[Healeys] finish of gauge housing

[Curt/Nancy Arndt]

Listers,

Margaret must be getting senile in her old age, but I know that the several
sets of gauges for my 100 all had a thin zinc plating.

Cheers,

Curt

On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 8:31 AM, Dave Porter <frogeye at porterscustom.com>wrote:

> ..well, I spoke with Margaret at MoMa and she said they weren't plated at
> all. Only painted on the inside. They have been using a Napa brand paint
> (iron cast) to more or less duplicate the original external case color..
>  I'm just the messenger...
> dave
>
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> -----Original Message-----
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> On Behalf Of Bob Spidell
> Sent: Tuesday, December 01, 2009 7:50 AM
> To: Rich C
> Cc: 'Healeys List'; eric.frenken at brits-n-pieces.com
> Subject: Re: [Healeys] finish of gauge housing
>
> Hi Rich,
>
> Agreed--seems too thin to be paint.  But, it's too gray to be cadmium,
> and too dark to be zinc, as far as I can tell.
>
> Anyone on a first name basis with Nisonger or MoMa that can ask them?
>
> bs
>
>
> Rich C wrote:
> > All that I have observed seem to have been a very dull greyish
> > plating. I don't think it was paint.
> >
> > Rich Chrysler
> >
>
>
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