Joe Curry wrote:
>
> Tim,
>
> What you described agrees with what I have discovered on the 4 Spitfires
> I have torn down.
>
> Joe
>
> Tim Greenlee wrote:
> >
> > I just removed the body from a 70 GT6. It appears that the body was placed
>on a black frame. The body and frame were then painted. Most of my frame was
>the color of the body, but there were parts of the frame that were still black
>of had a very light overspray of body color.
> >
> > Tim
> >
> > ----------
> > From: William Davies[SMTP:w.davies@virgin.net]
> > Sent: Tuesday, October 06, 1998 12:53 AM
> > To: Jack McCarrick
> > Cc: Triumph Mailinglist
> > Subject: Re: Body Color Frames
> >
> > 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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My two TR3s have body color frames...both are remarkably like a RUST
color!!!!!
Michael Ferguson
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