Check behind the rubber seal by the door check for original color. '72
"purple" was #17 Damson. A nice color when shiny and clean.
Bob Kramer, Austin TX
Hill Country Triumph Club
TR6x3, TR250 x3, TR3A vintage race
rgk@flash.net
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> From: James Charles Ruwaldt <jruwaldt@indiana.edu>
> To: Triumphs <triumphs@autox.team.net>
> Subject: TR6 paint
> Date: Wednesday, March 26, 1997 9:36 AM
>
> Listers,
> My '72 TR6 is some shade of maroon or burgundy. I've also found
> this color in the engine compartment and under the trunk carpet. A TRF
> catalogue identifies the shade of red for '72 as pimiento, which I
> certainly wouldn't define my car as being. However, there's another
> paint layer, this one more of a magenta, and another that may be more of
> the red that pimiento describes, since the car has several layers on it.
> I haven't checked in the engine compartment to see if these same layers
> appear there, but the lowest layer may be the same as the top layer. Who
> can suggest what the color should be?
> Jim Ruwaldt
> '72 TR6 (being restored, but will be drivable when the transmission's
> back in)
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