Rear differential color

I am not sure where I came up with the burnt orange color, more than likely that was the color I found on my differential when I took it apart.
I do not know whether or not Glyptal was used by the Jaguar factory. I respect George Camps opinion and expertise though.

Patrick

Michael is exactly correct--the castings were painted Red Glyptal prior to machining. It serves several functions of which only one was protection on the exterior of the unit.. George Camp

I believe the correct color is Glyptal red, which is a red primer often used on porous castings. You can get it from Eastwood:

http://eastwood.resultspage.com/search?p=Q&ts=custom&w=glyptal&submit.x=...

Vin I cleaned a corner of mine [still on car]. It looks to be a dark red/orange perhaps a little darker than Patrick's.That could be due to age or staining or a different batch of paint since we don't know how fussy the factory was. With all of the work he has put in I would trust his research.

Vin, the colour of these items was a "red lead" a popular undercoat/Primer used on many British cars, IT IS NOT ORANGE/ It is a darkish red that has faded over the years. I'm sure you will find it by googling! Jaguar affectionado and etc.

Excellent reading on your restore job. I'll be going for something between what it is now and yours for now. I'll risk sounding foolish but by orange would orange rustolium be OK. I also added a picture of the inside showing the red original color. Can you tell if its signal red like you used or other red. Its green painted now and has been since I got it in 85. My guess it was green for some time before that likely due to the Cheap fadeing red you decribed so well. Thank you this is fun
Vin

Edited on 2008-01-12 16:32:21

I painted mine orange; the cover is black.
For a picture, go to my site and scroll down about halfway:
http://www.mcload.com/Personal%20Site/the_jaguar.htm

Patrick McLoad
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