[Healeys] 100 manifolds/ air cleaner finsh

[Curtis Arndt]

Shawn,

The excerpt from the Guidelines was the process Roger Moment developed and
he and I used on my Jan. '55 BN1 air cleaners.  If done correctly, the
results are near perfect, but judge for yourself from the attached photos.

Cheers,

Curt Arndt
Carlsbad, CA
*'55 BN1, '60 AN5 :{)*

*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
>
>
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