Dan -
>From the chart I have:
Old English White (WT3)
Rinser-Masion (Spelling? Can't quite read it)
BM149 or BM150
Ditzler
8177
Duplicolor
8207
Chris Kotting
ckotting@iwaynet.net
Dan Mullis wrote:
>
> Good Day,
>
> I went this weekend to pick up some paint to do my bugeye. The
> place I go to (car color in Gilroy, CA) has been very helpful but
> we were unable to come up with a paint code for "Old English White"
> (WT-3) that would cross match to a modern code. Does anyone have
> this info?
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated,
>
> Dan(dmullis@adobe.com)
> 1960 bugeye
>
> Since this is my first email to the list, here is the story
> of the car.
>
> Sitting in a far corner of my neighbors yard, under a stack of
> rotting tarps I could see the just enough of the smile to know
> it was a bugeye. After months of watching it be neglected they
> put their house up for sale. I walked over and asked, what
> are you going to do with the Austin? "Why you want it?" was
> her reply. I gave them $200 and towed it home. That was early
> March. I have stripped it to bare metal and primed it. The
> biggest issue I have is that some idiot cut a big hole in the
> bonnet to add ventalation. I will post pictures on my web site
> when I get some better progress. My plan early on was to buy a
> 1275 from mini-mania along with a 5-speed. But after reading
> the conversations lately, I am leaning toward going stock
> and try to rebuild it's 948 which looks to be a major ordeal.
> Does anyone sell rebuilt 948's?
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