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Re: Scuttle plenum chamber

To: Chip19474@aol.com
Subject: Re: Scuttle plenum chamber
From: John Mitchell <jmitch@snet.net>
Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2005 21:11:06 -0500
Thanks to everyone who replied.  I called the painter and body color it 
will stay.   I always appreciate the very timely help this list 
provides.    John Mitchell  76 TR6

Chip19474@aol.com wrote:

> In a message dated 3/15/2005 12:01:14 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
> jmitch@snet.net writes:
>
>> Anyone know what would be original
>
>
>
> John,
>
> All of the TR6's we've seen (including my '76 restoration) appeared to 
> have been sprayed body color.  The paint was heaviest in the area 
> under the skuttle vent/grill where you would hope there would be paint 
> since that's where most of the weather would affect the metal.  Using 
> a mirror, we found that the paint feathered out (got thinner) in both 
> directions (left & right) from the skuttle vent area.  I think that 
> the thickness of paint really depended on who was wheeling the paint 
> nozzle around during production that day.  Don't forget, the wiper arm 
> box covers on the inside of the bulkhead would not have been installed 
> before painting so some paint probably misted its way into the 
> bulkhead cavity from those openings.
>
> One thing's fairly certain in my opinion.....the inside of the 
> bulkhead cavity wasn't black!
>
> Chip Krout
> Delaware Valley Triumphs, Ltd.
> Skippack, PA  USA
>
> '76 TR6 CF57822U




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