[Healeys] 100 manifolds/ air cleaner finsh

S and T Miller stmiller96 at hotmail.com
Thu Apr 1 17:33:49 MDT 2021


Thank you Roland. That is very helpful.


The Millers

"Always drive them, but remember each drive in an antique car is a test drive."

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From: sentenac.rw at gmail.com <sentenac.rw at gmail.com>
Sent: Thursday, April 1, 2021 6:54 PM
To: S and T Miller <stmiller96 at hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Healeys] 100 manifolds/ air cleaner finsh

Here's what the Concours Guide of 2018 says:
Air cleaners were painted black in 1953 and 1954.  The original air
cleaners on BN1L142618 (built 25-Aug.-53) had a black wrinkle/crackle
finish.  By Jan 1955 they were painted hammertone green (see Photo –
Figure II-3).  Hammertone green was similar to engine green thru
BN2’s. Hammertone blue air cleaners have been noted on some early
BN1s.  Hammertone green can be mixed using Hammerite quart (bulk, not
spray) cans of hammertone green and silver along with some oil base
pigment from yellow and black tubes.

(Glad my 1953 used wrinkle finish black).

Have fun,

-Roland

On Thu, 1 Apr 2021 12:32:06 +0000, you wrote:

>To give a some background on my project. I'm working on a 56' standard 100 BN2. 90k mile car stored indoors for over 40 years.  Some areas of the car are amazingly original/ clean/ untouched. But of course it has its demons as well. So I'm doing a lot of "preservation" where possible, and restoration where needed.
>
>Anyway, in reading the concours standards it sounds like the standard 100 intake manifold and exhaust manifold are painted engine color? I have traces of engine color on the balance pipe, but absolutely nothing on the intakes.
>
>I was thinking of painting the air cleaners with hammortone silver/aluminum paint and overpainting with a light coat of engine color, but was interested in what others have done to achieve the correct look?
>
>Thanks all, Shawn
>
>The Millers
>
>"Always drive them, but remember each drive in an antique car is a test drive."

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