As Steven mentioned, the trim rings were originally chrome, and changed to
black at some point (I believe with the TR5/250). But I think you were
asking about the faces of the gauges(?). Those on my TR4 are flat black,
and I believe they were all more of a flat or matte black.
Kurtis Jones
Russellville, Arkansas
1963 TR4 - CT19389L
1959 AH Bugeye - AN5L23250
www.geocities.com/tr4_1963
> Alan Salvatore wrote:
>
>> Are the faces of the guages supposed to be flat black or shinny. Mine
>> are flat black, but I don't know if thats because of age.
>
> I believe that early TR4 gauges were shiny chrome, but at some point in
> the TR4 run it was changed to flat black. If you've ever seen the
> reflection of the setting sun at your back -- but still shining in your
> eyes from the chrome trim rings -- you can understand why they'd switch to
> flat black.
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