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Colours available for the Mog in 1957
Posted: Sat Oct 06, 2007 4:08 pm
by youngun
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
Posted: Sat Oct 06, 2007 4:21 pm
by Sidney'61
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.
Posted: Sat Oct 06, 2007 4:46 pm
by Peetee
Clarendon grey is a dark shade. Grey with a hint of blue. Like a RAF blue or slate grey really.
This might help:
Posted: Sun Oct 07, 2007 7:46 pm
by youngun
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
Posted: Sun Oct 07, 2007 7:47 pm
by youngun
What does the turquoise look like?
Posted: Sun Oct 07, 2007 7:48 pm
by WPR678B
youngun wrote:Hmmm, mine is this colour. Which doesnt look like grey to me!!
Looks like clarendon grey to me!
Posted: Sun Oct 07, 2007 7:51 pm
by youngun
Looks like clarendon grey to me!
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Bugger, its bloomin 'orrible!!
Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2007 6:21 pm
by youngun
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!!
Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2007 7:49 pm
by stevey
hey it does look like clarendon grey - its a really nice colour, doesnt show up dirt
Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2007 12:57 pm
by Peetee
Yokon grey is similar but that's not listed so i'd plump for clarendon after all.
Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2007 5:35 pm
by Sidney'61
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.
Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2007 9:14 am
by Onne
Clarendon Grey is a very nice colour, suits the (early) Minor quite well
Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 4:11 pm
by youngun
Goes to show how taste varies.....i cant stand the colour at all!
Im very tempted to do a BRG Moggy!
Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 4:35 pm
by chickenjohn
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!
Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 4:39 pm
by alex_holden
Aren't there a lot of different shades of BRG?
Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 7:03 pm
by youngun
I think it would have to be the BRG that the midget came in!
Colours
Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 10:44 pm
by stag36587
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....
