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Re: Desperately need advice on painting my BN7 tri-carb

To: ah62bn7@yahoo.com, healeys@Autox.Team.Net
Subject: Re: Desperately need advice on painting my BN7 tri-carb
From: tammie wall <whammie@iopener.net>
Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2005 17:21:18 -0600
bob,
with the thought and planning you've put into your project so far, you probably 
should finish it on your own.
jerry
Austin Healey wrote:
 > 
 > Hello all,
 > 
 > I have what seems to me to be a pressing and huge
 > problem. My beloved 62 BN7 tri-carb
 > (http://www.caymanconferences.com/corvette/62bn7.htm)
 > is at the paint shop with fenders off, almost ready
 > for my final decision about color. It was originally
 > the white exterior/red interior. My problem is that I
 > don't like the original white color. I hate the red
 > interior and changed it to a Heritage dark blue
 > interior, which is beautiful.
 > 
 > So, I can either paint it the original white, a
 > brighter white that looks good, Healey Blue, or what I
 > really like, which is dark blue metallic. The frame is
 > white cream, of course, so anything other than some
 > shade of white will be obviously "wrong".
 > 
 > Since I'm looking for opinions:
 > 
 > 1) is there anything really stupid about painting the
 > car dark blue, even if the frame and firewall are
 > white and can't be re-painted without complete
 > disassembly?
 > 
 > 2) Will it hurt the value if it is not an original
 > Healey color?
 > 
 > 3) Most importantly, if I don't paint it the original
 > white, is there a better looking white that everyone
 > agrees is the obvious better choice?
 > 
 > Help!!!!!!!I have to make a decision next week.
 > 
 > Thanks very much,
 > 
 > Bob S.
 > 
 > 
 > 
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