steve;
agree.hirsch paint "engine green" is good stuff..used it on my tc.
dick fontaine
48mgtc
62tr3b
if its steel, its real.
On Tue, 4 Feb 1997, Leckstein wrote:
> At 10:19 PM 2/5/97 -0800, Steve Brown wrote:
> >Anyone out there have a source for the correct engine paint color for a
> >'46 MG TC? Am I correct in believing it to be a grey?
> >
> >Thanks.
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> >Steve
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> Steve, yes...no...maybe. This is a favorite question, and comes up often. I
> have seen many a parking lot debate over it. Funny thing, the question is
> raised in the latest issue of the Octagon Car Club Magazine published in
> England. That article basically holds what I have said on this list before.
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> After the war when TC production started ( I believe the first European car
> to be put back into production ) the company bought, got , whatever,
> surplus tank (green) and ship (battleship gray) paint. You see, the color
> under the hood wasn't important. The engines and firewalls were painted
> with this surplus paint until sometime in 1947. Depending on the day or
> hour, the mix for the paint varied from gray green to green gray, as they
> were mixed. Thus any variation of the two is possible.
>
> I used on my 47, Hirsch's "TC Engine Green" as the quality and ease of
> application is terrific. His gray green is as right as any other color.
> 1-800-828-2061. Hope this helps.(usual disclaimers)
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> Mike
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