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Jedi Knight
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Looking at the cover of the latest issue of Healey Marque, the one with the way cool picture of Clint Eastwood and his Austin Healey, I was struck by the rather poor paint quality of the Healey. Not just Clint’s car, I’ve noticed this in many period photos of Austin Healeys. Recognizing that there have been tremendous improvements in paint technology in the decades since Healeys were in production, as evidenced by the nearly flawless paint work we see on some spectacular Austin Healey restorations, my question is this: Other than accuracy of color, is paint the one part of an Austin Healey that is exempt from originality when seeking concours certification? Surely, it must be possible for a restorer to replicate the paint quality of an original Austin Healey? Just wondering…
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