I am in the process of restoring a 1962 BT7 tricarb which was originally
painted OEW. I try to keep everything as close as possible to the original
specs with one exception. I decided together with my wife to do the car in
primrose, as this is our favourite Healey colour. We have seen this colour
on our best friends Healey and fall in love with it. If there are 100
Healeys together in a car park, the primrose one stands out of all others.
And it is a rare colour, not seen that often.
Now the discussion about originality brought me back to think about our
decision as I still can change my mind. To say my wife's are fixed. But this
is one of the mayor decisions, I am allowed to do. So I would like to hear
the pros and cons for primrose or for going with OEW as the other
possibility.
Many thanks for any comments,
Josef Eckert,
Konigswinter/Germany
62 BT7, 54 BN1 (not converted to louvered bonnet), 65 Sprite
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