John Macartney wrote:
Generally, there were
>about four colour changes a day and by the end of each week, the build
>up of sprayed paint in the booths required a whole weekend to chisel
>out before normal working started again on a Monday.
That would explain the gap in commission numbers between Sap White and New
White cars :)
Sorry, Michael -
>the flowlines of 40 years ago didn't easily adapt to dealing with
>things "that happened to be lying around looking for a home"
>especially if its paint <smile> Modern ones may well be an
>improvement?
Well, it was just a suggestion ;-) Also, our local Classic Car magazine has
a Mk11 Jag on the cover. It is Signal Red, a non-factory colour for Jags,
but the story claims that you could get any colour you wanted form the Jag
factory, presumably as a 'special order'. What would have been done on such
cars, would they have changed the whole production line for this one off
(which I seriously doubt) or would it have contracted outside of the
factory? Were there such 'special orders' available for Triumphs?
Its good to see Jag owners admitting to the superiority of a Triumph colour,
or anything Triumph for that matter ;-)
Cheers,
Michael
63' TR4 CT 23641 O
Sydney, Australia
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