Changing colour. My traveller is white as on old green log book I am almost ready for

[Mercmancdi]

My traveller is white as on green tax book. I am ready for a total respray and wondered does it devalue it much changing from original colour. I have a liking for teal blue
But not sure what to do as definitely don’t want to devalue it too much after the money I have spent getting it into shape. Thoughts please.

[les]

Some people like originality when buying but not everyone is worried. I changed the colour of my Minor to what I wanted. As for devaluation its rare to recover money spent on renovations, whatever the colour. However If you intend to sell, you might as well keep it white.

[Mercmancdi]

It’s just I bought so much new bright work I was thinking it would stand out better against a deeper colour than old English White which was my original plan.
But scratching my head now. ( Boss really likes burgundy )
Don’t really have any immediate plans to sell it for now anyhow.

[les]

Well, if you think it will set the chrome off better, go for the blue, if you do eventually sell, others may think so as well. In the meantime you can enjoy the colour of your choice !

[Mercmancdi]

Don’t know if I’m going to get much of a say in it looking very like burgundy according to the other half.
Might be worth cutting my losses and keep the peace.
Only problem I never saw one in burgundy or what code I would use , would not want it too dark but also not too red.

[les]

Oh dear.

[ManyMinors]

Maroon B (Code RD 23) would be the closest standard car - used on the Minor 100 Traveller from late 1960s until the end of production.
It is a stunning colour which looks very good along with the wood and chrome

[rocco]

Have you considered wrapping it? That way you can remove the wrap if/when you sell the car and the original colour is preserved.

I also wondered, depending on the emotional attachment of course, whether it'd be cheaper to buy one in the colour you want and sell yours. I guess that a good spray job might be 2-3k these days and I've seen quite a few looking good looking travellers for sale recently.

[Mercmancdi]

Cheers lucky enough I have sprayed quite a few cars and vans over the yrs , been a few yrs and never sprayed an old one , so the prep has been about 70 hrs and still some to do it’s had so many coats of white over the years and there was a ripple in the paint so have to get down to almost base so get a half decent job. Never have the time to make it perfect but should come out fine. It’s the engine bay is going to take a while as it’s been brush painted a few different whites / but will have to be patient and may even see how it rubs down. I’ve been told I’m being too fussy maybe they are right . As long as there’s no rust and it’s well protected for a lot more yrs and looking respectable . Getting to stage would like to see all doors back on again and start to fit out interior, then it’s up for full mechanical check below and under treatment and try to get a few we drives in before Christmas, we have 2 chow chow dogs and might see how they like travelling in it and use it for there run outs if finished / as got my first electric car ( usually not a fan of electric brought up with diesel’s). But can’t believe how cheap it is to run and a charge gets me 334 mls it’s a V W ID 5 G T X version. Far too powerful rear wheel drive don’t know how it’s going to cope in the winter. But running cost are so low for what you get/ and to be honest it’s lovely place to sit so would find it hard to go back to weekly £60 fills of diesel.

[les]

I suspect you would lose more money selling an electric car, than you would selling a non original colour Minor.
I quite like the idea of electric but wondered, when the time came, who would buy a second hand one ?

[simmitc]

One thing to consider is longevity - any red pigment will deteriorate (UV induced fade) far faster than, I believe, any other colour. Maroon looks stunning when polished and maintained; but then so does Teal Blue. At the end of the day, as soon as you repaint it any colour, even original, you have lost the originality of the car - just as when you cut out the rust and weld in new metal. Most people that I have seen asking for cars prefer a good restoration over original. In my view, it's your car, paint it as you want to enjoy it.

[Mercmancdi]

Well it has to be painted as been painted before,plenty of paint on it just too much here and there and with new front window rubbers and different work never could never touch it up to look right , so it’s been decided to go for the original or as near as possible and respray inside & out old English white , I won’t see a big change I suppose expect for a fresh look. Come this far correcting all I can and changing 90% of the bright work. Only upgrades I am doing is changing headlights , putting temp & oil gauge in
and might slip a small slim radio in tucked away . So it’s pretty much as original as I can keep it with what I have to work with.

[Mercmancdi]

Another step forward . Can’t get phots rotated sorry.