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Re: Flat black on the TR6 body

To: "Gary Oehrle" <oehrle@lsil.com>, <triumphs@Autox.Team.Net>
Subject: Re: Flat black on the TR6 body
From: "Tim Engel" <tengel@isd.net>
Date: Fri, 13 Jun 1997 08:00:18 -0500
12 June 1997, Gary Oehrle, <oehrle@lsil.com>  wrote:
> 
> What have those on the list used for the flat black paint on the lower 
> sections of the tr6.  '74 to be specific.


The following is a exchange that occur last month on the same subject...
Regards,
Tim

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> From: Steve Sutton <ssutton@ridgecrest.ca.us>
> To: scott suhring <suhring@lancnews.infi.net>; triumphs@autox.team.net
> Subject: re: Proper TR6 Black Colour
> Date: Saturday, May 17, 1997 10:02 PM
> 
> I don't believe that Triumph assigned a paint code to the black paint
> used on the tail/rockers.  It is a flat black, altought some prefer a
> semi-gloss.  When I resprayed my car with a basecoat/clearcoat
> (PPG) paint I wanted something more durable than a simple single-
> stage flat black.  I came up with a basecoat/clearcoat used on late
> 80's Mercedes bumpers.  A perfect match with the durability of a
clearcoat.
> 
> Hope this helps.
> 
> Steve Sutton
> 74 1/2 TR-6 - daily driver!
> ssutton@ridgecrest.ca.us
> Ridgecrest, CA
> 
> 
> >  From: scott suhring <suhring@lancnews.infi.net>, on 5/17/97 8:42 AM:
> >  Proper colour question for the list.
> >  
> >  Is the black paint used for the tail, sills, and
> >  windscreen frame the same colour code of "11"
> >  identified in Bill Piggott's book, or is this code
> >  only to identify interior trim?
> >  
> >  Scott Suhring
> >  Elizabethtown, PA
> >  '70 TR6


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