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Humm!! Ours are only 95 vehicles apart. Came down the line within a day or so of each other.
 
hmmmmmm.....well, as I continue to clean & rebuild the front suspension & steering on my '63 Midget, I find my springs have green marks, not blue.

Wonder the significance between green & blue?
 
Tony
Green stripes on the springs and yellow tips on the steering arms. I found that on my '62 Sprite and on a '63 Sprite. I know the yellow arms carried through the MkIIs, but I am not sure after that. My MGB had red stripes on the springs.
 
sqbsprite said:
Tony
Green stripes on the springs and yellow tips on the steering arms. I found that on my '62 Sprite and on a '63 Sprite. I know the yellow arms carried through the MkIIs, but I am not sure after that. My MGB had red stripes on the springs.
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Well, I've already painted my steering arms black - do you have a photo of the yellow tips?

And I've not even started thinking about my nice rebuilt shocks that PeterC sent me!!
 
Tony
I'll post one later this evening. I just used brush on enamel. You don't want to mask it and make it too neat because the factory did not. The photo above with the blue on the spring is a good example. It looked like just a quick brush stroke. I tend to go both ways on whether shocks were painted. I have seen factory photos where they appear to be black and I have found black paint on the underside where they bolt to the car. I know my car had never been restored before I took it apart. It may have only been over spray from where the arms were painted.
 
SUPER!! Jeez, you guys are raising the bar on quality restorations....I'm gonna be in trouble this summer in Missouri!!
Can you get a closeup photo?
 

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SUPER!!
Can you get a closeup photo?
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Unfortunately I can't. That photo was taken in 1995 of a restoration I did for someone else. That Bugeye won several top awards and is sitting quitely in a private collection. I have not seen it in years. It was the 4th Sprite to ever achieve Gold status in the AH Club concours. I am sure there have been many more since then, but in the early '90s Sprites were beginning to get recognition by the club made up of mostly big Healeys.
 
Mine were solid yellow on my '63 MkII Sprite HAN7 car. It's funny because I have been thinking lately about what people would say when they saw those yellow arms? I am repainting mine during front suspension rebuild in yellow. I would just say they came yellow and I'm just keeping them that way. plus looks nice too.
Mike
 
mk2sprite said:
Mine were solid yellow on my '63 MkII Sprite HAN7 car. It's funny because I have been thinking lately about what people would say when they saw those yellow arms? I am repainting mine during front suspension rebuild in yellow. I would just say they came yellow and I'm just keeping them that way. plus looks nice too.
Mike
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So you think the entire arm was yellow?
 
That green mark is everywhere!!

I'm cleaning the years of gunk off my 3rd member or chunk or gear set or whatever you call it before dropping it in my parts washer to clean in ptreparation for rebuilding it.....as you all know, the 'chunk' was never painted (differential or rear end or axle case was painted black before the gears were bolted onto it)....well, right there, on the top rib of the case is a painted green square!!

...& its also on the inside of the driveshaft U-joint to differential flange!

Wonder how many places on a Midget we can find that green inventory (or whatever) mark?
 
Your green paint swipes are waaay too "neat"!!! /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/jester.gif
 
Looks good. What brand and color was the paint? Yellow crayon work looks good as well.
 
I think this it is safe to say that this website has not only increased the number of Spridgets on the road, it has also increased the quality of restorations as well.

Thanks all and thanks Basil for that!

Happy Valentines to you, yours and your LBC loves /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/cheers.gif
 
Ray et al
Rustoleum semi-gloss over the Por 15 and mixed some Testors enamal for the stripes. You can see the brush marks in the stripes LOL. I used a Oil pastel crayons from my daughters collection for the numbers. Total cost about $7.00.
Paul
 
I can't compete with that level of restoration.
 
apbos said:
Well, I got my springs and dash painted (por15 followed by semigloss black) and did my best to make them look OEM. https://www.flickr.com/photos/13206219@N07/2263669443/in/photostream/ took the pic with my cell phone. The colors/colours look just about right. Rust never sleeps, at least the next restorer will have some guidelines.
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Looks good, Apbos, except the green only went about halfway down the springs....& that's about the sale shade of green I used.

Whitephrog said:
Looks good. What brand and color was the paint?
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I used a tiny bottle of "Model Master" acryl medium green...cost $2.9 at Hobby Lobby.

Wish my PO had not painted the back of my dash...wonder which of those crayon marks are relevant to all cars & which are specific to yours?
 
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