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Tony Hunt · 10-10-04, 10:33 AM

Hmm, no wonder Howard Jones has been going on a bit about rubbing Betty down.
Back in 1964 I took a TR3 to bits, removed the paint to bare metal and resprayed it in BRG cellulose - using a Schraeder air pump (one that you blow up tyres with by screwing it in in place of a spark plug) in a Mini engine. Several gallons of petrol later, if you ignored the ripples, it didn't look too bad.
Things appear to have advanced a bit since then.
Good advice, Simon.

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Tony Hunt huntsen 5 Tenths Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: High Wycombe, U GT40: Factory-blt GTD Posts: 545 Rep Power: 12	Re: Painting my \'40 Hmm, no wonder Howard Jones has been going on a bit about rubbing Betty down. Back in 1964 I took a TR3 to bits, removed the paint to bare metal and resprayed it in BRG cellulose - using a Schraeder air pump (one that you blow up tyres with by screwing it in in place of a spark plug) in a Mini engine. Several gallons of petrol later, if you ignored the ripples, it didn't look too bad. Things appear to have advanced a bit since then. Good advice, Simon.