Jon,
>From what I understand, there were probably three metalic colours that were
available in one form or another on MG TDs. A silver-green similar to that
light green Hammerite that tool boxes were painted in the 1950s (like
mine), a light metalic goldish-silver and a pewter-ish silver colour. Only
the green was ever seen with the dark wings. My friend and British Car
expert, writer Harry Newton, who sold these cars new in New York City when
they were new says that they never did any two-tone cars at the factory and
that they HAD to have been done at the dealership but I know what I found
on my own car and Mike Goodman also says that they did so I BELIEVE!!!
Harry just might have never seen one. I've seen a number of MG YAs in the
same two tone sos I knows that they gots the paint.
Cheers,
Rick
>Rick,
>
>Thanks for the reply. I had thought from reading various sources that
>Silver Streak Gray (SSG) originated in 1953 as a replacement for slow
>selling Clipper Blue. I gathered the SSG color was rare and only a few 53
>TDs and later TFs came to the US in SSG. I have assumed my late 53 car was
>originally painted in SSG. Your telling of silver green colors on 50 to 52
>vintage TDs indicates I may not be calling the greenish color by its proper
>name. I would still like to determine if SSG was a metallic gray-gold paint
>with a hint of green or if it was metallic silvery gray with no green in it
>at all. Regardless of what the greenish gray metallic color is called I
>like how it looks on my firewall and intend to use it on the rest of the
>car. Confirming the color had a factory name and was as authentic as any of
>the reds out there would be fun.
>
>Jon
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