Morris Minor Owners Club

I have a black 1957 saloon with the standard old English white / cream (whatever colour it is) grille. but I have seen other "standard" minors with a black grille. Was this an option? I was thinking of painting mine black.

What are your thoughts?

I'd do what you like the look of. If you change your mind it's not a big job to repaint it.

Your right, I'll go and do it.

I remember once years and years ago I sprayed my wheels black on my first minor, I drove to college and when I got there they was the original colour! The rain washed the paint off! I think there was far too much thinners in the paint!

For the record it's already non-original. Black cars were the first to get contrasting wheels and grille. 57 to early 59 that color was Birch Grey.

jaekl wrote:For the record it's already non-original. Black cars were the first to get contrasting wheels and grille. 57 to early 59 that color was Birch Grey.

Birch gray. I'll get some of that. Thanks

If you've got a black Minor, one of the easiest ways to make it look older is to paint the wheels and grill black. Obviously I would rather have a car looking how I want than original (although the previous keeper did mine saving me a job). I'm also tempted to do the outer ring of my wheels in a maroon / dark red to match the interior. Que the purists with their lectures.