Grey chassis v white chassis

[RCK974X]

Great photo....I REMEMBER THEM DRIVING ON M62 !! doing about 60mph. I guess they go from factory to the body places like that....

[Oz2]

adam quantrill said:

Almost...

There's a wedge in that photo, with 4pot callipers no less....

[GOG440]

Oz2 said:

adam quantrill said:

Almost...

There's a wedge in that photo, with 4pot callipers no less....

Is there?
I cant see a princess on there, only thing BL I can see is that maxi

[V8 Fettler]

2 cars in front of the Maxi

[RCK974X]

I see the wedge, a clever joke/pun .... (that's as much of a clue is I'm offering)

[mrzigazaga]

I see quite a few spares...

[V8 Fettler]

Seamless.

[RCK974X]

Ah, the power of photoshop (or clones), Yep, REALLY hard to see that subtle edit.......

[LLantrisant]

mine was grey...car was from 1983....and when i sold it last year the original powdercoating was still present 98%...with first outtriggers and not a spot of waxoyl...all clean and tidy as it left the factory.

i can also confirm the same condition for 2 other cars (one FHC)..one i owned, the other i viewed...both around 1982 to 1983...none of them waxoyled.

all 3 cars mentioned above with high mileage!!!!

Edited by LLantrisant on Thursday 24th July 08:36

[GBinUSA]

Having just re-read this thread.....I'm going to make the assumption that a white powdered coated chassis will tell a more telling story of the chassis condition than a grey one. Currently looking at an 86 car with a white chassis.

[wedgeman]

Photograph here of the White Elephant body which must have been taken early 1988, parked up against two white powdercoated chassis.

However the Elephant's chassis has always been black.



The old and the new?

[adam quantrill]

Where my chassis has been scraped by the jack and a bit of paint work off, underneath the original colour is... green! Green car, green chassis.

[KKson]

Ash green Wedge with white chassis on mine. Well dirty brown now due to the coverage of waxoyl.

[Waynester]

Plain black under crackers on my SEAC... She's a sophisticated lady.

[Wedg1e]

Adrian@ said:

Two different types of powder coating...the grey is a non setting and the white is setting, both done externally, neither done to well, the grey if heated melts and drips off the chassis and 'skins' if rust gets under it, the white shows up the poor preparation and thinner coating with failings in high angle corners where the postive/negative charge of the process leaves these places 'dry'.
Adrian@

Here's a grey epoxy one I repaired a while back...

http://www.wedgeneering.co.uk/280i_fhc_chassis_rep...

[B@man]

Mines now a light grey so somewhere in the middle