Original Color verses New Color

For you eagle eye folks, you may have noticed that my car's "birth certificate" said it left the factory painted "Maple".  Obviously the car is now painted red, so I thought I'd post a picture of a TR6 in the original Maple Brown color.

This photo was one I snagged off eBay of a TR6 that was for sale, for you to see what Maple Brown really looked like...you don't see many Sixes still painted this color.  Yeah I know, it's looks a bit like shiny mud !

Wife Rhoda and I are still debating what color to use when it comes time to paint our Six.  For a while I thought the original color of Mallard Blue was going to be our new color, but now I'm not so sure.  I have seen a couple of Sixes painted black, and even though black was not offered as an option on the TR6, it does look pretty nice!
Here is a car in the Mallard Blue color...

Here is one in black...

Well, it's not like we need to make a decision any time soon, but it's fun to think about !!

Factory Records

It's always fun to hear about the "factory records" that classic car guys find for their cars.  Since Triumph went out of business in the early '80's I didn't have much hope of finding such a record for my Six.  Imagine my delight / surprise when one day on the 6-Pack forum someone mentioned the "British Motor Industry Heritage Trust" !  It seems this organization  had collected all the factory records, and for about $70.00  would do a search for the VIN / Chassis number of your car. They  send a very nice certificate with all the details of how and when your car left the assembly line, and even the name of the ship on which it came to the USA.
My sweet wife took the certificate for my car to our local frame shop and had it professionally framed, so it now hangs on the wall next to my desk.  Very cool !

Here is a closer look at the details on the certificate.