When my car was bought it was in many pieces and one piece that was missing was the front valance. I did not even know it was supposed to be there until it was pointed out as being missing in a photo I posted.
A couple of weeks ago I purchased one from EBay. A new never fitted Martin Robey copy that had been sat in a garage for several years after the sale of the owners Mk2.
Got it home and gave it a rub down and paint in the Old English that my car is and fitted it with self tappers to the front radiator cross member. Very easy fit and it cleans up the front underside of the car nicely.
Rubbed down then give several coats of Hammerite white then several coats of Old English white.
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Before fitting the cross member looks very busy.
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Compared to when the valance is fitted.
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Head on view fitted.
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Rob.C. P1B8973BW
1968 S Type 3.4 Auto. Old English White.
1993 Yamaha FJ1200 Yellow
1966 Ford Anglia 1760 cross flow (still being built)
2012 Old English sheep dog. Grey and white. http://torbayweddingcarclub.co.uk/?page_id=57
White is so much better for reference photos. My BRG is so dark it is difficult to show things.
@Cass ~ Rob ~ one thing I notice when your car is parked next to other cars that are supposed to be Old English White is that your car has a Cream hue. I think your colour is in fact Cream as all late cars were painted.
The original colour of my car was Warwick grey but when I restored it I changed it to Old English White. Apparently there are three Old English whites with the codes WT1, WT2, and WT3.
WT1 is what I would describe as a snow white.
WT2 is the pale cream which I think most would call Old English White.
WT3 is what I chose for my car and you are right you could call it Cream or even Ivory.
When we first rolled the car out of the paint booth with nothing but a rolling shell I thought I had painted the car Yellow but once all the trim was added the colour dimmed down to what I envisaged it to be and it is a hit with the brides.
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When put next to my Mate Johns two Old English White S Types you can see mine is creamier so I think Johns are the WT2 coded paint. My car is far left, Johns are the two in the foreground. The middle car with the steel wheels you can clearly see has had a paint job on the front passengers door which has not matched the paint very well at all.
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Rob.C. P1B8973BW
1968 S Type 3.4 Auto. Old English White.
1993 Yamaha FJ1200 Yellow
1966 Ford Anglia 1760 cross flow (still being built)
2012 Old English sheep dog. Grey and white. http://torbayweddingcarclub.co.uk/?page_id=57
Thank you for your photos regarding the front valance. Until I saw your pictures, I had not properly understood what the valance looked like, or where it went. As Glenn points out, your colour enhances the clarity of what goes where. My 1965 version does not have a front valance, and I'm not sure if it ever had one.
No worries at all. Most people spell my name the wrong way. It is the Welsh way ~ Glyn ~ single "n" and I don't have an ounce of Welsh blood in me. My mother just liked it. My family originates from Canada & Surrey. All UK ultimately.
I think all S Types should be fitted with the Valance but it is such a flimsy piece of thin mild steel held on with 7 self tappers that I am not surprised that the original piece on my car had disappeared.
It is only a cosmetic cover piece and I can see previous owners of our cars damaging it, ripping it off or it rusting out and not being replaced. Very easy to fit. Mine cost half of the cost of a new one from SNG otherwise I doubt if I would have bothered as it is not structural nor protective of a vital part or area.
Purely cosmetic and a collector of dirt and detritus. No wonder that they rusted out but with our cars now being better maintained and cleaned it should last longer. My next job is to spray the inside that cannot be seen with Waxoyl to protect it.
Rob.C. P1B8973BW
1968 S Type 3.4 Auto. Old English White.
1993 Yamaha FJ1200 Yellow
1966 Ford Anglia 1760 cross flow (still being built)
2012 Old English sheep dog. Grey and white. http://torbayweddingcarclub.co.uk/?page_id=57
Waxoyl or Tectyl is a good plan. My one has Tectyl sprayed everywhere it can't be seen. My car has Tectyl in every closed space even if I've had to Drill for access & insert a plastic plug afterwards, We even made up a retractable spay head that could be withdrawn down the skirts from the plugged hole in the rear wheel arch. Doors, Bootlid, Bonnet etc. etc. all done. And every trim attachment point. This car is not going to rust.
