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Post by LouiseM »

I got the info from Ray Newell's book so I'm assuming it's correct :-?

Some cars provided to the police were plain white and vans, travellers and 4 doors were in trafalgar blue apparently. Don't recall seeing any police cars in clipper blue.

I'm sure someone more knowledgable will be along soon Andrew :wink:


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Post by bigginger »

I'm not fussed, really - but thought that the OP might be :D
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I can only comment on Police LCVs, these were various Blues and I guess the cars were other than the 'standard' Panda
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Car colour.

Post by Classicsfan »

Hi All,
I'm a new member.
Need some help please. Recently bought a 68 F reg two door saloon.
I asked the chap I had the car off what the colour was, he said it
was "light blue/grey" I can't find this colour mentioned at any of the spares places. On the colour chart the nearest is Smoke Grey, but
my car looks to be a pale blue.
Thanks for any help.
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Post by ASL642 »

Yes it sounds like Smoke grey (which is BMC's name for Pale Blue)!

I believe that there are 2 shades of Smoke Grey though, so be careful. Is also depends on whether your car car been re-sprayed recently, it may have been sprayed in 2 Pack which is slightly different again. The previous owner would know. Hope this helps. :D

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Post by Classicsfan »

Thanks for your help Lou,
Yes it has been resprayed in 2pack. Quite a good job as well.
I now know the colour for touch up paint.
Regards keith.
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Post by bigantired »

Hi Everyone,
I would really appreciate your help in figuring out the colour of my brothers car. I have attached a picture. I think it is trafalgar but not sure which shade.

thanks very much,


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Post by d_harris »

Definatly Traffy.

Think thats the lighter version. But don't quote me on it - it can be quite hard to tell from a pic as different cameras and light conditions can play havoc

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Post by stevey »

looks like the lighter BU 37 one to me too.

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Post by deano69 »

Has anyone heard of Kingfisher blue?I was told my 69 saloon was this colour.
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Post by LouiseM »

There was a Kingfisher Blue used on Rovers - Paint code BU5


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Post by PSL184 »

My Trav is Kingfisher Blue.

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Post by deano69 »

Oh...its not that colour blue.It looks more like a trafalger blue but my colour perceptions a bit off so....but its definately not kingfisher.
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Hi ya. Could anyone tell me what colour this is? It may look white but it's blue. Rather odd really[frame]Image[/frame]
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That is 1950 - 52 Thames Blue, ICI paint code 2382. No BMC code available.
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hello,could some one please tell me what colour my car is,thanks.need to respray the drivers side door after rust removal.[frame]Image[/frame][frame]Image[/frame]
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Post by LouiseM »

What year is your car? It looks like it might be sage green, which was used on saloons between May '56 and March '59. It could however have been resprayed at some point so may not be the original colour. The best way to get a good paint match when just respraying a panel is to take a sample to somewhere that will be able to mix you some paint to match it.


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Hi,the car is a 56 and has been resprayed in the last 10 years by the last owner who said it was sage green.But i have heard that there are 2 sage greens.
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hi after colour codes have driven me nuts today and trying to find out what colours are what i found this chart below not sure how helpful it is or how acurate it is but hope it may help some one :0)

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ok i got sent this from a paint company[frame]Image[/frame][frame]Image[/frame][frame]Image[/frame][frame]Image[/frame]

i hope this helps i think there may be a few spelling mistakes but i thought it was very kind of the guy to send me it

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