[Healeys] Two tone Healey paint line??

[Rich C]

In reality the paint line tended to be toward the base of the swage line but 
often split the difference when it came to misalignment of panels.

Rich Chrysler

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Snyder" <helyjohn at cablespeed.com>
To: "Randy Dickson" <rdickson at midwestarchaeology.com>; "'Healey list'" 
<healeys at autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, March 01, 2008 9:37 PM
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Two tone Healey paint line??


> >From the Anderson/Moment Restoration Guide:
>
> "On two tone cars, the secondary coat was sprayed over the primary coat in
> the area below and behind the pressed-in swage line on the fenders and
> doors.  In all cases where the car was painted two-tone at the factory, 
> only
> the flat portion of the lower panel was painted the second color, and the
> upper body color extended down over the bevel to meet it."
>
> John Snyder
>
>
>
>> Healeyoids,
>> My BJ7 got painted today Colorado red and we need to know where the paint
>> line breaks on the swage line.  Does it go on the bottom, meaning the 
>> flat
>> area only or on the middle of the swage?  I would assume that it went on
>> the
>> bottom of the swage in the flat area only.  We are masking the top paint
>> tomorrow and shooting the bottom black.  I know that most people said to
>> shoot the bottom first but my brother in law insisted that we shoot the
>> top
>> first.  We are using a PPG Delfleet paint.  It is great paint and flows
>> out
>> really smooth.  My brother in law is the hired gun as he has a nice body
>> shop in town.  The car looks stunning so far.  I will rub it out with 
>> 2000
>> later in the week.  I will try to post some pictures.
>>
>> Randy
>> Healey-Archaeologist
>> 63 BJ7
>> 66 427 Cobra replica
>> 06 Mini Cooper S
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