No, the piping was always paint color, not upholstery color. Anyway,
that's not what I was responding to. I was commenting on the statement
someone made that points would be deducted on a TF painted a color other
than the one indicated by the color code part of the car number.
On Wed, 31 Jan 2001, Wiedemeyer wrote in response to Chip Old:
> There should be no deduction for piping being the same color as the
> upholstery, since they came that way from the factory in the first place!
>
> >It really depends on how the concourse is to be judged. If originality is
> >a factor in the judging, it depends on whether the judges want THE
> >original body color or will accept ANY original body color.
> >
> >On Wed, 31 Jan 2001, Roadrunner@Post.com wrote to mg-t@autox.team.net:
> >
> >> The Concourse deduction for piping not matching the body color is
> >> probably trivial compared with the penalty for painting a green TF
> >> white, unless you plan to forge an HDP serial number plate in place of
> >> your original HDE numbered plate. In that event, you may wish to save
> >> the original plate for the sake of the next owner, as the caretaker of
> >> that bit of British automotive history.
> >>
> >> According to F.E. Old III, the Technical Editor of
> >> The "T" Series Handbook (1986) published by The New
> >> England MG T Register, the third letter in the TF
> >> Car Number represents the original paint color:
> >>
> >> A = Black
> >> B = Birch Grey (Ditzler Paint Code DDL 31918)
> >> C = M.G. Red (Ditzler Paint Code DDL 71993)
> >> E = Almond Green (Ditzler Paint Code DDL 44159)
> >> P = Ivory (Ditzler Paint Code DDL 81271)
> >>
> >> So for each of these exemplary car numbers,
> >>
> >> HDA13/0501 was originally black
> >> HDB46/0570 was originally grey
> >> HDC13/0503 was originally red
> >> HDE43/0513 was originally green
> >> HDP43/0502 was originally ivory
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Chip Old 1948 M.G. TC TC6710 XPAG7430 NEMGTR #2271
Cub Hill, Maryland 1962 Triumph TR4 CT3154LO CT3479E
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