Hi Jack,
I don't know which type of Triumph you want to know about, but ALL
Heralds certainly had the chassis painted in body colour, though there was a
black paint underneath this. On those Heralds I have dismantled, the body
colur extended to the top of the chassis rails - I don't know how the
production process allowed this, as I always understood the shells were
painted after fitting to the chassis. Anyone able to comment???
Cheers,
Bill.
Jack McCarrick wrote:
> Frames should be Black seems to be the common sentiment. I remember
> reading that the factory produced some body colored frames. I'm finding
> indications on the frame near the front springs that the frame was body
> color. The surviving paint has too good of a surface to be overspray
> and has survived because it was covered with undercoating.
>
> I have no current intention of this being a show car, but have had
> several encourage me to keep the car authentic when I can. Once I strip
> the frame all indications of that original implentation will be gone.
> In this situation should the frame be kept body color?
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