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1. Re: MGTD Paint (score: 1): Author: PMS GB Ltd <100070.740@compuserve.com>; Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2000 02:59:30 -0400; Message text written by INTERNET:BobMGT@aol.com club here is the original owner of a light green metallic TD and he can prove it came from the factory that way!< Hey guys - Its good if you can get fa; /html/mg-t/2000-06/msg00000.html (7,368 bytes)
2. Re: MGTD Paint (score: 1): Author: "Charles F. Inman" <floydinman@compuserve.com>; Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2000 07:48:44 -0600; We all must remember, back in the early 1950's there were a bunch of painters working at Abington that just wanted to do their jobs as well as possible. They were painting as many cars a day as they; /html/mg-t/2000-06/msg00001.html (10,353 bytes)
3. RE: MGTD Paint (score: 1): Author: "Hermance, Jonathan" <Jonathan_Hermance@ATK.COM>; Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2000 09:35:33 -0500; I have a late 53 TD I am rejuvenating. In most unrepainted places (up under and behind the dashboard and interior panels, underside of all removable body panels, upper surface of toolbox lid careful; /html/mg-t/2000-06/msg00002.html (10,219 bytes)
4. RE: MGTD Paint (score: 1): Author: rfeibusch@loop.com (Richard Feibusch); Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2000 09:04:12 -0700 (PDT); My former TD, a late 1950, was also originally painted a metalic silver green colour at the factory AND it also came with dark green wings, dark tan interior/grille slats (not available on other col; /html/mg-t/2000-06/msg00004.html (12,365 bytes)
5. Re: MGTD Paint (score: 1): Author: "British Sportscar Center" <Lawrie@britcars.com>; Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2000 09:18:19 -0700; Mike is not quite right in his opinion that all metallic green TDs were 2-tone. In Santa Barbara, there is a 1953 Mk II owned by its original owner, in pristine original condition. It is light metal; /html/mg-t/2000-06/msg00005.html (13,688 bytes)
6. RE: MGTD Paint (score: 1): Author: "Hermance, Jonathan" <Jonathan_Hermance@ATK.COM>; Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2000 12:07:17 -0500; Thanks for the reply. I had thought from reading various sources that Silver Streak Gray (SSG) originated in 1953 as a replacement for slow selling Clipper Blue. I gathered the SSG color was rare an; /html/mg-t/2000-06/msg00006.html (13,784 bytes)
7. Re: MGTD Paint (score: 1): Author: PMS GB Ltd <100070.740@compuserve.com>; Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2000 15:20:36 -0400; Message text written by "Charles F. Inman" painters working at Abington that just wanted to do their jobs as well as possible. They were painting as many cars a day as they could and as the bucket ra; /html/mg-t/2000-06/msg00007.html (8,310 bytes)
8. Re: MGTD Paint (score: 1): Author: "Charles F. Inman" <floydinman@compuserve.com>; Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2000 13:31:35 -0600; You must acknowledge that 1950 (a bit over four years after the war ended) control was measured with the eye. Red was red, provided it was "close" to the chips used as samples, however, if we look cl; /html/mg-t/2000-06/msg00008.html (9,518 bytes)
9. Re: MGTD Paint (score: 1): Author: "Scott Allen" <s4usea@hotmail.com>; Date: Thu, 01 Jun 2000 20:09:52 GMT; And they should too... Borrowing from my art school days paint chips always will be a bit darker as there's less surface area to absorb/reflect light. Of course these days we can have a paint sample; /html/mg-t/2000-06/msg00009.html (10,795 bytes)
10. Re: MGTD Paint (score: 1): Author: Bud Krueger <bkrueger@ici.net>; Date: Thu, 01 Jun 2000 16:46:45 -0400; This week I acquired a basket case 52TD #TD18466 (Oct. 52). The original color shows in a number of places. It's Silver Streak Gray. -- Bud Krueger http://home.ici.net/~bkrueger/ 52TD 77MGB; /html/mg-t/2000-06/msg00010.html (15,374 bytes)
11. Re: MGTD Paint (score: 1): Author: Bob Howard <mgbob@juno.com>; Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2000 15:26:03 -0400; No, unfortunately the TD codes are not recorded on the cars, and we can't get Heritage Certificates for them at this time. Try lifting off the kick panels in the footwells. The paint behind them sho; /html/mg-t/2000-06/msg00012.html (8,290 bytes)
12. Re: MGTD Paint (score: 1): Author: Steve Darby <elan@efortress.com>; Date: Thu, 01 Jun 2000 10:05:39 -0600; The MGTD I am working on is that Metallic Green. It was repainted but with the same color. Looks "different"? Steve; /html/mg-t/2000-06/msg00013.html (8,454 bytes)
13. Re: MGTD Paint (score: 1): Author: PMS GB Ltd <100070.740@compuserve.com>; Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2000 17:25:29 -0400; Messages text written by "Charles F. Inman" then... control was measured with the eye. Red was red, provided it was "close" to the chips used as samples, however, if we look closely at the chips prov; /html/mg-t/2000-06/msg00014.html (8,728 bytes)
14. Re: MGTD Paint (score: 1): Author: "david.tinker" <david.tinker@virgin.net>; Date: Fri, 2 Jun 2000 00:18:33 +0100; The TD which I purchased at an auction here in the UK in 1989 was an import from California. The colour was chocolate brown with black wings and the interior was red !!. When I rebuilt the car a very; /html/mg-t/2000-06/msg00015.html (9,233 bytes)
15. Re: MGTD Paint (score: 1): Author: Emgeeguy@aol.com; Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2000 19:32:34 EDT; << As a result, practically every batch was a bit different. There is no standard MGTD Red! There is no standard MGTD Green! Etc. The color of a car was that which was in the bucket at the time. >> C; /html/mg-t/2000-06/msg00016.html (8,750 bytes)
16. Re: MGTD Paint (score: 1): Author: Emgeeguy@aol.com; Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2000 19:47:15 EDT; Come on , guys. The 1950's may seem like a long time ago, but I'm sure there were standard ways of doing things. Do you really think the painters mixed the paint by eye to match a chip? Is it not pos; /html/mg-t/2000-06/msg00017.html (8,532 bytes)
17. Re: MGTD Paint (score: 1): Author: JustBrits@aol.com; Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2000 20:19:43 EDT; << Call me a doubting Thomas, but I find that a little hard to believe, How do you know that, Floyd? >> OK, "Thomas"! WELL, er, documented in MANY books including othe Marques. Ed (not just replying; /html/mg-t/2000-06/msg00018.html (8,067 bytes)
18. Re: MGTD Paint (score: 1): Author: Dick Dell <rddell@mindspring.com>; Date: Thu, 01 Jun 2000 20:21:37 -0400; One thing to keep in mind, don't trust the paint chips either. I once bought a couple of paint chip brochures at a flea market only to find that the one that had been on the top of the pile had faded; /html/mg-t/2000-06/msg00019.html (8,370 bytes)
19. Re: MGTD Paint (score: 1): Author: rfeibusch@loop.com (Richard Feibusch); Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2000 17:41:54 -0700 (PDT); Laurie, As I said, there doesn't seem to be alot of structure to what was done so there might be more variations than we think. Mine had dark green paint on the wings and the front and back valances; /html/mg-t/2000-06/msg00020.html (12,588 bytes)
20. RE: MGTD Paint (score: 1): Author: rfeibusch@loop.com (Richard Feibusch); Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2000 17:42:24 -0700 (PDT); available in one form or another on MG TDs. A silver-green similar to that light green Hammerite that tool boxes were painted in the 1950s (like mine), a light metalic goldish-silver and a pewter-is; /html/mg-t/2000-06/msg00021.html (9,413 bytes)

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