Hi Dan,
The smoother, rounded appearance of the old ones may be from age and
owner effort.
Pop bought this car new, and I recall as a kid trying to polish the
old lens to make them look as sharp as the repros of the time. In doing
so, I'm sure I smoothed off the crisp letters that I do recall on
originals back then. I must have been a polishing fiend as a youngster,
because I polished off the paint on bonnet and fenders. MG identified
the paint as Cellulose Enamel. Pop was a loyal customer of Dupont #7
polish, "safe for all enamels". Problem was that English "cellulose
enamel" is American lacquer. Good ol' #7 was way too abrasive. We
polished through the paint into the primer as we tried to get out the
dark areas, necessitating a repaint in 1961.
Bob
On Thu, 6 Dec 2007 19:30:26 -0500 "Dan" <imoz@columbus.rr.com> writes:
> Listers,
>
> Thank you for the replies and information contained in them.
>
> I sure caused some confusion. I made a mistake in my description of
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