On Fri, 11 Mar 1994, William Hartwell Woodruff wrote:
> I'm trying to track down a manufacturer mixing list,
> paint code, or just a Austin Healey (British Leyland) paint
> code for the light blue found on a 67 BJ8. (Yep folks, you
>
> woodruff@caen.engin.umich.edu
Here is a chance to try something. My local
Honda/BMW/Mercedes/Rover/Lexus/Nexus dealer is owned by a man who loves
expensive toys. The minions in his shop suck up to him regularly by
dreaming up ever more elaborate toys to give to him. This follows the
biblical prescription "To those that have, shall it also be given," or as
my more rural Missouri relatives put it, "them as has, gits."
Anyway, their latest present was a restored BMW Isetta. The service
manager of the shop told me about the restoration, and said he got a
modern match for the original red from a paint service run by a paint
manufacturer (he thought it was PPG). He gave me the number (216)
572-6100, which is in Akron, OH. He said they would give you modern paint
codes (for their own paint, of course) that match antique colors. He said
they were unfazed by a request to match a 1959 Isetta color.
I have been tempted to try them for a match for 1960 Sprite Leaf Green,
but haven't got around to it. If anyone tries this service, let me know
what happens.
Ray Gibbons
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