Bob,
I have a late 53 TD I am rejuvenating. In most unrepainted places (up under
and behind the dashboard and interior panels, underside of all removable
body panels, upper surface of toolbox lid carefully cleaned off with lacquer
thinner) the paint appears to be an unusual but nifty light metallic
greenish gray. I have assumed this was what the factory called Silver
Streak Gray. I have even had a paint shop match it in preparation for
taking all the panels off the car and repainting them the same color on all
sides. The only place I did not find the greenish grey metallic is on a
front fender I do not think was ever hit or repaired. The 1" wide strip of
light metallic silverish gray showed up between the holes for the three
chromed screws and washers that hold the splash pan across the bottom of the
radiator grill to the fender. Clive Sheriff of Oxford UK today indicates
subsequent paint jobs leaching through turns gray to a light metallic green
all over. Possible, but I have found pretty much the same light metallic
greenish gray color not covered with later paint layers as I have found
overcoated with later layers. Maybe the grey ages to a green color under
some set of conditions I have not figured out a common denominator for. I
would have had no qualms about the original color of my car having been a
light metallic greenish gray if I had not found the strip of silverish
metallic gray with no trace of green in it.
Who out there remembers whether the Silver Streak Gray that replaced Clipper
Blue in 1953 had a hint of green metallic in it or not? What color is the
TF pictured in the Classified section of the most recent MOSS Motoring? It
looks greenish to me.
Jon Hermance, SLC, UT, 54 TF, 53 TD, 70MGB-GT, 74 XJ6L
-----Original Message-----
From: BobMGT@aol.com [mailto:BobMGT@aol.com]
Sent: Wednesday, May 31, 2000 2:01 PM
To: elan@efortress.com
Cc: mg-t@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: MGTD Paint
Steve:
My understanding is that the TD does not have a paint code on the ID
plate. You may never know the original color. But, on the other hand, you
have the freedom to choose a color and no one can claim it's not original.
Also no one knows how many colors MG actually used. A friend in the local
club here is the original owner of a light green metallic TD and he can
prove
it came from the factory that way!
In a message dated 5/31/00 7:26:35 PM !!!First Boot!!!, elan@efortress.com
writes:
> I am trying to find the origional paint colors for a 1953 MGTD. Does the
> ID plate have the interior/exterior codes on it?
> Steve
Bob Donahue (Still stuck in the '50s)
EMAIL - BOBMGT@AOL.COM
52 MGTD - under DIY restoration NEMGTR #11470
71 MGB - AMGBA #96-12029, NAMGBR #7-3336
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