think the other parameters you mentioned are likely to have
> >changed.
> > > I suspect we might find that somewhere during the run they switched
from
> > > body color to black for the valance behind the grille though.
> > >
> > > What other fields do people think would be useful? What about TR5s?
>
>
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