I recently looked at a '68 MGB that still had its factory paintjob=2E I was=
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suprised when I looked underneath the car at the floorboards and saw that=20
there was overspray on the undercoating=2E I know for sure that the paint=20
really is original, so that got me wondering if the factory painting=20
technique was a bit sloppy back then=2E I remember a picture of an MGA bein=
g=20
painted by just two guys with paint guns, which seems pretty crude by=20
today's standards=2E
Does anyone know the factory's painting techniques for MGAs and MGBs? Was=20
lead used to fill uneven areas or on panel seems? Was only one primer used?=
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I've noticed on my car that the exterior body has a coat of red oxide=20
primer, but that some of the interior metal is sprayed with a primer that i=
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white in color or with both it and the red oxide=2E I posed a similar quest=
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on the Triumph list (about my GT6), and I was suprised to hear that on=20
Triumphs they often used several different primers on the same car, and=20
apparently even used a filler primer to cover minor body imperfections=2E
Karim
'67 B-GT
'67 GT6
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