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Post by clouder on May 1, 2006 20:09:42 GMT
Hi, I am about to retore my GT grill back to as new condition, and wish to get the honeycomb panel treated and then plastic coated. Due to its present condition, I am not positive of the correct colour. Should it be satin black, silver, graphite grey?  Also, has anyone successfully retored the centre GT badge? If so, what process did you use?? Any help would be good. Cloudder |
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Post by sidta23 on May 1, 2006 21:31:23 GMT
Dont plastic coat the grill its steel so it WILL rust under the plastic, just primer it & give it a good gloss paint (base coat & laquer)
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Post by clouder on May 1, 2006 21:58:50 GMT
Hi Sidta23,
Thanks for the advise- gratefully received. Do you know what colour it should be? Should it be black?
Clouder
P.S. love your TA23GT- how is the progress?
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Post by harvey on May 4, 2006 9:08:17 GMT
Any grills that I have restored the honeycomb is painted dark grey (anthracite) met,same original colour as the rear panel between the tailights,on 20 series celicas.
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Post by dinger on May 4, 2006 9:50:42 GMT
I have an original copy of "Campaigner", TGB's own house mag. Summer 1975. Back cover a colour ad. for their own Insurance company, which features a head on colour pic. of a Copper TA22GT, only that colour and white offically imported into UK. While the pic. is brightly lit it looks a mid silver, cetainly not black. Thats the colour I did my JKC car, featured elsewhere on the Forum. So whether silver or Harveys darker grey not sure, but I know his original white car and would not argue the point if his was in original colour. No patricular knowledge of the 23/28 in GT trim but assume similar.
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Post by sidta23 on May 4, 2006 19:36:10 GMT
Hi clouder dont know what colour it was origionally so what paint it what ever colour you like, i may paint mine Gold the car will be black, will try st grill first to see what it looks like, hope to get the celica painted before the summer its booked in with the painter nearly year & half now, Jack is really the best so he has a long waiting list there are 2 toyota twin cams before mine
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Post by sidta23 on Feb 22, 2007 19:50:07 GMT
Bought this on ebay couple of years ago off Harvey who i just knew his name at the time but know him better now through this site, just finished restoring it yesterday, painted 2k black also the gt badge with the GT letters in silver vinyl stickers cut out myself, had to cut off the middle mounting bar at the back cos was rusted through & tig welded the outer ones, i think it looks great.    |
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