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Triumph TR6 - Paint scheme

This is my first post- new to the forum. I have a 69 TR6, resprayed original Jasmine Yellow. I am getting ready to repaint it. I wonder what should be flat black on this car, as I stripped the black rockers and windshield frame, I found sound Jasmine yellow under the black. I have not gotten to the rear panel yet, so I'm not sure what is under it. I'm not doing a body off restoration, I want to drive the car daily,, but I feel I might as well paint it the way Triumph did many years ago!
Cheers,
Brian
Brian Murphy

Hello Brian... firstly I should say that I'm not 100% confident that there were no changes 69-76 in terms of what's flat black so I'll speak from being to many many shows and what I know to be correct for my 76.

Other than the windscreen frame and the flat tailight and license plate panel across the rear of the car the only other black is along the bottom of the rocker panel. Not the rocker panel itself but the vertical flange or weld seam (about 1/2 inch the length of the panel). I stand to be corrected by '69 owners.

Good luck, Ken
Ken Shaddock

Brian,
Welcome to the TR-6 BBS. What you have discovered is that the car was painted body color all over, then the black accents were added. The windscreen frame should be body color for a 69. Someone correct me if in error. The portion below the line Ken describes was blackened with pebble guard, not just paint. The rear end is matte black, the exact paint code is available and the limits of what's black and what's not, but since you have not stripped that yet, just note (digital Camera, most important tool in your tool box) and when repainting go back with black to match that area.
db
Doug Baker

Doug, of course , is correct on windscreen
DON KELLY

Hi Brian

Welcome.

My 69 was originally jasmine yellow. Unfortunately I don't remember if it was black on the rockers. I don't think it was (there wasn't much left of the rockers). As Doug and Don indicate, the windscreen was yellow. The rear was black however I have heard that some cars made it out without the black rear.
Michael Petryschuk

My plan will be: black rear, yellow rockers and windshield. I purposely looked for a 69 because they seem to look "older" than the newer cars.
Thanks to all,
Brian
Brian Murphy

Black or yellow on your rockers; your choice, but do consider some kind of protection against gravel, pebbles, stones, road hazards.
db
Doug Baker

Rocker paint clarification please Doug... are y'all saying that the entire rocker panel would have been pebble / gravel shield black? I was told just the vertical weld edge along the bottom of the rocker. I have seen many pics with black rockers and assumed that was a personal touch. I have not noticed black rockers at car shows. Must go back and look at pictures I've taken.
Ken Shaddock

Ken, there is a chrome strip riveted along the rocker panel; above the strip is body color, below it, pebble guard. The chrome strip is thin in earlier models and a mite wider in later years. Don't recall which, but no mind, it still divides the rocker panel. Mine was rubbery, almost like undercoating. Quoted from the TR-6 Painting Guide, by Ken Streeter: "On 1969-1976 (all) TR6s, undercoating was applied in all four wheel wells, over body color. This undercoating (stone guard rubber) was also applied to the rocker panel area from the front wheel well to the rear wheel well. The undercoating was a semi-flat black in color, and was not painted -- the material itself is semi-flat black throughout."
Doug Baker

This thread was discussed between 03/09/2012 and 04/09/2012

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