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AC Owners Club Forum => Ace, Aceca & Greyhound Forum => Topic started by: bertalanffy on November 13, 2017, 08:36:04

Title: AC Ace paint job
Post by: bertalanffy on November 13, 2017, 08:36:04: For the restoration of my AC Ace I need to know how the engine bay, the wheel arches and the bonnet was originally painted. Was it painted in the color of the car, painted black, or just blank alloy. Thanks in advance for answers.
Title: AC Ace paint job
Post by: BE774 on November 13, 2017, 09:31:11: Engine bay aluminium panelling is natural unpainted aluminium. If a 2.6, fibreglass foot boxes were black. Boot interior sprayed silver. Door hinges body colour. Chassis metalwork black. Can't remember about bonnet underside or wheel arches, others should be able to help.

   A copy of "Original AC Ace and Cobra" by Rinsey Mills is well worth the investment, not easy to find though.

   For a fraction of the book price you could join the club and talk to real AC people and look at their cars.
Title: AC Ace paint job
Post by: Exowner on November 13, 2017, 09:35:29: If you want, and have trouble finding the Rinsey Mills Book, I'll sell you mine for a fair price.
Title: AC Ace paint job
Post by: dkp_cobra on November 13, 2017, 09:42:31: Or you find here the book:

https://www.abebooks.de/servlet/SearchResults?isbn=9781870979146&n=100121503&cm_sp=mbc-_-9781870979146-_-used
Title: AC Ace paint job
Post by: AC Ace Bristol on November 13, 2017, 16:52:29: quote:
Originally posted by BE774

Engine bay aluminium panelling is natural unpainted aluminium. If a 2.6, fibreglass foot boxes were black. Boot interior sprayed silver. Door hinges body colour. Chassis metalwork black. Can't remember about bonnet underside or wheel arches, others should be able to help.

   A copy of "Original AC Ace and Cobra" by Rinsey Mills is well worth the investment, not easy to find though.

   For a fraction of the book price you could join the club and talk to real AC people and look at their cars.


   Body Colour paint

   the whole body outside plus Under bonnet and under boot lid/Trunk painted body colour as are hinges and inside of doors.

   Keith
Title: AC Ace paint job
Post by: Norman on November 26, 2017, 11:08:58: Bonnet underside on my 2.6 has always been body colour, with black for the fibreglass footwells. Underside of body shell originally completely painted in chassis black but adding an underseal to vulnerable surfaces is a good idea to protect against starbursts in the paint from stone impacts. The areas of inner wing that are visible from inside the bonnet are left as bare alloy. Front inner wings are also left as bare alloy, on both sides of the metal, though anodising is a good idea to protect against corrosion. Same goes for the bulkhead and the panels either side of the radiator.
Title: AC Ace paint job
Post by: Norman on November 26, 2017, 11:11:26: Basically, inside the front wings, if a surface is curved you paint it black, if it's flat, you anodise the alloy and leave it unpainted.