Tecalemit oil filter cannister color

[Stig]

Can anyone tell me what color to paint the oil canister for very late TR4. It is a tecalemit not a Purolator. Thanks Y'all.

 

[DNK]

April Fools Gold?

 

[Tabcon]

The one on my car was painted a sort of greenish blue by the guy who restored it.
I don't think this is the correct color though. The original ones I've seen looked more like the green color used on Austin Healy engines and valve covers.

I promptly replaced this dinosaur after being bathed in engine oil. If you want originality, keep it, but if you want to use more efficient filters like a K&N and don't like oil baths, get the spin on adapter. Well worth the 40 bucks in my opinion.

 

[DNK]

That was a real question, forgot completely about them canisters.

 

[sail]

I have one can take pict tomorrow.

 

[Stig]

Great! Thanks

 

[sail]

here you go off 66 4a. come over and clean it up i'll get a better one.

 

[angelfj1]

Let me know if you need an actual paint code. We're using DuPont.

 

[Lou Metelko]

Beautiful, Frank. Almost brings tears to my eyes to see it done right. Real men like warm oil running down their arms!

Lou Metelko
Auburn, Indiana
54 TR2LD

 

[Stig]

Thanks for the pix, however it looks to be the purolator canister (coarse thread and small diameter doubler at the closed end). I've been able to duplicate the green color in past restorations, but this engine has the tecalemit system on it, and I'm lead to believe it is a different color.

 

[Geo Hahn]

I vaguely recall some were supposedly painted 'Peacock' which sounds like a shade of blue to me (thinking of Miss Peacock I suppose). No idea if this was because they were Tecalemit though (didn't even know that some TR4s had Tecalemits).

 

[Stig]

The engine I'm building is CT40420E. The last TR4 Comm. number is CT40304. I've noticed that comm. numbers and engine numbers were usually close. Maybe this unit was a warranty item or something. I too remember an industrial blue/green color on canisters but was not sure.

 

[CinneaghTR]

Would the TRA TR4/4A restoration guidelines have that information?

I really need to get that...

 

[trfourtune]

I would agree with the healy engine green colour. I have an original with original paint on it. Some day i will take a pic and post it. F angelini's paint has too much white. It's almost a green metallic (metallic silver not gold).
R

 

[angelfj1]

I would agree with the healy engine green colour. I have an original with original paint on it. Some day i will take a pic and post it. F angelini's paint has too much white. It's almost a green metallic (metallic silver not gold).
R

Not withstanding the fact that digital images have their limitations, I suggest that your computer monitor needs calibration. I can assure you that our color is spot on "in person" Triumph never used metalic paint on anything in a sidescreen car so we would never use such a paint!!!

From TRA
Judging Standards and Restoration Guidelines
February 1993 Edition
May 2004 Revision

<span style="font-style: italic"><span style="font-weight: bold">"General. All assembly versions have the same general appearance. The head is natural aluminum. <span style="text-decoration: underline"><span style="color: #FF0000">The canister is painted ice blue (specific color unknown) which takes a pale green caste with age.</span></span> Because of the above-mentioned problems with the earlier variations of the oil filter assembly, later variations will be accepted on earlier cars; however, an early variation should not be present on a later car."</span></span>


Here are a few more images:

 

[DNK]

Frank - That's sic

 

[trfourtune]

Don't get your nickers in a twist, I did say ALMOST. I did NOT say it WAS metallic.
R

 

[Tabcon]

Frank, that's beautiful work.

Is your filter head NOS, or is it polished?

If it's polished, would you mind describing the methods you used to achieve this?

Thanks!

 

[Tabcon]

Check out this picture, it's from a TR4 with only about 20k miles on it.
I talked to the guy who was selling this car before he consigned it, and it's the real deal. Just too much dough for me. He still has the original tires and wheels and it looks like the original battery.

If you zoom the picture, you can see the color of the oil filter pretty well.

 

[apbos]

I would agree with angelfj as far as engine colors. Buick engine green is what I used on my 1949 TRA 2000 engine. This most closely resembles the original color and looks alot like the fliter color.
However, Triumph was an early user of metalic paint as the green, champagne and silver 1946-1949 TR 1800 & 2000 roadsters where all metalic. But these cars were not sidescreen cars were they.

Paul