I had a look at the colors in the auto color library, and the 64-67 BMC
colors looked strange.. Old English White, WT-3, looks like it's sort of a
beige color. British Racing Green GN-25 looks almost black. Have the
original chips yellowed with age, is my monitor going, or am I just getting
old?
- tom
On Sat, Apr 12, 2008 at 10:44 AM, Curt/Nancy Arndt <cnaarndt@gmail.com>
wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> With all of this discussion on original paint colors I though that I'd let
> every one in on one of my secrets to proper paint color matching.
>
> Here in San Diego we have a local shop that has most of the original paint
> chips for our cars. A good friend that restores Jaguars has used this
> resource for years and rarely has a problem getting original paint for
> Jaguars, Austin Healeys, Aston Martins MGs, etc.
>
> Auto Color Library - http://www.tcpglobal.com/autocolorlibrary/
>
> Go to the center of the page labled:
> AutoColorLibrary Automotive Paint Color Selection Guide Step 1 - Choose
> your
> Vehicle make from the drop down menuSelect European on the drop down tab
> and
> go to Austin Healey /MG and select the year desired.
>
> You can then see the original paint chips for the color you're looking
> for.
>
> We used this recently to paint a friends BJ8 in Golden Beige Metallic.
> I've
> had a number of discussions on this color with fellow member of the
> Concours
> Committee, John Hodgman, who is the resident expert. GBM is a much
> lighter
> color that Jaguar Opalescent Sand and in the sunlight it has a distinctive
> pinkish tinge to it. According to John, the original GBM paint faded to a
> slightly darker shade within several years from new and as such it's hard
> to
> match from original paint on the car, even in areas that are protected
> from
> the sun.
>
> On the Auto Color Library site we found BG-19, Golden Beige Met. listed
> under the1968 color chips.
>
> Check out 1955 page 11 and you'll see three colors listed for the Austin
> Healey 100 for Healey Blue; Blue Iridescent, Ice Blue and Ice Blue
> Iridescent. Very interesting!
>
> Enjoy.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Curt Arndt
> Carlsbad, CA
> '55 BN1, '60 AN5 :{), '72 RWA Midget, '06 Mini Cooper S
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