I have a Mk 1a Tiger.
The jack and handle have a bit of black on them but I can tell how glossy
they were.
My rims have a bad coat of silver on them, with white (color of my car)
under that and the same black under it all (on both front and back) again
hard to tell how glossy.
Paul
>From: jumpinjan <jservaites@woh.rr.com>
>To: "Paul R. Breuhan" <prbreuhan@hotmail.com>
>CC: alpines@autox.team.net, tigers@autox.team.net
>Subject: Re: A question of colors...
>Date: Sat, 28 Jun 2003 15:15:47 -0700
>
>Paul,
> We need specific info on what car/year you have. If it's an Alpine, all
>the early series I&II had body color, series 3-V were Rootes paint code
>#8 Foam Gray. I believe the early Tigers (I think) were also Foam Gray
>and the MK-IIs were silver. The wheels were first painted a gloss black
>and then only the wheel face was painted Foam gray. As for the rest of
>the parts, if they were originally black then they should be painted a
>"low" gloss black and not the high gloss urethanes. So the jack & jack
>handle should be gloss black.
>PS, I have master paint chips of all the Rootes colors, including Foam
>gray. $18 each, which includes shipping.
>Jan Servaites
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