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Paint colour for gille
Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2005 4:04 pm
by hornmeister2000
Hi all, could someone please tell me the correct name for the paint on Naomi's grille (see picture in my signature). She is a 1970 2-door saloon in Trafalgar Blue.
Thanks!
Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2005 4:06 pm
by Cam
Snowberry White grille and dark silver wheels.
Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2005 4:07 pm
by hornmeister2000
Really? I thought the wheels weren't painted!
Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2005 4:08 pm
by Cam
Yes all the wheels are painted! What are yours then if they are not painted?
Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2005 4:18 pm
by hornmeister2000
I thougth they were just bare metal!
Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2005 4:47 pm
by Cam
They would be a reddish/brown (rust) colour if they were!
Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2005 4:56 pm
by hornmeister2000
Good point!
Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2005 1:34 pm
by Kevin
Cam when did they change the grill colour from Old English White as I thought all the later cars had grills that colour.
Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2005 1:55 pm
by Cam
Around October 1967 the grille changed from Old English White to Snowberry White.
My Grille is incorrect as it's Old English White but my car is a 1969 model.
Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2005 2:12 pm
by Kevin
Right the same time they discontinued Old English White as a body colour and introduced Snowberry White as a body colour.
Posted: Sun Mar 06, 2005 12:12 am
by Cam
Sort of, yeah. Snowberry came in in Oct '67 but OEW carried on 'till about Jan '68
Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2005 2:53 pm
by MrA.Series
Does that mean that there were some cars, somewherem that were produced in OEW but with a SW grill?
Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2005 2:58 pm
by Cam
No, I think they changed over at the same time.
Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2005 2:59 pm
by MrA.Series
Oh, neato.
Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2005 4:29 pm
by dermot
I@ve read that the Dublin built minors have the grille in body colour. I have a 69 4 dr which I am working on. It has a white grille and wheels. Has anyone seen a black grille on a black car. Does it look right?
Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2005 5:16 pm
by Onne
How about the colour of the rims on a series II? Should these be the same colour as the grill, thus black? Would make my car look a lot more sinister...... All black and evil
Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2005 5:25 pm
by TerryG
I'd go for pink, that would look really macho.
Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2005 5:28 pm
by Onne
Seriously I want my series II to look like a series II not like 1000 with a split screen like at the moment....
Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2005 5:28 pm
by Onne
And thus have the original colour combo
Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2005 8:07 pm
by HarryMango
Hi Onne
On Series 11 the wheel rims & grille were originally painted body colour so come on in o evil onne & join the sinister "Men in Black"
Rog