Paint colours

Fri May 08, 2009 10:29 am

Hi all

Does anyone the paint colour that's used on the wheels of a black 1958 saloon? It's currently a sort of almond colour, but wasn't sure if this was faded white or was actually the correct colour.

Thanks

Post by **ASL642** » Fri May 08, 2009 10:38 am

I think the correct colour for your car would be Old English White (white/cream), but any cream spray will do from any DIY chain. People even paint them using housepaint. Give them a good sand down first and use a primer to give it a good key.

Post by **pfgiz** » Fri May 08, 2009 10:54 am

According to “The Worlds Supreme Small Car”, the 1958 models used the ’57 colours with a few exceptions on the LCV front. Therefore a Black Saloon should have wheels and grille of Birch Grey. It looks like it’s only the Black cars that have the grey grille, the Dark Green and Turquoise cars having body colour.
There are other things mentioned like the ‘tarred’ boot and the use of black instead of brown dash-board buttons, but they would depend on when your car was produced in ‘57

Hope that helps.

Post by **ASL642** » Fri May 08, 2009 11:57 am

I stand corrected! whoops

Post by **pfgiz** » Fri May 08, 2009 3:54 pm

I didn't mean it like that....

I'm only reading from the book. What worries me about the book are comments like this, "Birch Grey discontinued on passenger models". Are there such things as 'non-passenger models'??? Is there, somewhere, a single seated Minor hidden in a barn without Birch Grey paint work....????

I'm guessing they mean non LCV's but they do have a passenger seat...

Interestingly it looks like Old English White replaced Birch Grey and Pale Ivory in '61. Bull don't stock Birch Grey either so looks like OEW is the way to go, depends on the level of "originality" you want, and how good the eyes of anyone looking at your car are.

Post by **ASL642** » Fri May 08, 2009 4:10 pm

No single seaters to my knowledge

be a bit narrow!!

I agree with you - brain not in gear. We've got a '56 which had original green painted wheel!Doh! Some LCV's didn't have a passenger seat - can't remember if it was Post office or GPO.

Having read the production records at Gaydon it is very confusing. It takes a lot of cross referencing to get a clear picture of what went with what for the year, then it's different from a Standard to a DeLuxe

Everything changed in Oct '56 when they changed from a Ser.II to a 1000 with the single windscreen.

Post by **pfgiz** » Fri May 08, 2009 4:20 pm

regaliaqueen wrote: No single seaters to my knowledge be a bit narrow!!

The original Mosquito look.....

Post by **jaekl** » Fri May 08, 2009 5:05 pm

Birch grey was used a bit later on (late 57 and 58) for wheels and grille. It was replaced by Pearl Grey for 59 and 60 which than was replace by OEW in 1961. Pale Ivory and/or cream was early Series III and may have been used for wheels/grille. Not sure off hand

Post by **pfgiz** » Fri May 08, 2009 5:23 pm

My '58 saloon is Pale Ivory, so it's a colour close to my heart...

Post by **aupickup** » Fri May 08, 2009 7:28 pm

it was post office vans that had no passenger seat

not many colours for lcv`s
some were just factory primer, and the customer had them painted the colour of their choice or company colours

Post by **mike.perry** » Fri May 08, 2009 8:09 pm

There are lists of paint colours, codes, years and other info on the Series MM website http://seriesmm.mmoc.org.uk. Click on Tech. Info and Vehicle ID.