The gusset to which you are refering is painted the same as the rest of the car.
Mine, on the passenger compartment side is partially painted, with primer
showing
here and there. The outside is fully painted like the rest of the body.
Cheers
ArthurK101@aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 08-Sep-00 13:57:52 Eastern Daylight Time, Ct54531@aol.com
> writes:
>
> > This is about the triangular piece of metal that sits in the lower rear
> > corner of the door opening - called a gusset or a reinforcement as far as
> I
> > can tell. My question is what's the finish on it? My 4A had a vinyl cover
> > over it but I'm not sure that wasn't added at some point. The seal goes
> over
> >
> > to edge to be sure but what about the face of the triangle. Is it a
> finished
> >
> > paint-body color? Or is there a 'cover' of some sort that goes over it.
> > TIA
>
> Jim, good question. No-one has ever asked me before. Mine has black vinyl
> on the inside and the outside is painted body color (white for me). (
> Caution my car was repainted about 10 years ago -- BUT the inner black vinyl
> and the edging is correct, which leads me to think that they put it back
> correctly. As far as I can remember it was always white. Also, Piggot shows
> several pictures where the outside looks as if it were painted body color.
>
> Let me know if you get anything different on this. Cheers.
>
> Art Kelly '64 TR4 CT33118L (original owner/factory pickup)
> VTR TR4 vehicle consultant
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