Hood frame colour

[eworpe]

Can any one help Bruno Traverso in Italy who would like to know the original colour of the hood frame of an early 1946 TC No. 435. He has read of two different suggestions that it was either black or light grey. He is not a member of this group yet, so I'll pass on any observations. Thanks, Eric.

[motionwear]

Hi Eric - 

TC0273 and TC0279,both obviously very early TCs both had their original hood bow frames on them when I acquired them; they had never been taken off the cars.

Both hood frames were light tan, similar to the color of later TC frames.

This doesn t prove that all frames were this color,  but I ve  never seen any physical evidence of black frames on TCs.  Even TC0251 has a tan frame in all the photos taken of it in July and September 1945.

Hope this helps, and hope t doesn t stir up a hornets nest.  If anyone has evidence otherwise (except for the police cars which are a different matter) please present it!

Tom Wilson

[eworpe]

Many thanks to Jeff, Duncan and Tom who have described the hood frame colour as awful cream, beige and light Tan. As Tom fears, this could stir up another contentious discussion as there are probably as many perceptions of a colour as there are commentators. The actual paint used may owe more to what was left over from camouflaging military vehicles, so we must be thankful that the idea of painting TCs in a patch work of different colours never caught on. Experience has taught me to stay clear of paint colour discussions, claiming to be colour blind might come in handy sometimes. Eric. ________________________________________ From: twilson@indy.rr.com [mg-tabc] Both hood frames were light tan, similar to the color of later TC frames. This doesn t prove that all frames were this color, but I ve never seen any physical evidence of black frames on TCs. Even TC0251 has a tan frame in all the photos taken of it in July and September 1945. Hope this helps, and hope it doesn t stir up a hornets nest. If anyone has evidence otherwise (except for the police cars which are a different matter) please present it!

[mgtc0604]

TC0604 had tan frames

[Andrea VILLA]

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[img]https://xa.yimg.com/kq/groups/AGzIn_Dtf ... 02abcd.jpg[/img] Hi Eric Please Tell to Mr Traverso  contact me- I live in north Italy at Trieste -as I suppose that Mr Traverso live in Genoadue his typical  name,I also have a early MG TC 0433 just two number before ended fom Abington the 5 February 1946 My car is under wintry works, i can help Mr traverso on all particularity of this early  Hand made Pre-production  modelHood was 2 window Black also the frame was black and normally also the body was blackengine was Dark grey as the Wolseley  plant that produced the MG engine -used the Royal Marine-paint War SurplusFire wall was light grey -as MG use the interior colours of the armoured tank -always in production in the next line   atAbingtonBody was Black because was the only paint at disposition in the war period -(and a lot of first MG TC  are dispatched insubstitution of the oldest POLICE  1935 TA (black) survived at the use during the warMy car is dark red -and have the speedometer in KM- reversed position of Fog lamp and ClacsonEXPORT model- probably one of the 80 Exported in ARGENTINA in the 1946

[Michael Leckstein]

These questions always result in varied and sometimes interesting threads. It often surprises me how often they reoccur, but that is the nature of the internet. What   is surprising is the number of people who have not read the “T Series Handbook”  This book contains detailed articles of “originality” by Chip Old ,who was on this list before he passed away some time ago.

 

What is important is the fact that the articles Chip wrote were for the most part only 20 to 25 years after the last TC rolled out of Abingdon. He had access, as the technical editor for the New England MG T Register’s Sacred Octagon, to our cars when original examples with low mileage  still existed in large numbers.

 

In his articles, Chip explains that while he certainly wasn’t infallible, he did have access to many cars, factory records etc. Also, back then, the factory was still in operation and employed workers who had been with MG since the end of the war. The point is that his articles are highly accurate and much more contemporary then our suggestions that this car or that car had this part which was x color or y color. We are over 40 years beyond Chips sources. And we are almost 70 years since the last TC.

 

I really urge anybody who do not have the T Series Handbook to get one.  There is so much more than” Points of Originality”, and terrific articles on tuning and maintain the cars.

 

They can be purchased on line from the New England MG T Register’s web site.

 

Oh yes, the frames were tan on the TC! Early, middle and late!   

 

Mike Leckstein

[b]From:[/b] mg-tabc@yahoogroups.com [mailto:mg-tabc@yahoogroups.com] [b]On Behalf Of [/b]mgtc@comcast.net [mg-tabc] [b]Sent:[/b] Thursday, March 01, 2018 11:52 AM [b]To:[/b] mg-tabc@yahoogroups.com [b]Subject:[/b] [mg-tabc] Re: Hood frame colour

 

TC0604 had tan frames