Shame you didn't let us have the guy's email address! It is a remarkably
snotty reply.
Simon.
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-healeys@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-healeys@autox.team.net] On
Behalf Of linwood rose
Sent: 25 June 2005 13:23
To: list healey
Subject: jaguar arrogance
I thought you would appreciate the question I asked the jaguar list-
serve and the response I got. Just one more reason why I like Healeys
and healey people, although I will not generalize from one "bad apple!"
Hi folks,
Pardon the intrusion because I am a Healey guy (1960 BT7 and a 1959
Bugeye), but I have a question for you. I am restoring my Big Healey
down to the last fastener and back. I am remaining true to the car's
heritage on most points but I plan to paint the car silver, a non-
healey color, and will use a red leather Heritage interior. I want a
"white" silver and have considered the modern BMW titanium silver and
the VW silver. However, I would really like to use a "period" silver
if possible. Tonight I was reading my July Octane magazine which has
a gorgeous silver/red XK120 in it. I couldn't find the model year
identified in the article anywhere, but if anyone else has seen the
car and knows the color name and code I sure would appreciate having
the information. Can anyone help? Thanks!
Lin Rose
1960 AH BT7 in restoration
1959 Bugeye
AND THE RESPONSE!!
Lin,
I hate to be a wet blanket,but there's no reason to presume that a
car in a photo in a current magazine, would be painted in an
original colour.
Even if the owner fondly imagined it so.
Possibly the most unoriginal aspect of some modern metallic paint
jobs is the excessive 'clear over base' effect.
As it's not an original Healey colour, you may as well go for a
colour that you are happy with.
To digress, I think it was Paul Skilleter who once said, [ and I
paraphrase] that people who were enamoured of Healeys, were those
who had come to them via MG's not Jaguars.
He may have been biased, of course.
--
Ed Nantes SS
Melbourne, Australia
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