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Re: TC Exhaust manifold

To: britcars@juno.com
Subject: Re: TC Exhaust manifold
From: "Richard Fontaine (ENG)" <fontaine@scooby.lklnd.usf.edu>
Date: Tue, 18 Feb 1997 13:34:15 -0500 (EST)
lawrie;
my tc had aluminized manifold, as you said..wasn,t concerned with
concours, so i had coker do a jaguar porcelain job on it and intake..do
look good with stainless steel exaust...
dick fontaine 
48mgtc
62tr3b
"he who dies with the most toys, wins"
i want to be 2nd.

On Tue, 18 Feb 1997 britcars@juno.com wrote:

> 
> On Mon, 17 Feb 1997 22:20:56 +0100 ad346@lafn.org (Ron Simon) writes:
> >>I have seen some very detailed modern restorations with the exhaust 
> >manifold
> >>painted white. One even had the manifold "ceramicized" white 
> >(supposed to
> >>never fade) and looked quite good. In TC's Forever, pictures of the 
> >manifolds
> >>are painted black.
> >>
> >>Which is correct??
> >>
> >>Joseph
> >Joseph, I believe neither is correct as the original was not painted 
> >or
> >coated and left in it's natural cast iron state by the factory.
> >ron simon ad346@lafn.org
> >
> Sorry, but our vote goes for aluminized, a sprayed-on coating that had a
> white-ish appearance. The four clamps were also aluminized.  It can still
> be done by (among others, perhaps) a company in Sunland, So. Cal., called
> Hambro Industries. Address available on request.
> 
> Lawrie
> British Sportscar Center
> 


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