Paint colour for gille

www.xing.com/profile/Neil_Shorney · Post by **hornmeister2000** » Thu Mar 03, 2005 4:04 pm

Hi all, could someone please tell me the correct name for the paint on Naomi's grille (see picture in my signature). She is a 1970 2-door saloon in Trafalgar Blue.

Thanks!

Post by **Cam** » Thu Mar 03, 2005 4:06 pm

Snowberry White grille and dark silver wheels.

www.xing.com/profile/Neil_Shorney · Post by **hornmeister2000** » Thu Mar 03, 2005 4:07 pm

Really? I thought the wheels weren't painted!

Post by **Cam** » Thu Mar 03, 2005 4:08 pm

Yes all the wheels are painted! What are yours then if they are not painted?

www.xing.com/profile/Neil_Shorney · Post by **hornmeister2000** » Thu Mar 03, 2005 4:18 pm

I thougth they were just bare metal!

Post by **Cam** » Thu Mar 03, 2005 4:47 pm

They would be a reddish/brown (rust) colour if they were!

www.xing.com/profile/Neil_Shorney · Post by **hornmeister2000** » Thu Mar 03, 2005 4:56 pm

Good point!

Post by **Kevin** » Fri Mar 04, 2005 1:34 pm

Cam when did they change the grill colour from Old English White as I thought all the later cars had grills that colour.

Post by **Cam** » Fri Mar 04, 2005 1:55 pm

Around October 1967 the grille changed from Old English White to Snowberry White.

My Grille is incorrect as it's Old English White but my car is a 1969 model.

Post by **Kevin** » Fri Mar 04, 2005 2:12 pm

Right the same time they discontinued Old English White as a body colour and introduced Snowberry White as a body colour.

Post by **Cam** » Sun Mar 06, 2005 12:12 am

Sort of, yeah. Snowberry came in in Oct '67 but OEW carried on 'till about Jan '68

Post by **MrA.Series** » Mon Mar 07, 2005 2:53 pm

Does that mean that there were some cars, somewherem that were produced in OEW but with a SW grill?

Post by **Cam** » Mon Mar 07, 2005 2:58 pm

No, I think they changed over at the same time.

Post by **MrA.Series** » Mon Mar 07, 2005 2:59 pm

Oh, neato.

Post by **dermot** » Mon Mar 07, 2005 4:29 pm

I@ve read that the Dublin built minors have the grille in body colour. I have a 69 4 dr which I am working on. It has a white grille and wheels. Has anyone seen a black grille on a black car. Does it look right?

Post by **Onne** » Mon Mar 07, 2005 5:16 pm

How about the colour of the rims on a series II? Should these be the same colour as the grill, thus black? Would make my car look a lot more sinister...... All black and evil

Post by **TerryG** » Mon Mar 07, 2005 5:25 pm

I'd go for pink, that would look really macho.

Post by **Onne** » Mon Mar 07, 2005 5:28 pm

Seriously I want my series II to look like a series II not like 1000 with a split screen like at the moment....

Post by **Onne** » Mon Mar 07, 2005 5:28 pm

And thus have the original colour combo

Post by **HarryMango** » Mon Mar 07, 2005 8:07 pm

Hi Onne

On Series 11 the wheel rims & grille were originally painted body colour so come on in o evil onne & join the sinister "Men in Black"

Rog