Fw: Radiator colour

[Ray]

Hi Guys, I forward this from a fellow with a extensive collection of Our Favorite Car..... This is regarding a post recently about the color of the TA, TB, and very early post war TC cars, as well as other pre-war MG's. Careful examination of old photos have led some to think that the header tank is correctly painted a flat aluminum color..... This idea squares with two spare radiators that reside in my spare parts area....one is a '38 TA and the other is a TB or early TC radiator, I cannot be sure which. Both radiators appear to be intact "as supplied" units. This appears to be a correct assertion, Mr. C's book, and others notwithstanding. This may well tie in with some of the airplane emulation that took place pre-war in the auto industry in England, or not. These tanks probably wound up black all over from radiator shops simply spraying one color over the entire radiator when it was rebuilt; remember that these were merely used cars before they came to be icons of a sort. This is not an "Originality Police" action, but it could be of more than academic interest to some who wish to "concours" their car. The writer is in Europe, so the syntax is a little different from US "english" and British english....... There is some redaction in order to de-identify so as not start the fires again! Best, Ray ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -----------------------------------------------------------------I did not sleep very well last night. Found some more silver coloured header tanks: "The Autocar" of October 17th 1947 has a raod test on a new TC. The headertank is silver. The angleplate just under the tank where the brackets for the rods are attached is black. I looked at 2 radiators I have in the warehouse. 1 is painted red, under that is black, under that is silver. The other has a silver headertank, or what is left of it. I have pictures of ------, a --- owned by G------. His father had the car new and it is never touched. It is a wonderfull -------- (color)--- (type)---. The headertank is silver as well as well as the angle plates and rod attachment brackets. When I phoned G---- a minute ago he said that his radiator was black all the way. I then asked him to go and have a look in the garage he returned to the phone and said very surprised: B-------, you were right: the headertank is flattish silver, I never realised that. I have no clue as on what date or why the tanks were changed from black to silver. I will put a question on the MG site/pre war. Regards