Advice abou a Red stripe

[yiorgos]

Hello everyone

I have a morris minor 1000 4d sallon 1956 model. I decided to fix some problems and also i'm going to paint it from the start. A mechanigal told me (and he was very absolute about that)that those cars originally had a red thin stripe across their body at the height of the door handles.

I saw a lot of pictures from a a lot of moggies but i never saw something like that.

Does anyone knows anything about that?

Thank you
Y.M

[PSL184]

Yes, definately a stripe but the colour would depend on the colour of the car, ie a black car had a red stripe. A blue car had an ivory stripe.... etc....

[aupickup]

snowberry white had a red stripe

[yiorgos]

Hello everyone

I have a morris minor 1000 4d sallon 1956 model. I decided to fix some problems and also i'm going to paint it from the start. A mechanigal told me (and he was very absolute about that)that those cars originally had a red thin stripe across their body at the height of the door handles.

I saw a lot of pictures from a a lot of moggies but i never saw something like that.

Does anyone knows anything about that?

Thank you
Y.M

Yes, definately a stripe but the colour would depend on the colour of the car, ie a black car had a red stripe. A blue car had an ivory stripe.... etc....

Thank you for your replies brothers. My colour is green, what colour should the stripe be?
thank you again
Y.M

[mike.perry]

The stripe (coachline) runs from the front of the raised strip on the bonnet to the end of the strip at the back of the car. I was informed that the width of the coachline is 3/16". The normal colour for a green car is white, however mine is gold and it really looks good.

[Dean]

My colour is green, what colour should the stripe be?
Y.M

Hi yiorgos, you may have a beautifully painted coachline already on the car...... it just may be a green one.

[PSL184]

Hmmmmm, 1956 would be either Empire Green, Sage Green or Dark Green.... AFAIK they all had a Birch Grey pin stripe except Empire Green for which there are no factory records.....

[mike.perry]

Empire Green was only used on the Series MM & II and finished in '56. That leaves Sage Green and Dark Green.
Originally all cars had a white coachline, different colour coachlines were introduced in 1956 with the M1000.

[PSL184]

The car in question could be a SII though.....?

[mike.perry]

He said Minor 1000 on the 1st posting.

[PSL184]

So he did - I need my glasses cleaning

Anyway - That means a Birch Grey pinstripe is required.....

[charlie_morris_minor]

advice about red stripe...do not drink too much of it you might get a hangover..

ok where's my coat?

[mike.perry]

Further to my earlier posting there are at least three 1952 black Series MMs with red coachlines, so maybe I am wrong about the dates

[Judge]

I wondered why you were asking me so many questions about coach lines Mike

[mike.perry]

You being the expert on originality i thought that you would be the obvious person to ask

[callyspoy]

i have to say, mine had a red stripe. original too as you can hardly make it out now! mines a '53 for what its worth.