Matt Black Minor?

[Boomlander]

Hi All,
Talking to a chap at a local car show today and after admiring our Series 2 he told me that he had located a "Barn Find" minor in a rare Matt Black body finish.
I said that I didn't realise Matt Black was an option on the Minor but he assured me it was.....Any thoughts??

[ianmack]

I suppose if you buy a gloss black one and don't polish it for fifty years....

I think he's pulling your leg.

[Boomlander]

Yeah I think that the original paint had died years ago and no amount of T Cut will bring it back to gloss.

[GBond]

I'm pretty sure the matte paint fad is much, much more recent than the Minor.

[Boomlander]

Agreed, the Americans are quite keen on flat black for their street rods.

[qwertyhenry]

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[tortron]

Black itself was pretty rare. cellulose paint was never super gloss. factory matte never happened

heres my barn find

[olderisbetter]

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I love those deep wheels, are they banded?

[qwertyhenry]

no they are rehooped with ford foucs rims

[olderisbetter]

Thats interesting, i had seen it done with astra rims, i think i might look into that conversion, thanks