TR6 TR6 rear panel: always black?

[TR6oldtimer]

Most auto paint companies offer a flattening agent that can be used in their product lines. Depending on the amount of agent used, you can vary the level of gloss to your likening. An auto paint guy recommended a 20% (80% reduction) gloss mixture. I bought the paint, but have yet to use it.

 

[jackag91]

Thanks, that was what I was looking for.

 

[Brosky]

I believe that mine was mixed at 80% as well. Any less gloss and it begins to look faded after a few years or so is what I was told by the painter. Mine has held up well for the past 5 years since I had it done.

 

[TR3driver]

Is he still around? Could you get him to join this forum and tell more of what he has seen?

John is still around, and still a very occasional contributor to another text-only Triumph forum. But AFAIK he is also still on metered dial-up (and a limited budget) so I doubt he would be interested in BCF. All I can suggest is that you either join up for Triumphs at Team.Net or buy the book.

Here is part of one of his posts I dug out of my archives :

On the issues of *originality* which so many seem to want to follow, I've
often wondered how a Concours judge would regard the following examples of
cars that came off the line, 'factory fresh, certainly *original* and odd. I
saw all of them myself and can attest to their unique originality:

A Herald 13/60 salon with a LH drive steering and electrical set-up but a RH
pedal and hydraulics layout
A Spitfire Mk 3 with wire wheels on the front and discs on the rear with a
version of each wheel in the boot as spare wheels. Would you believe this car
not only got out of the factory but was delivered to the customer. The dealer
couldn't rectify it in the PDI because rectification of this nature could not
be undertaken until the 1000 mile service. What's more, the customer laid me
out on the sidewalk with his fist because I laughed at it. Wouldn't you?
A Toledo with two doors on the right, only one on the left and no engine or
transmission

All those were definitely original and I know from former colleagues that
there were others, so I wonder what criteria would apply for them to be judged
as factory originals? That's really why I tend to jest at originality because
mass production is such that all sorts and variations on a theme can and do
get built. I also jest at it because I've seen so many cars that claim to be
"as they came off the line" and those too are a joke. In the majority of
cases, their standards of finish far outstrip what happened in reality all
those years ago and I fear many of their owners are proudly labouring under a
delusion. But if that's what makes them happy..........

 

[Brooklands]

BTW, if you ever get a chance to read John's book "In the Shadow of my Father : Life at Triumph", I heartily recommend it. Doesn't have any deep dark secrets about the cars, but is thoroughly entertaining and, I think, reveals a lot about the attitudes prevalent at Standard-Triumph.
This is an outrageous price to pay for it, just the only site I found that has details :
https://www.biblio.com/details.php?dcx=49824350&aid=frg

You can get the book for $27 at Little British Car Company. It sounds like an interesting book to read too.

 

[Guest]

The best thing to buy is Krylon Semi-Flat Black. Pure and simple, fast, and works perfectly.

 

[TR6oldtimer]

The best thing to buy is Krylon Semi-Flat Black. Pure and simple, fast, and works perfectly.

And this from the guy who bought red lead primer? /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/lol.gif

 

[Brosky]

Where does he get the "Pure and simple, fast, and works perfectly" part?????

NOTHING that poor Bill does lately seems to follow that route.

 

[RonMacPherson]

On the black paint thing.


Chris Harvey TR for Triumph around pg 104/105 states that the rear vertical surfaces are painted matt black.(this is for the 69 TR6. Then Graham Robson, TRIUMPH TR's the complete story, states the same thing. Then both Brookland Books TRiumph TR6 Collection No. 1 and Triumph TR6 69-76. compiled of articles written by a number of authors. After reading the first three articles in each book, they state the vertical surfaces are painted matt black. Might have been body paint on European versions, or during a strike.

 

[swift6]

John is still around, and still a very occasional contributor to another text-only Triumph forum. But AFAIK he is also still on metered dial-up (and a limited budget) so I doubt he would be interested in BCF. All I can suggest is that you either join up for Triumphs at Team.Net or buy the book.

John is a great chap. Met him at Gaydon in 2000 and have one of his first edition books (signed of course) /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/wink.gif . He also posts on the 6-Pack list (another team.net list) and drives a 2500 Saloon. Very much against the idea of concourse shows and judging.

He also has a great story about the British Leyland badges on the front wings. /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/devilgrin.gif

 

[Brosky]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:]He also has a great story about the British Leyland badges on the front wings. [/QUOTE]

WELL????? What is it, Shawn???

 

[TR3driver]

He also posts on the 6-Pack list (another team.net list) and drives a 2500 Saloon.

In case anyone is wondering what that is, here's a photo from Jonmac. BTW, that is a Ferguson tractor in the background, with a Standard-Triumph engine very similar to that used in the TR2-4A.

 

[swift6]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:]He also has a great story about the British Leyland badges on the front wings.

WELL????? What is it, Shawn??? [/QUOTE]

Basically, one of the reasons he states for some cars having two badges, many cars having a single badge and some coming over with no badges came down to simply faulty mastick on the stickum side of the badge. They all had badges placed on them, both sides, but many of "twisted arsehole" badges (the actual nickname that many factory workers had for the BL badging) fell off while the cars were in route to the docks. He states that the ditches along the roadway leading up to the shipping yard were littered with shiny new BL badges.

 

[Victor K]

When my car was repainted, I looked at the rear end painted and opted to keep it green.
I thought it looked good.

My green '72 came with a BRG body color rear ( was orig. jasmine yellow). I like it better and think I'll keep it that way with the next repaint.