Francis,
I have a 53 TD that was originally what I believe to be Silver Streak gray
with a red interior and grill slats. In the classified section of a
Motoring Magazine earlier this year, there was a small picture of a TF I
think may have been Silver Streak gray - a sort of greenish looking gray to
my eye. I would be interested in any "conclusive(?)" information you come
up with on what Silver Streak gray is/was supposed to look like.
Jon
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From: Francis Precht [mailto:fprecht@mail.frostburg.edu]
Sent: Friday, November 17, 2000 7:19 AM
To: mg-t@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Painting Information
A great web site that you might want to visit is
www.autobodystore.com run by Len Stuart out of New Jersey. Although
this is a commercial site and he offers a great deal of stuff for sale,
he also hosts a very active bulletin board, with folks from all over
participating. A link can be found about 1/2 way down the main page or
you could try going to the board directly at
www.autobodystore.com/cgi-bin/config.pl?index
Len offers a Painting 101 video that many praise, though I haven't
gotten far enough along in my own TD frame-off to yet worry about paint
other than on the chassis.
As a cross-over to the other concurrent thread on paint colors, also
look for original colors on small inconspicuous places/things like the
mounting plate for the door lock (Moss #401-430, #36 in catalog
illustration) mounted before painting in the factory and well before
upholstery and chrome. I found silver streak gray there, although the
rest of the car was cracked, flaking ivory.
Does anyone know of a pic of a silver streak gray TD ??
Bud P.
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