In a message dated 10/25/2000 6:48:29 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
paul-m@mweb.co.za writes:
> My 1974 TR6 was resprayed fairly early in its life from magenta to
> signal red, but the engine bay is black. On the left front wheel arch,
> however, there is a British Leyland sticker saying something about
> emissions, which is over the black paint. Given the less than meticulous
> attention to detail exhibited elsewhere in the respray, I have trouble
> believing that the resprayer carefully unpeeled the sticker, then
> replaced it afterwards. Is it possible that my engine bay has always
> been black, or where they all the same colour as the bodywork, as all
> the pictures I've seen suggest?
Paul (and others), is there the slightest possibility that your car was a CKD
car assembled in South Africa originally, in which case it likely was
finish-painted there and not at the factory in England? That might account
for a black-painted engine bay? Just a weird thought....
--Andy
Andrew Mace, President, The Vintage Triumph Register
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