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Re: Hood Frame rebuild

To: "Fred Griffiths" <griffco@mail.cadvision.com>, <spitfires@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: Hood Frame rebuild
From: "Keith R. Stewart" <kstewart@wwdc.com>
Date: Sat, 2 Sep 2000 11:40:33 -0400
Fred Griffiths wrote:
>
> What I noticed though, is that under the PO's black paint seemed to be
> Conifer Green on some parts.  Made me wonder, what colour should the
> hood frame be?  On dark cars I can see having a dark frame to match, but
> I couldn't imagine driving for long in one with Pimento or Safron frame
> bars against a black roof.
>
> Any ideas?
>
On my 70 Mk3 (Damson), the frame (believed to be original finish) was
black...the original soft top was black also (now Robbins Bisque).

On the recently acquired '1500' (White), the frame is also black...the
original soft top was black.

Hope that helps.
Cheers
Keith

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