On Tue, 23 Jan 1996, Graham McCann wrote:
> >
> >For the record, I wish someone would paint their B black. I had plans to do
> >that with the '63 but in the 11th hour I blinked--with my early style disk
> >wheels a fellow persuaded me I'd need wide-WSW tires (I had to agree but I
> >just couldn't do that).
>
> Picture a newly repainted black MGC GT with chrome all replated, chrome wire
> wheels, red upholstery with red piping. We have one here and it looks magic
> - but Oh what a dust collector.
>
> Black is always seen to be a hopeless colour in hot weather. When you think
> about it it is only in a GT that the passengers are sitting under black and
> I have felt the interior head lining in the black MGC GT on a hot day and it
> was scarcely warm, due to the insulation in the head lining. In a roadster
> the hood is almost always black although it is usually better sitting under
> a raised soft top than being out in the blazing sun (skin cancer, sun burn
> etc). The zip out rear windows in the late model hoods are a great
> improvement. In Oz open top cars are really only good for autumn (fall) and
> spring or possibly nightime motoring in the summer.
>
> In other words, if you fancy black - go for it.
>
>
> Regards
> Graham McCann Rivett, ACT. Australia
> gmccann@pcug.org.au
> 06 2889055
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My CGT is black (with chrome wires) but the Britax sun roof makes it a
pleasure to drive especially at higher velocities.
Keith Holdsworth, MG Car Club of Toronto.
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