Darrell/Todd,
I think this is an area that's open for dispute. When I restored my 250 I
got a list of items to check for from Tom Waddell (VTR Vehicle
Consultant)... one of the items is the front valance. According to Tom the
front should be black and the side towards the engine body color.... that's
the way I did mine (my body color is red). I have a friend that purchased
his TR250 from the original owner... the car was never hit or
repainted....he swears that the front of the valance was body color (Triumph
Racing Green). I justified black by looking at pictures of white 250's....
if the front of the valance was body color the white would show up behind
the grill...and none of the pictures I found showed the white. I actually
put my grille in while the front of the valance was painted Red and you
could see the red behind the grille.... I then painted it satin black.
Another item open for debate is the color of the steel wheels....black or
silver?
Bruce Harding
58 TR3, 68 TR250, 80 TR8
>>Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2002 21:06:38 EDT
>>From: TR250Driver@aol.com
>>Subject: Re: TR250 Valence Paint
>>In a message dated 10/22/02 7:38:36 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
>>red_tr250@hotmail.com writes:
>
> Well I up & did it?? Pulled all almost everything, short of the body tub,
> off of a perfectly good TR250. Anyway, I'm gonna repaint the car
including
>
> the engine bay. My question is what color is the valence in the front. I
> believe the rear(engine side) is the same color as the engine bay. I
think
>
> the front is black? If it is black, is it flat, semi-gloss, gloss?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Todd(without car to drive) Bermudez
> CD3705L
>
>
>
>
>
>>Todd,
>>Oh Boy! If you really did it you might as well do it right. Should be
all
>>body color up there except for the horns, head light buckets and bonnet
prop
>>rod which are black. Might as well use gloss on them.
>>Good luck,
>>Darrell
>>68 TR250 CD 4412 LO
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