Morris Minor Owners Club

Hello all,

I'm about to paint my MM Series, low light and I would like to know what options of colors do I have. The color now is kinda purple. I would like to have a light color. Not a dark one. I've seen the following photos and I really liked the color but I do not know what color is it, I don't know the name of the color.

So I'd appreciate it if you help me out.





Source of the photos: http://www.simoncars.co.uk/morris/minormm.html

Thank you.

I think the car in the photo is platinum grey. There's a list of series MM colour options here:

http://potteries.mmoc.org.uk/ID/PaintTrim.htm

And the Series MM website has lots of useful info:

http://seriesmm.mmoc.org.uk/


(ps: I've moved your post from the bodywork forum as this forum is the best place for posting your Series MM questions)

Thanx!

I took a look at the color codes but there is no code for Platinum Grey.

Your car was probably Maroon A, used from 1948-50 but discontinued due to problems with the paint fading. The problems seem to hve been soved and it was re-introduced as Maroon B from 1967-69 and is a popular colour for lowlights.
Platinum grey was used from 1948-50, ICI code 0123. Gascoyn Grey, ICI code 0095 was used from1950-52. Most of the records seem to have been destroyed and colours are generally achieved by paint matching. Also painting is usually by two pack which is not an exact match to cellulose.
Most colours seem to have ony been used for two years before changing

Hello Mistarkos,

my 1949 MM had the same problem as yours: when found, 30+ yrs ago, it was a sort of dull pink. It was repainted in black because at the time information was scarce and nobody in Italy knew that this was the effect of discolouration of the original Maroon A. If I may (respectfully) give you an advice, pls avoid the mistake that was done on my car and repaint it in the original maroon: it's a very nice, brilliant colour, it looks good in the Mediterrean sunshine and the car will maintain its originality.

Have a nice day,

Stefano

Hello Stefanos,

Thanx for the advise. As I understand the Maroon is a black color? What color is it exactly?

I found Maroon color here: http://www.madmalc.screaming.net/car_colour_guide.htm
Is that the original (maroon) color of Morris Minor's??

Maroon is a dark red. If you have a copy of "Original Morris Minor" there are examples in there. There is also a photo on the Series MM website http://seriesmm.mmoc.org.uk/rally National rally 2008

No I don't, but I will try to find one.

Thanx Mike.

The original Maroon A was BMC paint code RD8 ICI paint code 2473 (this is the paint that was discontinued as it faded)

Maroon B is BMC paint code RD23 ICI paint code 6573 Hope this helps. If you want to see what this colour looks like take a look at poster "LouiseM" 's post picture. She has a Maroon B 2 dr.

Cool! Thanx a lot ASL642!

Here's a better pic, including a maroon low light, so you can get an idea of how it looks Not sure if the low light is Maroon A rather than Maroon B but if it is there's not a lot of difference between the shades. [frame][/frame]

They are really beautiful colors. I like better the color of the lowlight. I will go with that one! Thank you Louise.

What color is the line on the side of the car?

On Maroon B = Gold coachline

On a low light = a slighty off white colour

White, but there is a lot of discussion about the width of the coachline. Keith Fletcher's car is still looking immaculate

I will definitely do the coach line.. I'm thinking of an off white color.

What would be the inside of the car color? The dashboard? For a Maroon car color.