Jim
All hard tops were painted black if there were ordered separately;
if it was ordered with the car it was painted the same color as the car.
The paint chooses would be lacquer or enamel. I'm not exactly sure what
Rootes used but my first guess would be enamel. Clear coat in the 60's was
custom paint only and a lacquer product I believe.
Your statement that "there is essentially no orange peel on my top" can
happen in several ways. The paint could have been laid down that way or
delivered from the factory like that, the previous owners used polishing
compound to get to that smooth finish or it was wet sanded and polished.
Rootes color code for Embassy black = 1, Ditzler # 9000, Lucite Lacquer -
99L, Dulux enamel - 93005, Berger code 404.0014, ICI - 122
Any of today's paint can be laid down the same way, almost perfectly smooth
or some orange peel that can be polished out. It is all in the talent of
the painter and the products used and exactly what you want.
My hard top is painted with basecoat/ clearcoat black.
Ron Fraser
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Subject: [Tigers] hard-top questions
Hello
Two hardtop questions after striping everything off the steel frame on
Gary's top last night:
1) there are two small brackets about an inch long pop-riveted to the
bottom
frame of the hardtop. the tab
over at 90 degrees has a very small hole in the center. Any idea
what these are for?
2) Paint: all hardtops were painted black. I want to match the original
color and finish. I once heard that
it was black with a clear coat from the factory. True or
false? And what color and type of paint
used? There is essentially no orange peal on my top which is
reasonable in paint.
Any and all hardtop comments welcomed.
Best regards,
Jim Armstrong
Mk 1A 382002083
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