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colour of my car?
Posted: Sun Jun 05, 2011 10:55 pm
by looneyleo
I have just bought my first Morris Minor, a 2door 1961 saloon, its colour is pillarbox red, is this the original colour? I have tried to find out through google, but with no luck. It may have been a commercial, car red being it's original? not sure how to find out, I am doing this car for my mid life crisis wife. Number on the plate in the engine bay, M/A2S3 872448, CAN ANYONE HELP?
Re: colour of my car?
Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2011 9:39 am
by Matt Tomkins
here's a break-down of the available colour schemes from ray newell's 'original morris minor'[frame]
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Re: colour of my car?
Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2011 9:41 am
by Matt Tomkins
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Re: colour of my car?
Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2011 11:47 pm
by ASL642
Try CMC/1038 Postal Services Red This was a originally a Light Commercial Vehicles colour but an earlier owner may have used it for your car.
Re: colour of my car?
Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2011 3:46 pm
by Kevin
looneyleo wrote:I have just bought my first Morris Minor, a 2door 1961 saloon, its colour is pillarbox red, is this the original colour? I have tried to find out through google, but with no luck. It may have been a commercial, car red being it's original? not sure how to find out, I am doing this car for my mid life crisis wife. Number on the plate in the engine bay, M/A2S3 872448, CAN ANYONE HELP?
It could be worth while looking in some of the places where the respray may not have been normally done unless it had a complete interior and exterior paint job, have a look underneath the rear seat base its not fixed but will need a tug to raise it, or take out a glovebox liner and look behind it, or take a door panel off.