[Mgs] [Mg-t] paint

[Bob Howard]

   For the wheels TD - MGB, Duplicolor   Ford Argent   is a good match.
   For the TD engine maroon, everyone seems to have different memories.
Some prefer the Moss color.  Some like the Duplicolor truck paint  #278
Dark Canyon Red. 
   For the rocker cover, the Moss paint is considered best match. It was
not a pure silver silver, rather one that had a bit of greenish tint. 
   Colors were not as consistent 50 years ago as they are today. As color
memory is unreliable, one makes a good try at matching body original
paint that is hidden in an enclosed area (behind the interior trim,
inside doors, etc). Engine paint is affected by heat, water, oil, gas,
time, degreasers, etc. The most protected area of engine paint would seem
to be on the back toward the clutch, but who is to say today what the
color was in 1952. 
   Marcham Rhoade ( Ken Smith ) in his book Aspects of Abingdon, devotes
a number of pages to paint and paint rectification of MGBs. In one
section he mentions rectification artists with palettes of paint used to
touch up cars.  One infers that MGB colors were not consistent, some
years after the TDs were built.
Bob
 
 

On Fri, 15 May 2009 05:46:48 -0500 "oliver" <sumton at sbcglobal.net>
writes:
> are there some standard household equivalents (like krylon or 
> rustoleum) for 
> the silver wheel paint and the dark red/maroon engine paint?
> 
> is the color pretty standard through the years or did they change 
> tints substantially from the 52 TD to later cars?
> 
> thanks! 
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