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<div>Thank you Roland. That is very helpful. </div>
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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size:11pt" color="#000000"><b>From:</b> sentenac.rw@gmail.com <sentenac.rw@gmail.com><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, April 1, 2021 6:54 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> S and T Miller <stmiller96@hotmail.com><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Healeys] 100 manifolds/ air cleaner finsh</font>
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<div class="PlainText">Here's what the Concours Guide of 2018 says:<br>
Air cleaners were painted black in 1953 and 1954. The original air<br>
cleaners on BN1L142618 (built 25-Aug.-53) had a black wrinkle/crackle<br>
finish. By Jan 1955 they were painted hammertone green (see Photo –<br>
Figure II-3). Hammertone green was similar to engine green thru<br>
BN2’s. Hammertone blue air cleaners have been noted on some early<br>
BN1s. Hammertone green can be mixed using Hammerite quart (bulk, not<br>
spray) cans of hammertone green and silver along with some oil base<br>
pigment from yellow and black tubes. <br>
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(Glad my 1953 used wrinkle finish black).<br>
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Have fun,<br>
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-Roland<br>
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On Thu, 1 Apr 2021 12:32:06 +0000, you wrote:<br>
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>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.<br>
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>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.<br>
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>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?<br>
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>Thanks all, Shawn<br>
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>The Millers<br>
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