Firewall related questions

[Want1937hd@aol.com]

Hello all! This is my first of many requests to fellow members, glad to be aboard as # 373. I'm very happy with my number, my other obsession is a 1937 Harley. Ok, TC/4946 has a gray firewall, has someone comeup with an accepted color match, if so what is the number. Has anyone found a shop that can restore the original data plaques. I'd like to keep as much of the original car as possible. Is there a TC restoration book that is considered the best for correct details, and information. I'm not interested in a 100 point show car, but I'd like things correct. Thanks. Bob caretaker of TC/4946

[Roger Muir]

The story I heard was that Abingdon (as well as the rest of the UK) were still suffering shortages and rationing after WW2. Consequently any grey paint on the shelf that was available was used for the firewalls, provided it was not wildly a different shade. So the grey could be any colour,who cares, it doesn't spoil the fun of driving the car does it?? Roger Muir. Bromsgrove UK

[Joe]

Bob, if your data plaques are not damaged, you can improve their appearance yourself if you work carefully. Use 900 to 1200 grit wet sandpaper on the surfaces to remove loose paint and corrosion, clean with solvent, repaint with matte black, resand to display the markings, then clearcoat. If you are hesitant to try, work on the body number tag first. Not many people notice it.

[Want1937hd@aol.com]

Thanks, I'd like to have them replated as original. Bob >>

[Charles Hill]

Bob, I'm surprised that noone has referred you to Mike Sherrill and his TCs Forever book. The second book to buy would be the Best of the Sacred Octagon with a lot of tech articles written by our own Chip Old. The only quibble I have with Mike Sherrill is his insistance that early TC engines and firewalls were all a specific shade of grey. I think that the general consensus of list members is that early TC engines and firewall were painted with WW II surplus paint and any shade between battleship gray and olive green would be acceptable. Regards, Charles Hill

[C. Knight]

Charles Hill wrote:

> I think that the general consensus of list members is that early TC engines and > firewall were painted with WW II surplus paint and any shade between > battleship gray and olive green would be acceptable.

I know many listers believe that to be true but WW2 military surplus was not released until well after TC production ceased. I think the legend has as much validity as the one about Citroen 2CVs being built out of WW2 nisssan huts. Regards Cliff

[joecurto@aol.com]

I heard that 2CV's were made of French shirt cardboard. Curto

[RonMGTC@aol.com]

In a message dated 4/12/01 3:39:12 PM Central Daylight Time, joecurto@aol.com writes: > Oh they've improved? Ron

[Mark McCombs]

Nah, that was the R5, which I raced back in the early 90's...AFTER I replaced the plastic shelled wheel bearings... Mark TC8126

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[MikeMarjot@aol.com]

Cliff, Surely, MG being a military producer during the war, they probably already had a considerable stock of surplus paint when the war ended. However if this were so then I would expect a fairly consistent colour, not lots of minor variation. Mike