Colours available for the Mog in 1957

Post by **youngun** » Sat Oct 06, 2007 4:08 pm

Does anyone know what colours were available to have your mog done in back in 1957?
According to my serial number my car should be Dark grey.....but what kind of dark grey??

Thanks,
YG

Post by **Sidney'61** » Sat Oct 06, 2007 4:21 pm

Turquoise
Cream
Black
Clarendon Grey
Birch Grey
Dark Green

They were the '57 colour choices, I think clarendon grey is quite a light shade so I assume yours is Birch grey.
Somebody correct me if I'm wrong.

Post by **Peetee** » Sat Oct 06, 2007 4:46 pm

Clarendon grey is a dark shade. Grey with a hint of blue. Like a RAF blue or slate grey really.
This might help:

Post by **youngun** » Sun Oct 07, 2007 7:46 pm

Hmmm, mine looks like this....i wouldnt call it grey to be honest....its a very bluey green grey if anything....and in some areas under the underseal its positively light green!!

http://s166.photobucket.com/albums/u118 ... C00043.jpg

http://s166.photobucket.com/albums/u118 ... tJun07.jpg

yg

Post by **youngun** » Sun Oct 07, 2007 7:47 pm

What does the turquoise look like?

Post by **WPR678B** » Sun Oct 07, 2007 7:48 pm

youngun wrote:Hmmm, mine is this colour. Which doesnt look like grey to me!!

Looks like clarendon grey to me!

Post by **youngun** » Sun Oct 07, 2007 7:51 pm

Looks like clarendon grey to me!

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Bugger, its bloomin 'orrible!!

Post by **youngun** » Mon Oct 08, 2007 6:21 pm

Peetee wrote:Clarendon grey is a dark shade. Grey with a hint of blue. Like a RAF blue or slate grey really.
This might help:

So, mine is sposed to be that colour, but thats a nice colour. Mine is horrible.....i feel a colour change coming on!!

Post by **stevey** » Mon Oct 08, 2007 7:49 pm

hey it does look like clarendon grey - its a really nice colour, doesnt show up dirt

Post by **Peetee** » Tue Oct 09, 2007 12:57 pm

Yokon grey is similar but that's not listed so i'd plump for clarendon after all.

Post by **Sidney'61** » Tue Oct 09, 2007 5:35 pm

Peetee wrote:Yokon grey is similar but that's not listed so i'd plump for clarendon after all.

Yup my minor is Yukon grey, slightly darker than Clarendon but quite similar but it was used from 1960-62 so if you want to be original then stick with Clarendon grey.

Post by **Onne** » Wed Oct 10, 2007 9:14 am

Clarendon Grey is a very nice colour, suits the (early) Minor quite well

Post by **youngun** » Tue Oct 16, 2007 4:11 pm

Goes to show how taste varies.....i cant stand the colour at all!

Im very tempted to do a BRG Moggy!

Post by **chickenjohn** » Tue Oct 16, 2007 4:35 pm

That would be different, but would fit with the performance mods you are planning. BRG is a nice traditional colour, so would look good, I think! BRG- hmm, much nicer than painting the car a "modern" colour which can soon look dated, IMHO.

Much better to be classic than dated! I like the idea, go for it!

Post by **alex_holden** » Tue Oct 16, 2007 4:39 pm

Aren't there a lot of different shades of BRG?

Post by **youngun** » Tue Oct 16, 2007 7:03 pm

I think it would have to be the BRG that the midget came in!

Post by **stag36587** » Tue Oct 16, 2007 10:44 pm

Yes there are loads of shades of BRG. My 1975 Triumph Stag is British Leyland BRG and we had all sorts of trouble when we came to respray it a few years ago. Paint code is 75, but factors initially supplied Jaguar BRG paint code 74 (slightly blue tinge). Then there is Brooklands which is a slightly lighter BRG, to say nothing of Bentley BRGs and the list goes on and on....