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RE: TR250 Valence Paint

To: "6pack@autox.team.net" <6pack@autox.team.net>
Subject: RE: TR250 Valence Paint
From: Andrew Packard <apackard@triad.rr.com>
Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2002 17:40:31 -0500
I'm just jealous of your inner fenders . . .
Andy
TR250

-----Original Message-----
From:   Todd Bermudez [SMTP:red_tr250@hotmail.com]
Sent:   Wednesday, October 30, 2002 12:36 PM
To:     vze2846b@verizon.net; 6pack@autox.team.net
Subject:        Re: TR250 Valence Paint

Thought I'd stir the pot a little...

I've been tearing my car apart & the valence sure does look flat black...see 
the living project online:  
http://home.fuse.net/Tri-StateTriumphs/tr250_restoration.htm

Todd
CD3705L






>From: Peter Macholdt <vze2846b@verizon.net>
>Reply-To: Peter Macholdt <vze2846b@verizon.net>
>To: 6pack list <6pack@autox.team.net>
>Subject: Re: TR250 Valence Paint
>Date: Sat, 26 Oct 2002 10:26:19 -0400
>
>Skip,
>
>I'm driving TR250 #CD2205L. I did a resto back in '96 and my car had (has)
>body color paint (BRG) in the same places as Don. I believe that the paint
>was original.
>
>Headlight buckets were black.
>
>I can't speak to the wheels, they were wire.
>
>Peter
>'68 TR250
>
>
>
>on 10/26/02 9:47 AM, Skip Montanaro at skip@pobox.com wrote:
>
> >   Don> I am the original owner of my TR250.
> >
> >   Don> It is dark blue and is still in the original paint.
> >
> >   Don> The front valance below the bumper is blue -- same as the car --
> >   Don> front and back.
> >
> >   Don> The area behind the grill near the headlights is blue.
> >
> >   Don> The bottom of the car is blue.
> >
> >   Don> The steel wheels are silver.
> >
> >   Don> The rockers are black undercoating.
> >
> > Don,
> >
> > What's your commission number?
> >
> > I think perhaps we need a database to figure this thing out.  I can whip
> > something up.  It seems we need these fields at least:
> >
> >   commission #
> >   original paint (y/n)
> >   color of valance behind grille
> >   color of the back of the valance
> >   color of the headlight buckets
> >   color of rockers
> >   finish of rockers (smooth vs. undercoat)
> >   color of wheels
> >
> > I don't think the other parameters you mentioned are likely to have 
>changed.
> > I suspect we might find that somewhere during the run they switched from
> > body color to black for the valance behind the grille though.
> >
> > What other fields do people think would be useful?  What about TR5s?


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