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Re: Image of Silver Streak Gray TD

To: Bob Howard <mgbob@juno.com>
Subject: Re: Image of Silver Streak Gray TD
From: Bud Krueger <budkrueger@earthlink.net>
Date: Tue, 08 Jan 2002 18:40:20 -0500
Thanks Bob.  It was stupid of me to have forgotten about your car.  In the
meantime, I found an image of one in a Nuffield brochure from 1952.  Think I'd
best borrow yours, I'd hate to be hit with a fine for stealing 50 year old
artwork.

Bud Krueger

Bob Howard wrote:

> Bud,
>   Check out CT MG Club's site, CTMGCLUB.com and run through the TD stuff.
>  TD&Dog is one that gives an accurate color of the car.... at the time of
> day when the pic was taken.
>   Like the Birch Grey used on TFs, the Silver Streak Grey takes on the
> color of the sky and background. That is to say, at high noon it's very
> silver, then late afternoon it tends toward green. In the early morning
> it can have a pink tinge.
>   The SSG car in the club's pic (car has red wheels, grille and
> upholstery) is mine. The color of the body is not original paint, but
> it's a good match for the paint inside the doors and footwell where it's
> been protected by inner panels.
> Bob
>
> On Tue, 08 Jan 2002 14:34:04 -0500 Bud Krueger <budkrueger@earthlink.net>
> writes:
> > Hi folks,
> >
> >     Can anyone lead me to a 'borrowable' image of a Silver Streak
> > Gray TD?  I'm
> > trying to put together a webpage to sell a semi basket-case 52TD
> > (TD/18466, Eng.
> > 18753) that I saved from being parted out.  The original Silver
> > Streak Gray
> > paint still shows in a number of places.  All leads are appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Bud Krueger
> > 52TD (plus this one)

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