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Determining Orignal Body Colour
Posted: Wed Jan 05, 2011 12:34 am
by pyebibby
I see that there is some website that determines the dates particular colours were intrroduced and stopped and what 'body numbers/chassis numbers' these included. Is there any other way of telling?
What checks as a new Morris owner do i want to do online. under the bonnet, anything important really,
Thank you
Pyebibby
Re: Determining Orignal Body Colour
Posted: Wed Jan 05, 2011 9:04 am
by mike.perry
The Series MM website
http://seriesmm.mmoc.org.uk lists all the paint colours, codes and dates. Look under Tech Info and Car Ident.
A Production Trace Certificate from BMIHT will give the build spec and colour of your car
Re: Determining Orignal Body Colour
Posted: Wed Jan 05, 2011 4:35 pm
by pyebibby
Excellent
Thank you verhy much
Re: Determining Orignal Body Colour
Posted: Wed Jan 05, 2011 11:16 pm
by DAVIDMCCULLOUGH
Your car looks like morris dark green used about 1958 and 59
Re: Determining Orignal Body Colour
Posted: Thu Jan 06, 2011 1:33 am
by pyebibby
DAVIDMCCULLOUGH wrote:Your car looks like morris dark green used about 1958 and 59
its a 57, but yes, dark green... just not sure which one! :S
thank you
Re: Determining Orignal Body Colour
Posted: Thu Jan 06, 2011 10:37 am
by stevey
unfortunately thats what bmc called it, dark green.
Re: Determining Orignal Body Colour
Posted: Thu Jan 06, 2011 11:15 am
by ASL642
We have an Oct '56 ser II. The colour is "Dark Green" GN12 code 5107 in the BMC chart.
Re: Determining Orignal Body Colour
Posted: Thu Jan 06, 2011 10:21 pm
by DAVIDMCCULLOUGH
There are lots of other fancy green names, romain green, porcelaine green, almond green, but yours is just good old dark green!!
Re: Determining Orignal Body Colour
Posted: Tue Jan 11, 2011 8:59 pm
by pyebibby
Excellent
Re: Determining Orignal Body Colour
Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2011 12:18 am
by mike.perry
DAVIDMCCULLOUGH wrote:There are lots of other fancy green names, romain green, porcelaine green, almond green, but yours is just good old dark green!!
Not forgetting sage green, empire green, mist green and connaught green!
Re: Determining Orignal Body Colour
Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2011 11:20 am
by d_harris
And limeflower which a snot green/yellow
Re: Determining Orignal Body Colour
Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2011 11:56 am
by ASL642
Well that's one description of limeflower
I agree it is an acquired taste, but very much a colour in keeping with the '70's when it was produced! I have seen a mint condition one with the original navy blue interior and in the sunshine it looked ok.
Re: Determining Orignal Body Colour
Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2011 6:35 pm
by MarkyB
Lime flower green and a navy blue interior?
Acquired taste has to be an understatement, where is the nauseous smiley?
Re: Determining Orignal Body Colour
Posted: Thu Jan 20, 2011 9:44 am
by ASL642
well it was a nicely maintained car and on the road.
Re: Determining Orignal Body Colour
Posted: Sun Jan 23, 2011 6:24 pm
by Annierat1
Heh heh - mine's Limeflower! HATED the colour when I was a kid, always gave my parents grief about it. I wanted a blue one, but seeing as I wasn't even born when they got it I didn't really have a say in the matter! Now it's mine, I actually quite like it - just because it is that little bit different and does tend to stand out from the crowd at Moggie rallies. It's a love it or hate it colour really ...
Re: Determining Orignal Body Colour
Posted: Sun Jan 23, 2011 10:35 pm
by pyebibby
um... would take some getting used too! well discised behind the bushes