[Healeys] Factory body/ frame primer

[Bob Spidell]

This may or may not be relevant, but some BN2/100M chassis and frames 
were known to have been painted black from the scuttle (firewall) 
forward.  I believe ours was but, unfortunately I didn't know this bit 
of trivia before ours was painted all white and reassembled.

Bob

On 4/29/2020 6:26 AM, S and T Miller wrote:
> Hello all. I have noticed my BN2 has black factory primer (possible 
> single stage paint that body color was painted over when assembled- 
> much like eletro coat primer that repo parts have on them). All later 
> cars (BN4 on) that I have had experience with had red oxide primer 
> used from the factory. Does anyone know was there a switch point? Were 
> all 100's primered black? Were all cars eletro coated, and later cars 
> primed with red oxide additionally? Was elctro coating even a thing 
> back then? Just curious.
> TY. Shawn
>
> The Millers
>
> "Always drive them, but remember each drive in an antique car is a 
> test drive."
>

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