Hi Michael:
Be careful; you will be struck dead by evil thoughts from the Gods of
Originality! As Jonmac is always saying, "It's your car, make it beautiful
in your eyes not others" (paraphrased). They'll be struck blind with envy
and won't see anything anyway. I have my TR6 rims in light gold rather than
the light silver original. Some like it, some don't. "It's not original"
they note. "Hard cheese!" say I. :^) Please send a picture of the results
of your work, it sounds interesting.
Cheers,
Mark Hooper
1972 TR6 (with gold rims and an MGA luggage rack)
-----Original Message-----
From: michael lunsford [mailto:mblunsfordsr@yahoo.com]
Sent: Friday, February 06, 2004 8:41 AM
To: 6pack@autox.team.net
Subject: Chrome Gauge Bezels
Chris wrote
"Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2004 09:23:41 -0800
From: <jollycj@pacbell.net>
Subject: Paint Gauge Rings and switches"
"I'm in the process of redoing my dash and as well as the gauges and
switches. Does anyone have a recommend process for repainting the
gauge bezels......"
I see that Chris' question has been answered but just a personal note
anyway.
I performed the recommended bezel repainting when I restored My 70 TR6 8 or
9 years ago and they look like new. Since then I have seen several TR6s
with chrome bezels and think they look much better than the painted ones.
If I recall correctly (and was told by someone who had chrome bezels) the
bezels on our cars have black paint over chrome. Soooo, when I redo my
gauges next time I'm going to buff the paint off, spiff up the chrome and
remount the gauges with chrome bezels. I know that the chrome bezels are
not original and that the bezels were painted to reduce reflections (will
the government save me from myself. phleese..) but it's my car and I prefer
them in chrome.
Mike Lunsford, 1970 TR6
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