From: TeriAnn Wakeman <twakeman@apple.com>
In message <9311161546.AA09444@hpfckjs.fc.hp.com> writes:
> TeriAnn,
> My experience to date with the reseviors is that they were unpainted.
Kevin, your observation matches mine on the brake/clutch resevior.
Hm again. The text of Bill Piggott's "Original Triumph TR", which
often describes the color of things, is silent about brake/clutch
reservoirs. There are pictures of two cars with apparently black
reservoirs; the captions on these pictures, which describe "unoriginal
things" in the pictures, do not mention the reservoirs. Another
picture, which is actually of a commission plate but also shows the
reservoir, is captioned "The black fluid reservoir would originally
have had a transfer on it indicating 'brake' and 'clutch'". (This
transfer is news to me. Anyone ever seen one?)
My other concern is the acelerator peddle/linkage assembly. I looked
mine over very carefully befor subjecting it to the sand blaster. Mine
has a thin layer of rust signifying some kind of protection was there,
but i could not find any traces of paint on most of it. The face of
the accelerator peddle was apinted silver.
My most original car has: painted black clutch and brake pedals, black
pedal mounting boxes/brackets, unpainted accelerator pedal (is yours
really -painted- silver? I thought the faces were silver just from
being polished by use for many years), unpainted accelerator linkage
rods. It's possible that the accel pedal and linkage rods were
lightly plated (not galvanized) at one time.
Piggott's pictures look like they have black pedal boxes. I can't find
anything about the pedals themselves..
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