There is no doubt in my mind that the valence should be body color.
I hold in my hand a 1968 dealer brochure with a clear front view of a red
TR250 with the RED valence showing plainly. All my 250's have also been
body color (although I have never been original owner).
It wouldn't surprise me if some dealers painted the valences on new cars if
they thought it looked better, so there could be debate. I will use my
brochure as evidence to back up my choice if challenged.
BTW the inner fender to upper valence bars are also body color.... I've seen
some people paint them black.
Jim
----- Original Message -----
From: <britauto@ihpc.net>
To: <6pack@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2002 12:40 AM
Subject: Re: TR250 Valence Paint
> 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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