TRBILBO@aol.com wrote:
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> By the way....Piggott's book is LOADED with innaccuracies...especially for
> TR6. AND especially on colors...even the pictures he calls original are not
> all ture colors...especially the shades of blue shown.So if in doubt... ask
> me and I will be glad to research it for you. Thanks... AND .."11" is the
> interior code only. The tail and front grill surround trim, and the
> windshield frame (after Oct 69) is Satin Black...not flat or gloss. Somewhere
> I have the DuPont code...but believe it or not...Krylon Satin Black is an
> exact match and if built up in six thin coats will survive 10 years or more.
> . Mine stores outdoors and the Jasmine Centuri Acrylic body paint was trimmed
> this way. Still looks great.The Rockers were undercoated never "
> painted"...with a black undercoat (rock protector) and 3M makes this in a
> spray can at any good automotive paint store.
> Bill Burroughs, So West VTR National Rep, 70 TR6, 68 TR250, 59 TR3A,
> 73 MKIV, 69 GT6+ and two 65 TR4A Vintage Race cars. Happy Motoring!
Thanks for the info. We had selected a satin paint and just
wasn't pleased with the darkness against the Laurel green.
Seemed to have too much gray in the shading. May change per your
suggestion.
Scott Suhring
Elizabethtown, PA
'70 TR6
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