[Healeys] Black faces

[Bob Spidell]

Ah ... I was thinking of the horizontal brace (not the 'X').

On 12/18/2018 10:54 AM, Michael Salter wrote:
> Again from the Concours Guidelines. 2018 Edition Pg 91.
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> / Double front X-braces immediately behind the grille are painted body 
> color, except some white cars had this brace painted black 44.
> • Front inner apron panels fastened to vertical division panels using 
> pan head Phillips screws and large flat washers, which were also 
> painted body color. Very early cars have been found to have only the 
> horizontal panel and not the vertical one. In these cases where the 
> vertical panel is missing, the two holes located on the front-to-back 
> center portion of the panel are missing.  On OEW 100s where the engine 
> compartment was painted black, these inner apron panels were also black./
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> /44 If you find your car fits the exception document it and restore, 
> as you believe it was.  Otherwise, paint the braces body color.
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> Michael Salter
> Technical Editor (Big Healeys)
> The Austin-Healey Concours Registry
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> On Tue, Dec 18, 2018 at 1:43 PM i erbs <eyera3000 at gmail.com 
> <mailto:eyera3000 at gmail.com>> wrote:
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>     Can someone post a photo of the lip?
>     My brace is painted blue, but everyone tells me to paint it black
>     before I reinstall my grille... What about the air dam, should it
>     be black or body color?
>     Ira Erbs
>     Portland,OR
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>     On Tue, Dec 18, 2018 at 7:24 AM BJ8Healeys <sbyers at ec.rr.com
>     <mailto:sbyers at ec.rr.com>> wrote:
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>         From the Anderson/Moment Restoration Guide:
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>         Page 75 (third column, first paragraph):  "The X-brace in
>         front of the radiator was brush painted black (except on black
>         cars0 so that it wouldn't be visible through the grille opening."
>         Page 90 (third column, third paragraph):  "The lower lip of
>         the rear shroud was brush-painted satin black over the body
>         color, generally on all but black cars, probably to make the
>         lower shroud lip less noticeable."
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>         Steve Byers
>         HBJ8L/36666
>         BJ8 Registry
>         AHCA Delegate at Large
>         Havelock, NC
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>         -----Original Message-----
>         From: Healeys [mailto:healeys-bounces at autox.team.net
>         <mailto:healeys-bounces at autox.team.net>] On Behalf Of
>         josef-eckert at t-online.de <mailto:josef-eckert at t-online.de>
>         Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2018 2:26 AM
>         To: healeys at autox.team.net <mailto:healeys at autox.team.net>
>         Subject: [Healeys] Black faces
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>         I read the following question recently on facebook, but no
>         clear  answer was given. Does anybody know, especially to the
>         cross panel in front of the radiator?
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>         Is it right that the lower lip on the rear shroud was painted
>         (semigloss) black on 6 cylinder Austin-Healeys and the same
>         was with the cross panel front face in front of the radiator?
>         Are there other body panels which are not just bolt on painted
>         in black?
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