[Healeys] white car inner wings painted black

[Chris Dimmock]

My BJ8 was Ivory over black.
The underside of my BJ8 was black tar paint. As was the underside of  
the bonnet/ hood (you know, the liftable panel over the engine - geez  
- I'm so politically correct in my old age...)
Anyway, look at the sales invoice for my BJ8.
http://www.myaustinhealey.com/john-sprinzel-healey.html
So. If it's tar sprayed stuff. It's probably dealer applied. Like mine  
was.
If you think BMC did it, with paint, consult your Heritage Certificate.
Ken. The factory painted the chassis in the major car colour, on  
BJ8's, 99.9999% of the time. The DHMoCo was the major exception!
  (note the u in colour!!!).
But dealers sold the dream. Any way that got the sale.
But most later 3000's cars I've seen with a white/ Ivory chassis =  
major colour is white/ ivory, including inner guards.
Where under the guard is black, on a BJ8, these cars have ivory/ white  
paint underneath.
In my experience.
For what it's worth.
Best
Chris.

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On 04/06/2011, at 12:12 AM, "Rich Chrysler"  
<richchrysler at quickclic.net> wrote:

> Ken,
>
> That seems to have been done on some but not all OEW Hundreds and  
> some early
> 100/Six's, but I haven't heard of that being done later, and certainly
> haven't heard of it being done on a BJ8.
>
> Rich
>
> To: healeys at autox.team.net
> Subject: [Healeys] white car inner wings painted black
>
> I am pretty sure I saw that my OEW BJ8 was painted black in the  
> inner fender
> wells per the Concours Guidelines (which is thousands of miles away  
> at the
> moment). My car seems to be that way, but was it brushed or sprayed?  
> And a
> satin black or real flat or just like the radiator cross braces.
> Ken Freese
> 65 BJ8