Early 76 and TT9 Amal carby paint?

I have this vague memory of reading that Amal used a fish oil based paint on their carbs. . Someone out there knows.

Mike

• I have a bronze 76 carburettor (pre war), made by Allparts Melbourne under licence from Amal U.K., (so I have been told andread),and I painted it with VHT silver high temperature aerosol, following the instructions which included baking in an oven.The colourlooks the part, with no evidence of the petrol effecting the finish after several years.

I would gladly get bumped down to second place in the concours because I didn't paint over my bronze parts with metal flake paint. But I don't have any bike that old anyway.

Weren't the yellow metal bodies originally dull chrome plated ? Certainly when the mazac bodies were introduced (and which couldn't be plated), they were never left raw but gained a silver painted finish.

The Amal build cards (which are held by the VMCC) may give some detail. For the 76s and 276s they generally state 'Mixing Chamber and float chamber lacquered' and then go on to list the finish for the nuts etc. but I'm not sure that I've ever looked at the carbs for the Type 6s.