Walt,
Yes, it does resemble your car. The picture of your car from the rear shows
the paint to be somewhat hazy or milky looking when looked at "sideways" for
lack of a better term. Mine looks the same. Or maybe yours was just dusty
or something when you took the picture. As for the color, mine is Pimento
Red and looks just a little more orange than yours, but the difference could
be due to inacurate color reproduction.
Gary
'73
-----Original Message-----
From: Walt Boeninger [mailto:walt.boeninger@hp.com]
Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2004 11:56 AM
To: Gary Fluke
Cc: jonmac; TR6 list
Subject: Re: TR6 paint type
Anomaly? Perhaps... does it resemble this:
http://www.norcal-saac.org/triumph/
This is our 74 ( built Sept 73). Completely original
except for Right rear door/fender repaint in late 70s.
Can someone tell what color this is? I don't remember...
Walt
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Gary Fluke wrote:
> Jonmac,
>
> Thank you for your comments about British paint of the seventies. I have
a
> '73 6 with the original Pimento Red paint. The car has never been hit and
> has very few door dings, as well. The only rust is on the muffler and
> exhaust pipes. When I bought the car the paint was extremely oxidized, so
> much so that I had to rub it out over and over again with very aggressive
> rubbing compound. I was very happy with the thickness of the paint and
got
> away with removing a lot of it. The paint looks best in direct sunlight
and
> it will never have the depth of shine like a fresh repaint or a brand new
> car, but still looks pretty good. Having said that, I'll keep it as it is
> as long as possible. Is this car's paint condition a rare anomaly?
>
>
> Gary
> '73
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