Wilsons Sandbox

Greetings,
I am in the process of replacing the water pump and thermostat on TC/7915.
I was doing some research as to what color is what and have a question for
the list. The color guide that I was looking at says that the t-stat and
elbow should be black. I have seen pictures of both black and red. I also
noticed in Sherrell's book that the aluminum water outlet manifold was left
unpainted. Your comments would be appreciated. Thanks!

Regards,
Alan Moote
Oceandide, CA

Don't want to get in to a colour war on the TC but... who cares and
what's more who knows? As I have said so many times before these were
cheap mass production cars not a hand built R.R. or evan a hand built
Morgan! Some were painted and some were not, it all depends on the day
of the week that they left the factory!

Regards Geoff

John, My TC was built September 24th 1945 and I still don't know if the
Therm was the same colour as the engine!
For what its worth I painted it the same colour, I.e Battleship gray
and no one has challenged me on this choice.
So go for it, who knows what was right just a few days after the
factory opened for car production at the end of five years of war!

Regards Geoff