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Hi:
Need some info on the oil filter housing. I am doing a frame off TR-3A I would like some thoughts as to what to paint the filter housing. I have seen some pictures that look like a teal green, I have also seen black. What is correct for a concours car?
Any help would be much appreciated.
Cheers, Tinkerman
 
I have a 2 TR4s, both with teal green filter housings. Okay, not a TR3, but here is a pretty good website of a TR3 restoration which also shows teal:
https://jmorgan.com/
A handy resource is just getting on Google in the image section, then typing TR3 engine and you'll see a few good shots - thats where I found this one.
 
This will give you an idea of the shade of green which I believe was original on my '59 TR3A (take a buck out of your wallet and adjust color until the dollar pictured matches).

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Hi,

The previous responses are the same teal green color as on my '62 TR4. Geo's example looks *exactly* the one off my car. The one shown at that website appears too blue, but the photo has a definite color cast to it.

But, I believe I've read somewhere that some were painted black, too, so I'd guess either is correct.

At some point, I believe www.vtr.org plans to compile an online site with the little details like this, model by model, as a guide for restorers and for show judges.

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I picked one up in my travels that someone had plated. I'm probably gonna wind up using that one on mine, but otherwise I'd use the black one that was with my TR2. (but the engine is from a TR3)
I have seen them both ways, but mostly green.
 
The TRA judging rules call for it to be Teal Green as in the photo above. I bought a spray can for a Chrysler (maybe 1980 or so) and it matches close enough. No TRA or VTR judge ever docked me points for the colour. Blue is also a correct colour and it has been reported by some that after a while, the blue turns to Teal Green. So maybe Blue is the "original" colour they had leaving the factory.

But I never noticed anything but Teal Green on mine in all the 48 years I've had my 1958 TR3A.

Don Elliott, Original Owner, TS 27489 LO
 

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I just wanted to say thanks to all of you for the information. I like the teal green idea. It is a neat color splash in an all black engine.
Tinkerman
 
All that said, I went with a spin-on conversion but repaint the filters to a similar color. I paint a couple of years worth at once so they have a long time to dry.

If you are repainting the canister then powder-coating may be a good thing as sooner or later you're going to leak fuel on it (right below the fuel pump).
 
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