Alan,
Usually all Coronet Cream cars were painted the same inside the engine bay.
There aren't many untouched originals but the 3 I've seen that come to mind
all were solid Cronet Cream everywhere.
Rich Chrysler
AHCA Hundred Registrar
----- Original Message -----
From: "Alan Seigrist" <healey.nut@gmail.com>
To: "Curt/Nancy Arndt" <cnaarndt@gmail.com>; "Tadeusz Malkiewicz"
<tadeusz.malkiewicz@plusnet.pl>; <healeys@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, October 13, 2008 7:06 PM
Subject: Re: [Healeys] 100M Engine Bay Paint Color
> My early BN1 was coronet cream. What would the chassis and engime bay
> be painted on mine?
>
> On 10/14/08, Curt/Nancy Arndt <cnaarndt@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 2:47 PM, Tadeusz Malkiewicz
>> <tadeusz.malkiewicz@plusnet.pl> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Any idea why some were painted white and some black??..
>>
>>
>> Tadek,
>>
>> That is the $64,000 question. No, we don't know why some were black and
>> some remained body color.
>>
>> Please document your original engine bay color in pictures and send me
>> the
>> photos as I would like to add this evidence to my collection.
>>
>> I have personally seen BN2's painted both ways and a number of OEW BN1's
>> with the black engine bays however I still need photographic
>> documentation
>> of the early white cars without the black engine compartment if anyone
>> has
>> photos.
>>
>> Curt
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