[Healeys] Radiator A-H 3000 BJ8 1964

[josef-eckert at t-online.de]

Hi Ge,
The fan shroud colour is very close to Signalrot (Signal Red) RAL 3001 or if you prefer a Austin-Healey colour its very close or even identical to Colorado Red. At the factory the fan shroud was brush painted not sprayed. To get a nice finish do a first layer of brush painting, sand it down to an even surface and add a sprayed layer. This is not Concours correct, but it looks much better and you still see the brush marks.

Josef Eckert
Konigswinter/Germany

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Betreff: [Healeys] Radiator A-H 3000 BJ8 1964
Datum: Tue, 28 Jan 2014 21:40:30 +0100
Von: "Ge" <gaagten at gmail.com>
An: <healeys at autox.team.net>

Hello list,

 

Need some help with following question:

 

My radiator was rebuild and painted completely black. I remember that for my
car it should be partly red ( the part over the fan at the backside of the
radiator) If this is correct

I would like to know which original red paint should be used.

Anyone knows the correspondent RAL number  or another identification of this
red paint.

 

Thanks in advance for yr reply,

 

Ge Aagten

The Netherlands

A-H 3000 BJ8 1964